This study examines what teachers do in classrooms and what their behavior says to students. Four fourth-grade self-contained classrooms in two schools in Albuquerque, New Mexico formed the sample group. Intensive classroom observation was employed over a ten-month period. At least half the observation time involved the researcher's presence in…

The Council on Higher Education is a permanent coordinating agency designed to engage in comprehensive planning for Washington postsecondary education. This report concerns the strategic phase of the council's planning effort, i.e., the identification of fundamental assumptions. Its focus is educational goals, institutional roles and missions, and…

This document is intended to present background information on the basic consumer protection issues in postsecondary education. Topics discussed are: (1) recruitment practices of postsecondary schools; (2) the role of a state agency in consumer protection; (3) consumer rights, responsibilities and redress of consumer protection; (4) advertising…

Some of the reasons for adopting contract learning and some strategies used at Empire State College, the University of South Carolina, and Wilmington College, are useful in aiding the adoption of new ways of teaching and learning. Several useful strategies are: (1) launch a committee to study local goals and needs; (2) connect the group and…

This publication is the fourth in a series of reports on educational innovation in Asia. In describing the educational situation in Korea, the author has organized his discussion into two broad subject areas. Section 1 is concerned with innovations in national educational policies, while section 2 focuses on educational innovations at the…

A conference of primarily black college presidents and of heads of foundations and agencies, which are devoted to the strengthening of black colleges and higher education for blacks, focused on the role of black colleges beyond 1975, discussing critical issues confronted by black colleges, including legal, economic, education, leadership, and…

Third in a series entitled "Pathways to Practice" published by the Regional Action to Improve Curriculums in Nursing Education, the volume deals with trends in feminism, higher education, and health care and their relevance to the special needs of nursing education. Each of the working papers on these topics demonstrates the rapid transformation…

Speeches and minutes of meetings and seminars are presented. Subjects include: Learning resource centers, general administration, business affairs, instruction, student personnel services, vocational and technical education, continuing education, certification, faculty accountability through self-appraisal, experimental concepts in education,…

In the sixties the crisis of the credibility and competence of schools resulted in the funding of programs to remedy school problems. The model for curriculum reform came from the university and, more particularly, from liberal arts departments having the capacity to improve curriculum content and teacher expertise. In a few instances attempts…

The role of universities in management education for national development in Southeast Asia was the focus of two workshops held in Singapore. Proceedings of these workshops are categorized according to applications of business management skills and techniques in government and business; desirable attributes of a manager/development administrator;…

Institutional governance in Canada is legislatively apportioned to the individual provinces. Each of the provincial legislatures has established government departments to direct the operation of post secondary education. Boards of Trustees, a well-established tradition in the United States, do not exist uniformly for all types of post secondary…

This report is the second of a 3-volume study on the role of college-community relationships in higher education. The text summarizes the results of the Federal City College Survey, which was 1 part of the research effort. The purpose of the survey was to obtain information from people intimately involved or affected by the College concerning what…

The study examined the compliance of programs funded under Title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 with Congressional intent, and explored the nature of the relationships between the measures of compliance and selected organizational characteristics of participating colleges and universities. Eighty-two programs, funded during the fiscal year…

The objectives of this conference sponsored by The Asia Foundation were: to explore the contribution universities can make to Asian society and development; to identify new opportunities for regional and international educational cooperation; and to gain deeper insights into Asian needs and thus to assure that planning is addressed as effectively…

The information contained in this report about education in the U.S.S.R. was gathered from interviews and observations made in Russia in 1972. The formal set-up of the school system is described, along with observations on work and play activities, corporal punishment, scheduling, and day-to-day classroom operations. The report also contains a…