Educating minds capable of operating with balance and control, with integrity and decency, in a world where power is infinitely available can perhaps be accomplished when higher education is a life long process with the university as the stage. (Author/JH)

The meaning of the university as defined in speeches of Thomas Carlyle and John Stuart Mill is related to a contemporary atmosphere of fear and injustice in the current university. (KM)

Author believes the liberal arts college should be restored to the center of the educational process, and improved patterns must be devised for interaction between those in the liberal arts and those in professional studies. By implementing these strategies, destructive fragmentation in higher education will be eliminated. (Author/PG)

The learning activities planned for use in a vocational typewriting class should meet at least one of the following objectives: develop the highest basic skill, provide a useable skill, recognize that knowledge learned is transferable to outside activities, emphasize both straight copy and production efficiency, and use realistic problems. (BP)

Well-formed objectives meet four major criteria. They contain a subject, a verb, given conditions, and standards. A discussion and outline of the taxonomy of career development includes instructional objectives which might assist career educators in discussing instructional and assessment problems with greater precision. (Author/MW)

This paper tried to show that education is one of the mechanisms developed by the dominant segments of (or the segments competing for influence in) Brazilian society, through direct initiatives and/or use of the political system, to enforce their respective interests. (Author/RK)

Article focused on improving communication between the private voice teacher and the high school choral director. (Editor/RK)

Addressing the 54th annual meeting of the National Council for the Social Studies, 1974, Wronski comments on the integrity of social studies, accountability, ethnic studies, career education, values, academic freedom, social pollution, and political and social institutions. (JR)

This document sets forth the state goals for learning in the area of physical development and health for elementary and secondary students in Illinois. The final objective of this schooling is to provide students with the knowledge and attitudes to achieve healthful living throughout their lives and to acquire physical fitness, coordination, and…

True leaders are characterized by the personal virtues of honor, integrity, and devotion, all based on internally derived standards. Our current educational system, however, succeeds in fostering the virtues of conformity to and acceptance of externally derived standards rather than the characteristics of leadership. If excellence is to be…

Debate educators must evaluate the efficacy of debate in terms of its goals of developing reasoning skills and critical thought. Disputes regarding method, purpose, and style identify problems within debate that obstruct or confound its capacity to reach these goals. Research plays a critical role in the development of reasoning skills and the…

This paper provides the grounds for showing how empowerment of adult learners can be viewed as the central goal of adult education. Using phenomenological methods, the paper first lays out a description and clarification of the process of empowerment. Second, it shows how this process is absolutely fundamental to all adult learning. Finally, the…

In recent years, the literature on community college education has included little material on instructional quality in these institutions. This absence of a discussion of quality teaching indicates a serious weakness in community college education that could be remedied by taking some lessons from the corporate sector. Three characteristics have…

A general framework is presented for the Sheridan School District K-12 social studies curriculum. The guide is arranged into three sections: rationale, goals and objectives, and scope and sequence. The rationale section emphasizes that students should develop awareness of individual rights and responsibilities, cope with the problems of our…