The Chancellor/President of Syracuse University contends that society's problems call for a broad approach but colleges are pushing narrowed specialities. He proposes a systems approach in restructuring higher education to train professionals in broad disciplines, e.g. a College of Energy similar to the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public…

The following are the 10 top problems of the public schools as viewed by the public: lack of discipline; integration/busing; lack of proper financial support; difficulty in getting "good teachers"; size of school/classes; use of drugs; poor curriculum; crime; lack of proper facilities; and pupils' lack of interest. (Author)

Describes the curriculum and some of the experiences of students and teachers at a high school which adopted the Exploring Childhood curriculum, a part of HEW's Education for Parenthood program. The teenagers are given regular and respondible roles in day care centers (in conjunction with classwork) as preparation for parenthood and as an…

When a teacher strikes a child, he teaches the child that violence is a means of problem-solving. Discipline must not be spontaneous reactions to isolated incidents, but consistent actions that arise from a set of concepts and principles of behavior that are used inplanning and practicing the teaching-learning process. (Author/SDH)

The mother of a 21-year-old mentally retarded boy, who also suffers from frequent petit mal seizures, describes the developmental and behavioral problems which led her to seek institutional placement. (LH)

The author examines the overuse of the structure of discipline in social studies curriculum. The utilization of a problem-solving methodology which deals with value-conflict issues is recommended as a substitute. The problem-solving process would cut across and utilize every subject area. (DE)

A revolutionary concept - a bill of rights for school children - is being heatedly debated within the teaching Establishment. (Editor)

The experiential, methodological, and substantive bases for teaching economics and the other social sciences in an interrelated way are explored. Implementation of the idea is seen to depend on the educational objectives required. (JH)

Data were gathered from 460 private colleges and universities to produce this annual survey of full-time faculty salaries by discipline and rank. The faculty salaries of 43,533 faculty members are represented in the data tables, organized by 54 selected disciplines. In each discipline, the faculty ranks of professor, associate professor, assistant…

The first 2 of the 11 publications reviewed in this annotated bibliography recommend the involvement of teachers in the evaluation of their colleagues. Subsequent reports include the following points: (1) those who are likely to benefit from an assessment are the competent instructors who know their subject well; (2) a discrepancy exists between…

A survey of teachers and students at a high school located in a small city within an argicultural district indicated the need for school administration to seek solutions and strategies for the problem of excessive discipline referrals among ninth graders. A target group of high-risk students (N=20) was identified with chronic discipline problems.…

This document summarizes the number of doctoral degrees awarded in the United States between 1920 and 1988 by academic discipline, undergraduate institution, and time period. The data include 925 private, four-year, non-doctoral degree granting institutions. Individual institutional data are included for a maximum of 360 colleges and universities…

For over a decade, school administrators and school attorneys have been struggling with the appropriate procedures to follow in disciplining public school children. Many articles have been written concerning due process. This publication focuses not on the legal history of school discipline cases, but on the implementation and administration of…

Teacher education reform policies and proposals--particularly those of the Holmes Group--call for fewer education courses and more liberal arts. This paper examines the assumptions that underlie such proposals. A review of recent research on teaching and learning in undergraduate physics and mathematics raises questions about the effectiveness of…