By the early nineteenth century, New Humanism and the educational ideals for which it stood, placed the profession of grammar school teacher on a pedestal from which to this day has proved impossible to topple, and gave it a function and a power in German society which has only been recently understood. (Author/RY)

The objectives of teaching composition are examined and the need for students to participate actively in the learning process is emphasized. (MM)

What schools must endeavor is such a reform of curriculum and methods as will channel through them the energy of the more unorthodox part of the youth culture without alienating from the schools those who are more conventional if less conspicuous. (Author)

Those persons most active in developing an intellectual class will need to go beyond democracy, and both its precursors and the intellectual class itself must be allowed to go beyond the law. (Author/MS)

The notion of institutional commitment can be considered as at the heart of a number of contemporary problems in higher education. (Author/MS)

Author urges more student choices and interdisciplinary ventures. (AS)

The author discusses the need to establish lines of communication between instructional researcher and curriculum developer" in order to improve the statement of educational priorities." (Authors/AK)

This is a North Carolina study of participation patterns of low socioeconomic status (SES) adults in educational programs. The researcher found a high level of interest in education and job training among low SES adults. But there was far less actual participation than interest in participation. (Author/MS)

The author makes a plea for the placing of the learning process above fiscal considerations. (CK)