The Holmes Group, a consortium of deans and a number of chief academic officers from research institutions in each of the 50 states, is organized around the twin goals of the reform of teacher education and the reform of the teaching profession. Members of the group represent colleges of teacher education that are the leading research institutions…

Based on interviews, research workshops, and discussions with corporate executives throughout the United States, this study investigated increased diversity in family structure and its impact on corporate personnel policies, employee benefits and services, and the attitudes of management. Part I provides a backdrop of recent trends in the family…

Ways that population trends, societal pressures, and changing economic conditions affect learning needs are addressed. Small and large colleges are given information to help them evaluate their missions, chart new directions, and make necessary adaptations in their curricula. The three issues addressed are the theoretical formulation of the…

Proceedings of a conference on independent research institutions and scholarly life in the 1980s, which was sponsored by the Institute for Research in History, are presented. Summaries of workshops and the general session transcript are presented along with an introductory essay. A working papers essay is also included to delineate the major areas…

Papers on regional library activities which were presented at the 1985 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) "Importance of Information Resources in National Development with Particular Reference to the Asian Scene" (Yogendra P. Dubey, India); (2) "Report of the Activities of the Regional…

There is hope that the great resources within Ivy Walls continue to be used in meeting societal needs if the academic community can begin to see education as a mission rather than to continue seeing it as a blessing bestowed by the all knowing. (Author)

To restore the public's confidence in higher education develop a renewed commitment to the concept of academic freedom, job protection, merit review, and significant academic reform. (Author/PG)

Patent protection is important in bringing technology arising from government-sponsored research and nonprofit organizations to fruition. This is an area of vital interest to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare since it is the largest single source of funding for such research in the United States, and a substantial portion of its…

The report is the first of several that will comprise a comprehensive plan for postsecondary education in South Carolina. It is in part a revision and update of planning guidelines established in 1972. Goals are set forth toward which all efforts are directed, and enrollments are projected through 1985 that reflect a continued but more modest…

The policies of most research-oriented universities with regard to reimbursement for faculty time from grants and contracts can probably be summed up in a single sentence: "Let's get as much as we can." Several areas of concern arise from this situation: (1) the university's ability to plan its future, develop real goals and objectives, govern and…

The testimony of the Patent Counsel for the Department of Health, Education and Welfare concerns patent protection that ought to be afforded to an industrial developer to assure use by or transfer to such a developer of inventive results of Department-sponsored research. The application of this policy to universities is discussed and the Federal…

Participants of a symposium attempted to identify the aims of workers' education for migrant workers, analyze the training activities undertaken by trade union and workers' education bodies for migrant and migration problems, and consider the role of the ILO (International Labour Organisation) in promoting workers' education centered on migration.…

Following a brief account of the circumstances of migrant workers and the status of migrant education in the United States, this pamphlet describes how the National Education Association (NEA) has impacted and will continue to impact the process of providing educational choices for migrant students. The NEA has consistently testified before…

This study was designed to determine how educators involved with teacher centers perceived the roles of others associated with teacher centers and the purposes and major benefits of teacher centers as institutions. Subjects of the study were 56 professional educators from 15 states. They were questioned on their role expectations for inservice…

A series of educational experiments are being conducted in Canada on the Communications Technology Satellite. The description of these experiments reveals a diversity not previously encountered in educational applications of satellite systems. In evaluating these experiments, the authors adopted Stufflebeam's Context-Input-Process-Product model in…