Between fiscal years 1985-86 and 1990-91 the Swedish government earmarked funding for cultural projects. The aims were both to increase the element of culture in schoolwork and to establish and strengthen ties between school and cultural life outside school. Local municipalities could apply for funding for projects initiatiated by the schools.…

This handbook on student affairs administration contains the following papers: (1) "The Importance of Institutional Mission" (Lyons); (2) "Institutional Governance and the Role of Student Affairs" (Pembroke); (3) "Assessing Campus Environments" (Kuh); (4) "Fiscal Pressures on Higher Education and Student Affairs" (Schuh); (5) "Identifying and…

Students often arrive at universities ill-prepared for the reflective practice needed to derive maximum benefits from a Freshman Seminar. At the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, portfolio projects are semester-long assignments in which the portfolio serves as a capstone activity to help freshmen more thoroughly analyze their first year…

The efforts of communication scholars to reduce the apprehension or anxiety that the person feels about communication should be undertaken after considering the ethical, legal, and practical issues such efforts involve. The ethical question is whether or not an instructor has the obligation to intrude into a central feature of a person's life,…

This collection of articles is intended to demonstrate that there is solid research to justify both ability grouping and cooperative learning with gifted students and that each approach should be used judiciously to address particular student needs. Introductory material describes the philosophy and program policy of the Center for Talented Youth…

New educational programs are attempting to meet the needs of male African American students. The new programs vary widely in approach, scope, content, and targeted age group. However, they all focus on helping African American male youth develop productive behaviors and values by bringing them into contact with African American male adults. The…

Frequent use of credibility phrases such as "to be perfectly honest" and "frankly speaking" may lend credence to the description of this era as being the Age of Disbelief. It is not enough that truth is implied in a discussion, it must be made explicit verbally. What do students think when they see headlines that decry fraud,…

The role of geography in an undergraduate student's intellectual and vocational development is described. (DE)

Many techniques of individualization have been tried with varying degrees of success. This article reviewed these techniques and considered prerequisites and criteria for effective individualization of reading instruction. (Author/RK)

In a down-to-earth, practical article, the author tells how to guide the beginning jazz band drummer so that he can lay the foundation for a swinging ensemble. (Editor/RK)

Author attempted to develop some of the more salient ideas that Maslow had about education. (Author/RK)

It is the thesis of this article that a serious effort to decide "why" results in the teacher's formulation of a basic rationale--a consciously derived position upon which classroom decisions are based. (Author)

Article presented a plan for ninth grade exposure to the career education cluster concept utilized in Monrovia, California. (Editor/RK)

The author, head of a small primary school in Leicestershire, discussed here his changing approach to primary education, and found the small school well adapted to realizing his objectives. (Editor/RK)