A professor of education talks about the meaning of career education, its objectives and philosophy, and the role of vocational training at the career preparation stage. (MF)

Blacks' educational concerns are many and varied, states author, and related to values, cultural factors, psychological measurement, counseling and research on blacks. These concerns are interrelated, although author discusses separately insofar as possible. Concerns have implications for counselors and administrators, including deans. (PD)

The role of higher education is discussed in this essay with regard to the "new mission" of basic learning skills. It is suggested that teaching basic skills should be pressed back on the precollegiate educational units where it belongs, and that colleges must defend the idea that they are institutions for higher studies and advanced intellectual…

This speech attempts to clarify misunderstandings about the success of Project Head Start, emphasizes the importance of continuity between Head Start and the child's home and subsequent schooling, includes warnings on what Head Start must not become, and presents recommendations and an agenda for the second decade of this program. (CM)

This model is designed to determine the optimal resource mix necessary to meet a set of educational goals within a set of technical and physical resource constraints. (Author/IRT)

A variety of resources providing specific guidelines for setting broad educational goals--some of which are not included in previous review documents--have been identified. A format for analyzing the skill content of these and similar resources has been developed. (Author/IRT)

In order to gain a greater depth of understanding regarding the future of education, two dimensions--the individual and the society--and how they have been dealt with by educators are considered through the prototypal works of Plato, Rousseau, Dewey, Piaget, and Skinner. (Author)

The key to clarity and accountability is to structure the schools so that their goal is clearly the purpose for which they are instituted. The concept of "adult competency" can clarify education's purposes. (Author/MLF)

Reports on procedures utilized by the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) between 1974 and 1977 to define priorities for research in science education. (CP)

This is a report of the primary school conference organized by Forum in June. Its aim was to crystallize and discuss advanced practice in the schools in the light of the current discussion of educational aims and procedures. (Editor/RK)

Looks at a few of the basic underlying premises of business management theory and the possible misconceptions which exist concerning the application of this theory to higher education instruction. (Author/RK)

Provides a profile of the newest United States Commissioner of Education, Dr. Ernest L. Boyer, his past achievements in education and current efforts to overcome the nation's educational problems. (RK)

Arts in general education is a comprehensive approach to reducing the isolation that the arts have suffered from for far too many years. It is a broad concept with many local applications. Describes the intent of a number of programs that comprise varying approaches to the arts in general education. (Author/RK)

Discusses the development and application of a model of cooperation-competition in an undergraduate college class as well as its theoretical framework and programmatic implications. (Author/RK)

Promoting innovations accounts for approximately 10 percent of the federal aid to public schools which currently exceeds $3.5 billion annually. However, serious questions about the usefulness of federal efforts to promote innovation and the prospects for educational reform have been raised. Those questions were examined here by the Rand…