This report contains the findings, conclusions and recommendations that emerged from a study of "Functions and Goals of Oklahoma Higher Education." Many individuals and groups were involved in the process which culminated in this report, including a 600-member citizens' group, a special 140-member citizens' advisory committee, several…

This paper classifies teacher centers according to the following categories: a) their organizational structure, b) their function, and c) the relationship between "a" and "b." It is indicated that the typologies were distilled from the results of a research project that surveyed 200 teacher center sites in the United States. The paper describes…

Charles Sanders Peirce, the progenitor of an entire school of philosophy, profoundly influenced our educational system, yet was curiously silent on educational questions. This paper discusses his early upbringing and schooling, and his involvement in education as a lecturer and professor. The major focus is on Peirce's written thoughts on…

Half of this paper is the text of a lecture on the role of the university in job-related education in which the author suggests what universities ought to learn from vocational education. Pointing out that the challenge goes deeper than vocational or professional education, he challenges universities to have an eye for theory and practice, an eye…

Leadership among educational executives is necessary to facilitate educational progress. Yet, leadership is rendered relatively inaccessible. Its absence in practice is as common as its presence in the rhetoric of education. As leadership becomes definable and schools and communities accept it, the illusion may be transformed into a salvation.…

The authors assert that universities make four unique contributions to the education of teachers by providing (1) reflection on educational issues; (2) multiple perspectives; (3) intellectual diversity; and (4) research. These contributions are discussed. (MT)

Discusses the management of developing and transmitting academic culture through the educational institutions in the United States. (PG)

The reports cover the adult literary programs in Himachal Pradesh, the Madras Regional Council for Adult Education (AE), the AE institution Lik Shikshan Vibhag, the Bikaner AE Association, the Varanasi Council of literacy and AE, the AE department (extension) of Rajasthan, the Indore Workers Institute, and the Ministry of Education's Directorate…

Statement by the Executive Director of the Adult Education Association before the Delegate Assembly, November 1972. (Editor)

The article points out the significant role hospitals can play in the prevention of drug abuse through a deep involvement within the schools. The hospital can also provide education and training programs for those charged with the responsibility of working with drug involved individuals (Author)

Brigham Young University, Fort Lewis College, Northern Arizona University, and Arizona State University were studied in terms of (1) their history and involvement in American Indian education, (2) the size of their Indian student enrollment, and (3) the offering of a bachelor's degree program. (FF)

This paper questions the assumption that education itself is a good undertaking. (Author)

The difficulty an individual who has been denied access to library material faces in obtaining a remedy in the courts dictates that the library profession go on record against all forms of institutional censorship or unreasonable restrictions on use of library materials. (Author/JS)