Concern over communication between schools and colleges spurred three organizations to sponsor a national conference to examine school/college relationships. (MD)

Three topics were discussed at the October 1983 meeting of the International Institute for Educational Planning: (1) the relationship between education and science and technology, (2) educational planning with regard to both formal and nonformal education, and (3) links between educational planning and decision making and educational databases.…

Reports on the five guest speeches given at the second North Central Division Leadership Conference. The speeches emphasized the importance of assessing community needs; collaboration between higher education and K-12 to advance music education; and planning based on future enrollments and on awareness of educational trends. (CS)

The panel reviewed five efforts to integrate education into the workplace through cooperation between private industry and government, use of university research resources to save jobs while providing students with hands-on training, and community and school joint preparation of teenagers for social and economic participation. (NEC)

Provides summaries of presentations given at a symposium organized at the 40th Northwest Regional Conference of the American Chemical Society. The participants addressed the role of scientists involved with educating the public, starting at the third-grade level, and continuing with high school, parents, citizen groups, and the general public. (TW)