The work of the United Nations Social Defence Research Institute in the area of manpower and training to develop policy and practice for crime prevention and treatment of offenders is described. A bibliography of 1,444 items is included. (NF)

This study reports the results of a systematic inquiry to assess the extent to which consultant teams had contributed to principals' acceptance of innovation. Data were based on the Institutional Change Model developed by an Educational Professional Development Act (EPDA) project. Participants of the study were principals of 12 elementary schools.…

The American Vocational Education (AVA) Task Force on Career Education met to formulate a recommended position for AVA on career education. Papers were presented, and six study groups made recommendations regarding the position that AVA should take on concepts and issues. Study group recommendations covered leadership, financing, the role of…

This is a report of a conference devoted to the establishment of short- and long-range goals to assert the rights of the college in its community and to determine corresponding responsibilities. Two basic concerns prompting the conference were: (1) the rapid change in the composition of the student body accompanied by changing needs; and (2) the…

Addressed primarily to planners facing the challenge of changing both the directions and scope of services provided by community jails, this report describes the trends and alternative ways of dealing with offenders which bear directly on future jail operations. The report considers jail functions, administrative models, and physical design. (BH)

The report is part of a continuing study by the committee of the ways in which the Federal Government can best assure the strength and progress of American science. The committee concludes that the process of basic scientific research and the process of graduate education in universities must be viewed as an integrated task if the nation is to…

From no action to co-action through cooperation should become a maxim for community educators in community colleges, local school districts, universities, and all agencies concerned with adult and/or community education. Barriers to interinstitutional cooperation should be eliminated through delineation of the roles of community colleges and…

An examination of the issues of centralized control and parity of esteem in Canadian systems of higher education. Includes a profile of Canadian college systems in the various provinces placing them in three categories (unitary, binary, and ternary) on the basis of purpose, administrative structure, and articulation with universities. (JT)

The author argues that despite difficulties of implementation, meeting the public interest remains a worthy goal and needed criterion for higher education. His suggested public interest concept stresses consideration of the interest of society as a whole, not derived solely from the sum of individual interests. (JT)

Discusses the concept of continuing education in relationship to the problems of Third World countries and the situation in Zambia in particular and outlines existing continuing education efforts there with focus on past and future role of the Center for Continuing Education of the University of Zambia. (JT)

College would be wise to drop diplomas and degrees and extraneous paths to credits, the author believes, and make schools primarily teaching institutions which annually certify to completed efforts, for the year and at the school attended. (JT)

The response of teacher educators and teacher education institutions to the demands of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act is discussed. (DS)

The purpose of this article is to identify the physiological, psychosocial, and spiritual aspects of aging, as well as to emphasize the role of education as a total life experience that can result in understanding of the unique needs of the aging person. (Author/RK)

Examines the expanding role of higher education institutions in the Soviet Union in training research personnel. Suggests that training of research personnel will improve if graduate study in higher education institutions and research institutions is coordinated. (Author/DB)

The authors provide a historical overview of the role of 1890 land grant institutions in recruiting and training Black agriculture teachers. They argue for increased financial and human resources for these institutions. (CH)