The author contends the American Society for Training and Development should not support the establishment and use of Continuing Education Units and presents his reasons. (BP)

The article discusses the success of the Region Four Adult Basic Education Staff Development Project through various universities' role in the development of services to promote staff involvement in ABE programs. (BP)

Citing historical examples as contrast, the author examines the strains facing higher education today (declining enrollments, accountability, governmental expectations, public opinion) and offers some suggestions for universities to counteract these strains. (PG)

A survey is presented of the joint aid in the reconstruction of North and South Vietnam provided by Dutch universities. The hospital project, solid matter physics project, micro-electronics project, agricultural project and dentistry project are defined. (Author/PG)

Still valid today, the 85 "Theses" from the 1971 Assembly on University Goals and Governance opened with an emphasis on equality of higher educational opportunity. Emphases in the future should also include diversity and differentiation of institutions, comprehensive curricular reform, and absolute commitment to lifetime learning. (JH)

An argument for institutional concentration on the student rather than on the search for institutional diversity. This concentration will require effective innovations in instructional methods. (PG)

Nontraditional study is defined as humanistic education and examined in light of nine major issues and alternative resolutions. Issues included: public acceptance, institutional changes needed, utilizing community resources, admission policies, financing, faculty participation, program articulation, assessment, individualized instruction, teacher…

Helpful discussions on: 1) placement and career development---what it is and is not; 2) using institutional services; and 3) advice to the job candidate. Hopefully, regardless of qualifications, the successful candidate will be the one who knows the most about how to go about the business of employment. (Author/PC)

After an explanatory discussion of reading leadership, this paper presents a 14-item bibliography reflecting current thinking in the reading field, supportive of administrators, supervisors, teachers, and others concerned with reading leadership. The bibliography includes selections from 1981 to 1989. (SR)

These three papers outline the technological issues confronting the Department of Technical and Further Education (TAFE). The first paper describes the technological dimensions of the Department of TAFE. It establishes the role of technology within the department and the four avenues through which the department influences the technological future…

Higher education has become a marketplace, and as such institutions must be presented clearly and fairly to insure consumer protection for the students. (Author/PG)

Colleges and universities are showing signs of being affected by an emerging ethical crisis (misrepresentation of the job market to graduates, term paper companies, misallocations in financial aid); the needed cure seems to be in better conceptual organization of higher education institutions. (Author/PG)

To do their central part in fulfilling the American promise of equal opportunity for all people, colleges must get at the task of seeking out and educating able young people, no matter how poor they are or what race they are. Presents suggestions on how colleges and universities can take steps to move society in this direction. (Author/PG)

An expert in work patterns concludes that to improve the relationship between education and employment, education must not be sold as an economic investment. (Editor/PG)