This kit consists of nine booklets: an introduction and eight topical texts, each of which is made up of excerpts from materials about the lives of women from Latin America, Africa, and England. The kit is intended for use by women in English-as-a-Second-Language classes, literacy groups, and other women's groups, as a source of ideas for…

The purpose of this book is to provide information and insights about what might be expected in United States higher education in the 1990s. The book uses a tone which is described as "forward-realistic" in its discussion of why particular concerns are coming to prominence now, how American postsecondary education is reacting to the issues, and…

A study synthesized existing data and information on the characteristics of actual and potential dropouts and identified strategies and techniques employed in vocational programs in order to remedy basic skill deficiencies in these youths. During the study, a veriety of sources were examined, including school performance and job proficiency data,…

To illustrate the theoretical dynamics involved in analysis of the process of "metasensing," this paper investigates the language of 22 elementary school principals and their strategic actions during school improvement programs. The study's grounded theory approach frames the principals'"epistemology of practice"--thereby…

The impact of student aid policies on women is assessed. Differences in the conditions affecting men's and women's need for aid are identified, along with actions that could improve women's participation in student aid programs. Gender issues in student aid policy include: loan burden, default, and bankruptcy; the award of merit scholarships;…

The contents of the federal Higher Education Act of 1965 are summarized, with attention to competing interests and policy areas of concern to the California Postsecondary Education Commission. Current provisions and proposed changes are reviewed for: Title I, Continuing Postsecondary Education Program and Planning; Title II, College and Research…

Trends on college campuses within the United States as of 1985 are reported, with attention to early campus responses to national reports calling for educational reform. Also considered are faculty hiring practices, perceptions about institutional status, college linkages with business and industry, changes in enrollment, and the use of long-range…

An agenda for the future of higher education that is especially appropriate for state- and institutional-level action is presented. One initiative that is important to the future of the country that can also be promoted at the federal level is improvement of the research capacity of U.S. universities. The following views are presented: the most…

Nearly 150 exemplary programs and policies at colleges and associations that promote sex equity in postsecondary education are described that are also adaptable to other settings. Thirteen short essays on the basics of change are also presented. The sex equity programs included those directed to students and staff, those designed to improve the…

Recent attempts of the British government to shift its student aid programs from grants to loans are discussed, along with parallels between developments in student aid policy in both Britain and the United States. Great Britain's higher education structure, access to education, and enrollments are briefly described. In Britain over 90 percent of…

Resulting from an 18-month study of the history, current status, and future of the two-year college, this report analyzes and presents recommendations concerning all major aspects of the comprehensive community college. Part I advocates the development of a clearer and more sophisticated definition of the mission of the community college,…

This book by a former principal of Marion High School in Adelaide, South Australia who held that post from 1972 to 1983, examines the influence of theory and practice of secondary education in many countries upon the management of the school during those years. The first 17 chapters discuss the management of the school as a whole, addressing the…

An examination of the state of student activism in American higher education is based on a study of the focus and direction of campus activism and on interviews and surveys of undergraduate and graduate students who consider themselves activists. The first two chapters are devoted to an assessment of the overall situation and of the strategies…

This manual is designed to aid administrators and other school personnel in assisting postsecondary students in overcoming some of the barriers that prevent them from completing vocational education programs. The manual, which consists of strategies for overcoming enrollment barriers that were identified in a 1982 survey of Florida students,…

A national conference was held to examine ways for improving vocational education in comprehensive high schools. One of the major ideas to emerge from the conference was that, like other high schools, comprehensive high schools offering a vocational component will have to make a commitment to excellence if they are to continue to serve a useful…