Based on the need for mutual cooperation to achieve common goals, partnerships between public schools and colleges are being established throughout the United States. In communities with successful partnerships, educational programs are being enhanced; education itself is seen as a continuum from preschool through college and recognized as a joint…

The study examined the role of the textbook, not as a teaching tool but as an artifact in the professional culture of higher education faculty. The three areas of focus were visibility and review, selection criteria, and scholarly engagement and reward. The study was structured in terms of institutional or professional culture to determine if…

Raymond Yeager, director of forensics and professor of speech at Bowling Green State University, has reflected the best qualties which forensics as a discipline has contributed to education. As teacher and debate coach, Raymond Yeager believed that only through the rigors of competition would his students be able to acquire and develop the skills…

Questions concerning the appropriate level of, and foundation for, professional education in social work have been raised. A study was undertaken to compare the professional achievements of individuals holding master's degrees in social work (MSWs) who had different types of undergraduate education. Subjects were 719 MSW graduates of the 5 years,…

The variables that distinguish between deans characterized by colleagues and superiors as "most influential" and deans who were "least influential" among colleagues were studied. The sample of deans managed academic units in five public universities in the west, all meeting the Carnegie classification of "Research I"…

Dealing with issues that higher education leaders must confront, this book examines the causes for concern about teacher education, defines the leadership role higher education should take in teacher education, and makes specific recommendations for redesigning the training curriculum and for attracting high-quality students to it. The education…

A total of 360 child care workers from licensed facilities were surveyed regarding their perceptions of the occupational worth of various child care jobs. Respondents were family and group day care providers, and day care center, Head Start, and nursery school teachers. Overall, these child care workers differed in the ways they perceived what…

This paper discusses the efforts to professionalize teaching in light of four questions: (1) Can an occupational group, through its own efforts, obtain increased professional status? (2) What might those efforts look like? (3) What conditions must be obtained in order that those efforts might best succeed? and (4) Do such strategies serve good…

This paper considers a number of vested interest political forces that influence the course of educational reform. The discussion focuses first on the world of teacher education and some reform efforts emerging in that arena. Specific criticism is directed at suggestions made in the Holmes Group Report, pointing out the political hidden agenda…

This booklet describes major issues in teaching and significant initiatives to strengthen teaching in New York State's public schools. The following topics are covered: (1) recruitment and preservice education; (2) teacher certification; (3) staff development and other improvements in the condition of teaching; (4) recognition of outstanding…

The validity of rehabilitation administration as a specialized field rests on a questionable foundation due to the limited data regarding management personnel within rehabilitation facilities and agencies. A survey of 243 members of the National Rehabilitation Administration Association was conducted to identify work assignments, inservice…

Recent data indicate that women are underutilized and underrepresented in leadership roles in physical education at the higher education level, that the degree of underutilization and underrepresentation increases with the degree of power associated with the role in question, and that this situation is typical also of higher education in general…

Because technical writing is a subject that exists in two separate contexts (a combination of practical and liberal arts), teachers of the subject must legitimize their profession by appealing to different authorities. Those attempting to strengthen the connections with the industrial world do so by (1) showing that technical writing is needed,…

Although community college faculty can be identified as a distinct group, it is difficult to completely separate them from their counterparts in the secondary schools and universities. Though time has weakened the links that community colleges once had with secondary schools, there are still many vestiges of those historical ties. However, studies…

The challenge of the expanding computer industry to business educators is discussed--a new profession, emerging organization leaders, program objectives, and ethical/professional guidelines. (EA)