Presents suggestions for successfully including young children with "new" life-threatening, chronic illnesses -- various types of cancer, heart, liver, and kidney diseases -- in early childhood education classes. (BB)

Discusses successful strategies for preventing Black students from leaving school before graduation. Argues that the best solution to this complex problem is to ensure that Black children learn the necessary academic and cognitive skills in school before proceeding to the next grade level. (FMW)

Proposed National Collegiate Athletic Association rules changes concern Presidents' Commission grouping, academic standards and transfer, financial aid, amateurism, championships and extra events, drug testing, administrative regulation, financial audits, coaches' outside compensation, voting privileges, membership and classification, enforcement,…

Discusses research, teaching, and extension opportunities for rural sociologists in current social/economic conditions of agriculture/rural America. Describes challenges to the resource base of rural sociology and ways to extend the discipline. Stresses need to expand linkages to the general scientific community and to increase communication among…

A survey of 24 research universities suggests that contrary to expectations of a faculty surplus, changing demands for different disciplines could further compound a projected shortage of scholars in some fields. (MSE)

An analysis of state college and university faculty salaries by region, rank, and discipline during a seven-year period is reported. It reveals that the ranges among salaries have been increasing. (MSE)

Explores a teacher's feelings during a classroom journal writing period that erupts into a confrontation with a student who disrupts the class. (NKA)

An analysis of college faculty demographics looks at faculty distribution over institution types, the relationships of career status, sex, age, and salary, and three emergent faculty subgroups: women, minorities, and part-time faculty. (MSE)

A discussion of reforms in Swedish graduate study since 1969 and their results focuses on the design of a standard 4-year program, the career prospects of degree recipients, student financing, the working environment for graduate students, and curriculum relevance. (MSE)

Reports empirical relationships between various facets of school motivation and sub-scales of the Approaches to Studying Inventory used with British and Hungarian secondary school pupils. The inventory factor structure proved stable across nationality and sex, providing a profile of scores which indicated different motives and ways of tackling…

Compares attitudes of Maine elected school officials, teachers, and community members on 18 educational issues including teacher and administrator salaries, merit salary increases, teacher competency exams, tenure, collective bargaining, truancy/drop-out rates, student competency exams, graduation requirements, discipline, substance abuse,…

The Department of Education, in its report, "The Search for Successful Secondary Schools," presents six "common sense" attributes found among 571 winning schools in competition: (1) good principals, (2) discipline, (3) good teachers, (4) high expectations and high standards, (5) parent and community involvement, and (6) ethos.…

Parents and teachers in Great Britain have very different expectations and attitudes regarding education. A recent survey showed, for example, that parents believe that the major objective of schools is to help their children gain employment; teachers regard helping each child gain autonomy as the major school objective. (RM)

Describes North American origins and Australian development of the field of study of educational administration; explores links between the field's development and development of its study externally; considers University of New England's Master of Educational Administration degree; and discusses staff views on supervision of external students'…

Statistics and other information about dropout rates and characteristics at Britain's Open University are summarized and presented in question and answer form as a basis for informed discussion of the institution's dropout problem. Factors in dropping out (course, environment, motivation, other), dropout characteristics, course and discipline…