Describes the origin of the project method and questions the educational and political intentions Calvin M. Woodward had when he introduced manual training and the project idea. Examines the project method's history and rise to significance when, around 1900, it became the sole means of manual education. (GEA)

Examines H. E. Tenorth's critique of research on the Nazi educational system and states that Herman Nohl's historio-educational concept is being reformulated within Tenorth's argumentational framework. Discusses pedagogical and sociological deficits in these efforts of "reformulation" as well as difficulties which arise when applying…

Problems in the impending transfer of British polytechnics away from local control and toward centralization are discussed. Political and practical considerations in the decision to centralize are examined. (MSE)

Congress has quietly approved millions of dollars for campus research projects not subjected to traditional merit reviews. The wisdom of allowing legislators to direct federal money to specific campuses is questioned less and less, and the practice is more prevalent than ever. (MSE)

Shows that economic and political factors rather than education or training are the strongest indicators of editors' views of the New World Information Order. (FL)

Australian higher education has experienced considerable controversy over issues of academic freedom in its history, but the equilibrium reached in the 1960s and 1970s is now threatened by a trend toward private ownership and participation in institutional matters and the threat to institutional and faculty autonomy that accompanies it. (MSE)

The author shares his views concerning furthering the development of educational and vocational guidance services in developing countries. He discusses the importance of society, the family, and the individual; guidance philosophy; cultural compatibility of guidance and counseling; and guidance adaptations and their objectives. (CT)

Attempts to explain why a cohort of Polish youth participated so actively in the Solidarity movement of 1980-81, even though studies of these youth conducted in the early 1970s had shown their values to be of a private-stabilization nature. Focuses on the effects of Poland's economic crisis and life under martial law. (KH)

Discusses the influence of ideology (including both psychological and political dimensions) on an individual's approach to environmental risk management. Compares and contrasts technocratic and humanist forms of environmental ideologies. Also reviews the implications of socio-political and psychological constraints on environmental decision…

Three models (structural, social, and personal) giving insight into factors that promote or inhibit change in higher education institutions are described, and themes in which the models support and complement each other are discussed. The models are then applied to the rapid expansion of continuing education in a traditional university.…

Reasons for the emergence of education benefits (Title II) as a major focus in the Veterans Assistance Act of 1944 are discussed. Effects and implications are briefly examined. (RM)

The author contends that literacy always succeeds rather than precedes technological advancement, and to claim that literacy must precede development is to hide behind a veil of inaction. Thus, he argues that as long as the Third World remains economically victimized by the First, programs to combat illiteracy will remain peripheral. (Author/CT)

A follow-up study on the Kensington Elementary School indicated a need for restructuring of educational innovation methods. In developing theory and practice dealing with innovation, technological, political, and cultural perspectives and history and life-history approaches are useful. (DF)

The paper compares special education legislation in the US and Britian, focusing on the origins of legislation and policy, content of the legislation, and the implementation in relation to the political contexts. (CL)

Higher education must move away from peer review in accreditation by: reforming the accreditation group membership, using open meetings and records in the process determining eligibility for public funds, enhancing inter-institutional comparison capabilities, avoiding institutional politics and the institution's mission statement, establishing…