Article faced the formidable challenges that must be solved within the Japanese education system in order to bring educational practice and standards into line with educational needs. (Author/RK)

Author compared the comprehensive reorganization of French secondary education through the creation of Colleges d'Enseignement Secondaire with developments in this country over the past twelve years. (Editor/RK)

Recent developments in higher education in Iran are examined against a background of social reform and industrialization. (Editor)

A description of educational environment, curriculum, and scientific training of students in Siberia is provided. (DE)

Urgent societal needs in Asia require a wider concept of learning and a wider role for the teacher, parents, peers, community, and mass media. (Author/DE)

Article focused on the interrelations and interactiions between schools and colleges in promoting education for those over 16. (Author/RK)

The society of the 1980s was considered and the role education can play in helping to solve social problems is evaluated. (RK)

Article outlined a history of adult education and the change it has taken in California with a brief look at its future. (RK)

Article evaluated the development of California's Early Childhood Education programs. (RK)

Article examined the history of the relationship between Samoa and the United States including the confusion in establishing an adequate educational policy for Samoans. (RK)

Stresses the need for creating a constituency in Congress, identifying issues such as dissemination of educational research and communication between researchers and politicians, and generating vocal support for educational research throughout the country. (AM)

Notes that less than 10 years ago, the State of Florida had fourteen black junior colleges and four senior colleges and universities, yet today all of the fourteen junior colleges have been completely lost, and discusses Florida's four black institutions of higher learning, each having state approval, regional and/or national accreditation.…

With focus on the similarities rather than the differences among Latin American countries, the interrelationships of education and employment are analyzed to draw implications for educational policy and planning. Emphasis is on the need to take into account the socio-political and cultural constraints operating in the Latin American context as…

Designed to identify the information and knowledge resource needs of persons working in the area of women in development (WID), this study analyzed inquiries directed to the Non-Formal Education (NFE) Information Center to determine the nature and frequency of requests and the variables that distinguish kinds of WID interests and resource needs.…

Prompted by the accelerating growth in the use of education service agencies (ESAs) to improve state systems of education, this discussion of major policy issues and a proposed research agenda is addressed to policy planners at the state or local levels and to policy and research communities. The purpose of the paper is to raise and clarify issues…