This paper comments on some of the possible uses and values of the Institutional Goals Inventory (IGI), an instrument by which a college community can delineate institutional goals and establish priorities among them. In the practical sense, the establishment of institutional goals is an essential element in any kind of systematic institutional…

This report was produced by a committee appointed by the Council for Higher Education of the Ministry of Education and Culture (Israel) to perform the following three major tasks: (1) review all facets of post-secondary education excluding university activities; (2) suggest principles on which to base the development of post-secondary education;…

This review of four books on the university in the modern world discusses the common element of universities' responses to immediate demands of their social contexts, resulting in a heterogeneous set of institutions serving many social functions, only a few of which approximate those of the historical college or university. (MJB)

Suggestions for secondary education reform in which the California Council on the Education of Teachers might assume an active role are presented. Main emphasis is upon future-directed planning for leisure-time use, adaptive ability, curriculum, inservice education, humanized education, and co-option of content from fields outside of education.…

Nationwide health service areas (mandated by PL 93-641) will directly or indirectly control the number and types of institutionally based facilities allowed to operate by annually planning and implementing (1) the services offered or not offered by each facility, and (2) the amount of monies which can be spent on capital by them. (MJB)

Presents answers to 10 questions dealing with National Art Education Association (NAEA) business and policy. Addresses issues such as NAEA assistance for adult and preschool education, persuading art educators to join NAEA, and requiring art as a prerequisite for high school graduation. (GEA)

Presents a theoretical framework of institutional choice and argues that the theory predicts and clarifies significant issues in educational policy. (RB)

College health services are described in general in terms of health education and health promotion. Ways health services have responded to the changing needs of their constituents are covered. Challenges of the future are projected. (MT)

The article discusses federal regulation of higher education and examines three problem areas: (1) What is it that troubles educators about government control? (2) What are the constitutional limits on federal regulation? (3) What are the limits of public policy? (MB)

Extracts from a key-note address at the Regional Conference on Continuing Education held at the Osmania University, Hyderabad. (JT)

Discussion of the role of universities in adult continuing education. Paper presented at the regional conference at Hyderabad. (ABM)

Home-schooling is growing in popularity. However, although it is legal for children to be educated at home, there are difficulties associated with defining what constitutes home-education, and who falls within the category of the "home-educated". (Contains 6 endnotes.) [This article has been published as: Rothermel, P. and Fiddy, A. (2001) "The…

In the keynote address to the 1973 Annual Meeting of the American Council on Education, the author discusses the nature of the relationship between higher education and the state, the contribution of higher education to the problems confronting the world, and the essential task of higher education today. (Editor/PG)

Excessive emphasis on faculty publishing may add prestige to an institution while damaging other areas of faculty responsibility and opportunity essential to real institutional stature. (Editor)