Nine past presidents, the current president, and the executive director of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) contributed a chapter each to this history of ASCD and the fields it has represented since its founding in 1943. The book's editor, William Van Til, provides an introductory overview of the organization's…

A survey examined the relationship between school climate and reading performance using data from the 1983-84 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Reading Assessment. The NAEP survey asked a number of questions about possible school problems, such as discipline, teacher commitment, and standards for students. These items were…

This collection contains the following conference presentations about the National Center for Research in Vocational Education at the University of California at Berkeley: "Visions and Principles" (Charles Benson); "How the Center Sees Its Role" (Gordon Swanson); "The Research Agenda" (Sue Berryman); "The Service…

Institutions of higher education must develop a strategy and capacity for self-renewal through innovation. Strong leadership is required to respond to off-campus constituent needs without loss of power. Awareness of problems associated with innovation is essential. Such problems are the failure to anticipate failure, assumption that innovation…

This paper explores questions of institutional responsibility and the potential for legal liability falling on public school institutions as a result of their involvement with computer-networking technology. First, the paper examines the doctrine of sovereign immunity to understand the limits of government responsibility for damages in this…

Advocate Counseling is a method of psychotherapy which seeks to improve an individual's relationship and ability to cope with institutions in the larger society. The purpose of this paper is to place Advocate Counseling in an operational perspective. Presented are: (1) the behavioral analysis of Advocate Counseling; (2) a flow chart of the…

An enormous gap exists between the number of professionally educated social workers that are needed and the number available; and further research is necessary to find the knowledge and skills needed for varying levels of social work. Professional education should be more intellectual and theoretical. By organizing it around the disciplines basic…

This anthology provides an introduction to the field of social gerontology. It is directed toward three audiences: (1) advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students enrolled in social gerontology courses; (2) gerontologists who will be teaching these students; and (3) the general public. This book is divided into the following parts: (1)…

The report of adult education in British Columbia is a preliminary survey of a sample of educational programs for adults in the Province. The report discusses three varieties of adult self-education (casual contacts, structured events, and self-directed learning) and concludes that the hidden costs and deficiencies of such learning are enormous…

This research project was designed to study the present situation and functions of the provincial universities and to assess their role in regional development as well as to make recommendations for the more effective contributions to the development of the provinces in which they are situated. This project covered universities in 11 provinces…

The Committee on Foreign Students in American Colleges and Universities published its findings in 1963 and reviewed areas of need and made recommendations for strengthening educational exchange programs in U.S. universities and colleges. This reprint of the committee's findings is in three chapters: education's stake in International Exchange, The…

The organization and mobilization for literacy work consist of two overlapping parts: organizational design and institution building. Organizational design, which covers both the technical and the social system, can be seen to include the following processes: analysis of the institution; invention of roles; invention of rules relating the roles…

This anthology contains articles, course and project descriptions and statistics on the magnitude, implications and effect of white racism in the United States. The first article maintains that the myth of the American melting pot has perpetuated racism; the second analyzes bigotry, prejudice, and behavioral and institutional racism; the third…