Harvard University's founding and development, reputation, famous graduates, presidents, and history of curricular innovation and change are outlined as it celebrates 350 years of existence. (MSE)

A survey of elementary teachers who had participated in inservice programs conducted by the social studies curriculum projects of the late 1960s and early 1970s showed that these projects did have a positive impact on teaching. For example, 60 percent of responding teachers today use a student-centered/process-oriented approach to teaching. (RM)

An evaluation of the Aesthetic Education Curriculum Program, a curriculum reform effort to establish aesthetic education in the public schools, showed that for a curriculum reform effort to succeed, the necessary curriculum change either has to be mandated by some educational authority or established through the teacher training process.…

Alternative approaches to education can work well if they are based on common sense and sound research. Recent research findings are reported for alternative approaches to three areas: curriculum, testing and measurement, and instruction. (TE)

Argues that philosophical, programmatic, and curricular features of gifted education programs can and should "spill over" to improve general education; outlines means of preparing for and initiating such "spillovers." (MCG)

Considers five significant roles of the information professional in the information society--information resources management, information counseling, research utilization, social networking, and public information dissemination. The emergence of these roles and current education and training are reviewed with a view to providing observations…

Describes the origins in New York City of the compensatory higher education program SEEK and the circumstances surrounding its adoption at the State Univerity College at Buffalo. Argues that the project's history is an informative lesson in the interaction of educational planning and political power. (CMG)

Discusses issues related to the emergence of computer assisted instruction. (FL)

An evaluation of the effects on employment of a new type of secondary school in Colombia offering prevocational subjects alongside the traditional curriculum is based on a follow-up survey of about 1,800 graduates three years after leaving school. Earnings differences between the two types of schools are slight. (Author/MLF)

After 10 years of academic education, students not going to college should enter 2-year programs of cooperative education. In these programs students would spend half their time in real-world employment and the other half studying subjects relevant to the world of living and working outside of school. (PGD)

Among teachers, initial cynicism toward reform proposals has given way to support. Teacher organizations, especially the American Federation of Teachers, have played an important role in encouraging this positive response. However, teachers remain wary of the reform movement, feeling that some of the proposed reforms would be detrimental to their…

Discusses the technique of measuring program implementation, describing an effort to evaluate and refine the implementation of an innovative instructional model and examining the implications of this project for future research. (MCG)

Although much federal support for higher education exists, its relationship to developing innovative programs is different among various fields and disciplines. The role and influence of the federal government on innovation in graduate programs is discussed. (Author/MLW)

Examining seven major trends in current efforts to reform secondary education, the author outlines recommendations being issued in 1984 in three publications of the project known as A Study of High Schools and offers a set of eight suggestions for school heads to act on in the immediate future. (JBM)

The need for and means of evaluating the implementation of educational innovations is demonstrated. Indicated also is what type of information is useful for measuring implementation variables and how to assure that those measures will be credible. (Author/DEP)