A shortened version of a commencement address delivered at Saint Louis University, May 31, 1969

Analyzes specific inadequacies cited by the World Bank in its foreign aid procedures: inadequate exploration of cost-effectiveness options; inconsistent application of manpower analysis; and lack of exploratory stage in large-scale impact projects. Part of a theme issue on the World Bank and aid to Third World educational development. (Author/SJL)

Several outlines for a calculator usage course are presented, along with some suggested course objectives. The approaches seek to teach the utilization of calculators as computing devices into which formulas and calculations are translated. (MP)

Three prior learning program directors relate their experiences with program implementation. Three different types of institutions are represented: Sinclair Community College, State University of New York at Cortland, and American University, Washington, DC. Vital statistics and program descriptions are presented. (MLW)

The author presents a rationale for offering comparative study of national legal systems to first-year law students, either as a basis for their legal education or as a single introductory course. (SJL)

Grant seeking has become a crucial component in the continuation of support for research and program development. A model which could serve as the prototype for resource consolidation is described. (JN)

The belief that computer science should have a profound effect on undergraduate mathematics is proposed. It is also reported that alternatives to the standard curriculum would give discrete analysis an equivalent role to that now played by calculus in the first two years. (MP)

To clarify the New Jersey State Department of Education's compensatory education requirements, the Instruction Committee of the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) submitted a list of 12 questions to the Department's Office of Compensatory Education. This article contains the Department's answers to 7 questions and the Instruction Committee's…

The arts provide the only possible salvation from the sterility, depersonalization, and television-induced passivity of contemporary society. But the arts can only play this role if the arts community, the government and, particularly, the schools make a concentrated effort to develop a truly participative people's arts program. (Author/SJL)

Considers what needs to be done to help along the growth of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (CCD). (Author/RK)

Parent participation is as good or as poor as a district, administrator, or teacher wants it to be. Discusses the responsibilities of the parent as volunteer and of the administrator and teacher to the parent in that role. Suggests keys to successful programs and the results of such programs. (Author/RK)

Suggests that GCE and CSE boards need to bury their differences if progress is to be made on the 16-plus proposals. (Editor)

This paper proposes that a National Center for the Study of Divorce be established and presents a possible organizational structure for such a body. (Author)