AGL is a system for group management training that operates without the direct intervention of an instructor. This article discusses how the "educational mix" for the AGL system was developed. (Author/STS)

This paper describes the current status of computer assisted instruction at the Katholieke Universiteit, Nijmegen, the Netherlands, as well as several ongoing projects. Attention is directed to the problems that computer assisted instruction can resolve as well as to the problems inherent in the system itself. (Author/STS)

Discusses the skills and strengths of individual principals that have been instrumental in turning problem schools into safe and effective places of learning. Their styles vary greatly, but all had a vision and were able to turn that into distinct goals and expectations for their schools. (MD)

Classroom environment measures were used to evaluate alternative high schools which catered to adult learners. These schools have an environment more suited to adult students than do traditional high schools. (RB)

Santa Cruz City Traveling School was created to help youngsters cope with life pressures and complexities and gain a more complete education. Each semester, 36 students in grades 7-12 tour a region of the U.S. or Canada in a school bus. They live in hostels and group camps while being taught full range of academics and personal growth skills. (MLH)

A salary plan based on the supply and demand for teachers is advocated, using an index calculated each year. (MNS)

A school facing extinction, straddling the border between an affluent area and a largely minority neighborhood, implemented a Basics Plus program and became a magnet school. It offers a traditional atmosphere, structure, and an emphasis on a solid curriculum but also values art, music, computers, physical education, and foreign language. (MT)

What a sampling of different schools are doing to celebrate Music in Our Schools Week 1984 is described. (RM)

Described is a guitar program that offers an alternative to high school students who otherwise might not be involved in school music. (RM)

A critique of the "bandwagon effect" in educational innovation. Many new ideas in the past have seemed promising at first and have caught on quickly, only to be subsequently discarded as "chaff." (TE)

The author compares and contrasts the mathematics curriculum in the USSR and the United States. The Soviet mathematics curriculum is not divided into separate courses, but instead consists of a series of steps teaching the method of thinking about mathematics problems. (BW)

Dealing effectively with the issue of quality assessment in innovative graduate programs involves having a clear idea of what is meant by "quality," of the range of "graduate education," and of what constitutes "innovation." (MLW)

Examines Waldorf education, a system developed by Rudolf Steiner in Germany in 1919. Proposes the system as an alternative to traditional education. (FL)

After a frustrating time trying to explain general class participation grades to students, the author developed a form designed to mitigate some of those difficulties. (Author/RK)

In recent years, considerable attention has been directed toward higher educations role as a driver of economic reform. Yet, surprisingly little is known about the processes and mechanisms by which academic innovations are successfully commercialized. The specific question is, what factors explain why some licensed innovations become bona fide…