Reporting on research in progress, this paper centers on the relationship between the role of day care and the hegemonic process of ideological saturation that sustains the existing social order. The similarity between day care and the school is demonstrated through examination of a day care worker training program in one day care center in…

Less obvious reasons for the decline of private educational institutions are discussed and suggestions made as to what type is most durable. The author supports the idea of an Educational Opportunity Bank to provide student loans and analyzes it with respect to maintenance of diversity, quality, and student choice. (Editor/JT)

Since 1970 2,133 students of Rockland Community College have shared in an international education experience enrolled in year-long, semester, or intersession programs in nine foreign countries. The program described includes the International Baccalaureate (IB) certificate along with an Associate in Arts degree. (JT)

The President of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation points up the lack of a dependable system of ambulatory front-line medical care in the U.S., outlines basic capabilities of the system needed, and suggests the role of foundations and academic centers in developing training programs recast in light of real world situations. (JT)

In light of the need for national leaders informed in international affairs and for informed citizenry capable of supporting and questioning the experts, responses from various quarters to the need for international education are found to be substantial but shy of the obvious and growing need. (JT)

The university is in need of change. The mature adult is envisioned as playing a vital role in that change by forcing the university to reexamine its goals. Paper presented at 27th Annual Meeting of Gerontological Society, Portland, 1974. (Author)

Discusses the need for college administrators and student personnel workers to pursue the goal of making higher education institutions places which contribute fundamentally to the growth, development and fulfillment of the individuals involved with them. (EJT)

The author discusses a possible framework for the development of continuing education through the production of learning materials at the local level, developing models, and the leadership role of the Open University in continuing education. (Author/BP)

The learning-service center appears to offer a way of bringing university resources to bear upon the social needs of communities while providing a reality-based education for students. This paper describes the efforts of two schools of social work to develop an educational partnership through the use of this approach. (Editor/PG)

The function of community schools is to relate community needs to existing community resources and to offer programs only if no other educational institution can effectively offer them. Competition for students and programs between community schools and other community resources should be subordinated to an assessment of institutional capabilities…

Reflecting upon three conferences questioning the role of the private liberal arts college in educating the adult student, the author reviews the development of higher education, obstacles to be overcome, and the program needs of the experienced learner. (MW)

A tribute to Eskil Bjorklund is presented at his retirement as director of Sweden's Research on Higher Education Program at the National Board of Universities and Colleges. Bjorklund's work over the years is best seen in several accomplishments. He completely recast the program's mission and central contribution to public policy and higher…

The retention of African-American students on college campuses is examined in this study conducted at Oberlin College, Ohio, a school which has been fairly successful in retaining African-American students over the past 20 years. The study addressed the needs of African-American students by looking at the college's institutional symbols. In…

A national, nongovernmental accreditation system is the key to ensuring that education remains fundamentally sound, responsible, responsive, and effective, thereby providing public confidence in the integrity and quality of educational institutions and programs. The Council on Postsecondary Accreditation (COPA) policy on the rights and…