Legislative and innovative milestones in the historical development of pharmaceutical education from the nineteenth century to the present day are discussed by the assistant dean of the College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at the Medical Center. (LBH)

A generic model for a Course-In-Oneself was developed for self-assessment on the basis of valuing participant responsibility for self-awareness and using instruments designed to further self-control and enhance generalization of feelings and behaviors. Pre-post research evaluation suggests that such educational assessment experience does…

Work has become monotonous and there is a need for educational programs to help individuals to better know how to utilize their leisure time to add meaning and perspective to their lives. This discussion was undertaken to develop an outline for such an educational program, especially for informal youth programs. (Author)

In this paper, prior conceptualizing and empirical work bearing on public schools as complex organizations and risk taking were examined. Discussion of some of the practical implications of this perspective (difficulty in developing innovation) for the management of change efforts in public schools was also presented. (Author/RK)

Description of conducting school with an open-door policy during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution and the Campaign to Criticize Lin Piao and Confucius. (Author/ND)

Nova University's Program for Community College Administrators and Teachers, inaugurated in 1972 as a field-based doctoral program, addresses itself to the staff development needs of the two-year college practitioners. An overview of Nova's practical problem-oriented approach, curriculum, and cluster organization is presented. (JDS)

Describes changes in the profession, qualifications and experiences needed by prospective teachers, and issues for discussion. (DD)

Educational leaders must work to establish organizational structures that help schools achieve and sustain their vision. The intent of this article is to briefly examine how closed systems stifle innovation, collaboration and flexibility in schooling. Innovation, collaboration and flexibility are key ingredients for creating successful…

"Scale Up in Education, Volume 1: Ideas in Principle" examines the challenges of "scaling up" from a multidisciplinary perspective. It brings together contributions from disciplines that routinely take promising innovations to scale, including medicine, business, engineering, computing, and education. Together the contributors explore appropriate…

Given past difficulties in reforming undergraduate education through instructional innovation, recent technological innovations pose serious problems in current efforts to define scholarship more adequately and to appraise its quality as reflected in classroom instruction. The appraisal of scholarship becomes even more of a problem as the quality…

Concerned about the deadening effects of standardization imposed by monopolistic education bureaucracies, policymakers in many different countries endorse economic-style mechanisms of consumer choice and competition between autonomous providers as the key elements of "market-driven" education. The reasoning behind this approach is that market…

This handbook describes the mission of each of the 10 Regional Educational Laboratories in the U.S. The laboratories ensure that those involved in educational improvement at the local, state, and regional levels have access to the best available information from research and practice, thus guaranteeing that lessons about school reform that are…

Author feels that the success of an educational innovation should not be judged on whether it fulfills its promise 100 percent, but on whether it moves education closer to its goal. (Editor)

Article describes a hypothetical formal educational system developed from a particular knowledge of the existing forms of formal education in the less developed nations of Africa and Latin America. (Author)

Describes the progress of the students and teacher of a Radical Education Seminar devoted to exploring and discussing alternative education. (TO)