Highlights the dedication of the Borough of Manhattan Community College's new $127.3 million campus. Traces planning and development, difficulties and successes, and programs and curriculum projects. Recounts former student's testimonials attesting to BMCC's pursuit of teaching and learning excellence. (DMM)

Both Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933. This 50th anniversary issue contains articles analyzing the two men, and the different political, social, moral, and artistic directions taken by the United States and Germany in the 1930's. American youth have much to learn from what occurred. (CS)

Discusses fairness in evaluation of nutrition education programs in terms of (1) proximity of outcomes or the degree to which outcomes are temporally and conceptually near to or distant from the program instruction and (2) conflicting program expectations of policy makers and program developers. (Author/DC)

Discusses a parent's expectations of a secondary social studies program. Examined are three main areas: mechanics (standard procedures of outstanding social studies teachers such as good preparation and knowledge), content, and teacher expectations. (RM)

Attempts to integrate the findings of John Goodlad's "A Study of Schooling" described in another article in this issue with the findings of the effective schools movement. (JM)

Responding to an article in the January 1983 issue, "The Incredible Brain," the author claims problem solving is, in part, a social activity requiring communication. Logic is necessary to the process of communication and, therefore, plays an essential role in the complete process of problem solving. (MLF)

In a response to Rachel Sharp's commentary on his article in this issue on the role of ideology in radical education, the author discusses what the aims and needs of radical educational analysis should be. (PP)

The authors outline steps in the Student Self-Documentation Process Model, an evaluation system designed to compare the program objectives with the actual activities, as documented by the gifted student, and to assess the relationship between planned and actual program outcomes. (Author/SW)

Examines the schooling process from an educational engineering perspective. Defines schooling as the act of processing people for the purpose of adding value. Discusses five classes of value added through education. Cites quality standards, indicating goals, objectives, and performance indicators with respect to academic, civic, economic, and…

Educators can use different metaphors to achieve an initial understanding of computers: the computer-as-person, tool, brain, map, vitamin, palette, educator, and catalyst. We should not ask what computers can do, but rather, what do we want computers to do? (KC)

Schools seeking to sharpen their academic skills programs should consider defining their academic goals; organizing the school's resources and modifying the schedule, curricula, and instructional techniques to meet the goals; and developing an evaluation program that effectively measures progress toward the goals. (PGD)

The essential component of every music program should be a general music course, for, in this time of retrenchment, the long range goal of music education should be to initiate a lifetime of musical fulfillment for students. A performance program should also be emphasized. (RM)

To improve teacher performance today, leaders must focus on intangible rewards. The principle of equal treatment of unequals has discouraged excellence and rewarded mediocrity. (Author)

This report of a four-week continuing education seminar in the history of medical ethics for health care practitioners describes the participants, the process, the evaluation, and the outcomes of this infusion of the humanities into the health sciences. (SK)

Instructional development, particularly for the severely and profoundly handicapped, should stress the delineation of clearly stated functional goals and objectives and the use of systematic instructional strategies to facilitate the acquisition and generalization of target skills. (Author)