The purpose of this study is to throw light on the varying significance of the concept of lifelong education, to show what forces militate in its favor, to explore its dimensions, and to define its impact and consequences for the educational effort taken as a whole. In the first part of the study, a number of challenges are identified. Analyses…

Included in this article are objectives of the Bureau and listing of numerous activities undertaken by the Bureau to attain each of them. Activities listed include mailings, meetings, proposal reviews, data collection, workshops, and information dissemination. (EB)

Discusses what quality education is, identifying five major views about the purposes of schooling. (JMB)

Taking as his starting point the 1918 publication on "Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education: A Report of the Commission on the Reorganization of Secondary Education," the author provides his updated seven cardinal principles. (IRT)

A symbiotic relationship exists between educational technology and human values. Educational technologists should examine the values that control their professional activity. (Author/STS)

Specifying criteria is a complex problem comprising three phases: valuation, criterion identification, and prescription. Criteria are useful for making, and necessary for substantiating, value claims but to specify in advance a set of criteria upon which to judge is self-limiting. Complete prior specification is undesirable in principle. (MT)

Our colleges and universities have three basic responsibilities--instruction, research, and public service. (Author)

The contribution of several authorities who have influenced recent trends in the traditional forms of education are considered, material from the affective domain added, and a tentative model for adult education presented. (Author/SA)

The Gronlund technique in writing objectives for general classroom instruction and the Mager technique in writing specific job objectives are discussed in light of the over emphasis on specific objectives which may result in the teacher concentrating solely on the objectives of a teaching unit rather than the intention of the unit. (EA)

The author suggests practical steps to prevent bookkeeping from becoming boring or frustrating to students. (AG)

Supporters of career education infer that it can meet ideal standards better than any other alternative. It is questionable whether this claim should be made for concepts evolved for dealing with the limited concerns of career development. Education is not simply a means for turning individuals into contributing economic producers. (SA)

The shift in classroom emphasis to relevancy of instruction by means of job-oriented lessons has produced observable changes in classroom atmosphere of a positive nature. To change the emphasis should not unduly burden the teacher. Student help can be employed in preparing materials, and the same time providing practical experience. (AG)

This first article in the insert, "Leisure Today," describes community education--its philosophy, objectives, and current problems. (JA)