Provides reflections on the Association of College Unions International's goal regarding community-building. Discusses ideas of community, the role that college unions play as community builders, and some challenges the profession faces if it is to realize the association's goal. (EV)

This report presents the findings of the formative evaluation of the Understanding the Early Years (UEY) Initiative. The evaluation was conducted to examine issues of implementation and design, early progress in achieving immediate objectives, and issues related to accountability. The evaluation team was also asked to provide preliminary guidance…

This book examines the complex and varied relations between educational institutions and societies at war. Drawn from the pages of the "Harvard Educational Review," the essays provide multiple perspectives on how educational institutions support and oppose wartime efforts. As the editors of the volume note, the book reveals how people…

A noted feminist author and a prominent educator talk about the good and the bad aspects of mass education. (Editor)

Factors that shaped institutions's responses to campus agitation about Vietnam, discrimination, and poverty include: a loss of institutional credibility, of will, and of power to act prerogatively. (JH)

Successful outcomes of the immediate past must not overshadow four challenges in the future for the university -- the demand for equal education; the demand for public accountability; political and military nationalism combined with cultural pluralism; and limited resources for food, fuel, and space. (JH)

If the knowledge elites of the university community recognize their elite status, means for dealing with the demands of the counter-elites, the minorities, that are asking for a place in the university will be found. (JH)

Both the support of inquiry in education and the character of university attention to the problems of school are two reasons for the attitude in research and policy studies which restricts scholarly approaches to social scientific inquiry. (Author/KM)

Looks at some aspects of education at the secondary level which is in a phase of rapid expansion and absorbing an increasing proportion of educational expenditure. (Author)

Various issues related to the role of scientific research at American museums were addressed during these hearings. The hearings include the testimony and prepared statement of Robert McCormick Adams (Secretary, Smithsonian Institution) and questions and answers for the record. These questions focus on such areas as the extent to which museums…

Many who apply to agencies for service do not receive it. To make service more accessible, changing the behavior patterns of organizations may be as important as changing organizational structure. (Author)

This speech was delivered before the College and University Personnel Association's National Seminar in 1974. The speaker claims that a sense of community can help people enjoy their jobs. (Editor/PG)

While college athletics are maintained as an integral part of the educational program for the student-athletes who participate in them, an examination of the practices within the system provides quite a different view. (Editor)

The Office of Community Research at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts, provides community access to the college's educational resources and professional expertise. (Author)

Discusses causes and manifestations of the ambivalence of the American public toward higher education, and the possibility of resolving the contradictions it creates. (Editor/PG)