Discusses how the universities' capacity for change is limited by security of tenure. (Editor)

Discusses three developments in higher education that offer possibilities for cooperative efforts that could lead to significant improvements in undergraduate programs: cluster colleges, field study programs, and new techniques for teaching and learning. (Author/PG)

In the Rural Physician Associate Program at the University of Minnesota, third-year medical students spend 12 months with a preceptor, located in a rural Minnesota community. (Author/PG)

A discussion of Information Mapping, which is defined as a system of principles and procedures for categorizing, writing, interrelating and sequencing and presenting graphically information required for learning and reference. (Author)

A discussion of the problems of initiating teachers to computer assisted instruction, in particular programing languages. (Author/HB)

Discusses the arrival of a new breed of educator with skill, ability, leadership, and the courage to do away with outmoded paternalistic practices in favor of new creative approaches emphasizing personal growth and lifelong learning. (Author/GB)

Describes ten trends in the school planning process. These include modification of open space, design/build construction methods, lease-back arrangements, school use of found space in unused buildings, career centers that use nontraditional design, concern for the environment, grouping of students into heterogeneous pods, specialized schools,…

Article discusses hierarchy and its implications for designing effective management information systems for educational organizations. (Author)

Article reported on more general information supplied by the ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges. (RK)

This document describes the Physical Education Learning Laboratory (PELL) of Temple University (Pennsylvania), a competency based physical activity program in which students (both physical education majors and non-majors) receive semester hour credits for demonstrating their knowledge and skills in whatever physical activities they select.…

This paper surveys several recent reports of innovations in teacher education programs, which are of relevance to those in the field of English. Among those discussed are the Multi-State Teacher Education Project, a study conducted by James A. Johnson which summarized responses from 385 colleges and universities, and editor Roy A. Edelfelt's…