Analyzes several major aspects of the relationship between general and vocational education and suggests ways general goals of education can emerge through vocational education. Highlights programs integrating general and vocational education. Urges community college administrators and vocational and general education faculty to work cooperatively…

Argues that elementary school teachers should be more broadly and liberally educated. Proposes an approach to the teacher education program based on interdisciplinary considerations and using team teaching to be developed in the university. Summarizes with specific recommendations. (SD)

The appropriate response of higher education, and liberal arts colleges in particular, to demands for career training in addition to liberal arts studies is addressed. Cooperative efforts with trade unions to serve the educational needs of organized labor are suggested as a first step. (JMD)

Colleges of liberal arts and sciences within universities are suggested to be in a time of crisis. Instead of fighting with professional schools or professional programs for the time and attention of students, through cooperative planning, goals can be realized and numerous paths to educational ends can be created. (MLW)

In Portland State University's Freshman Inquiry program, 5 teachers, each from different disciplines, meet weekly to design the syllabus and the assignments used by all of the sections which are designed around the theme of "The City: Visions and Realities." A participant observer takes field notes and studies these for ways to extract…

Vocational education for tomorrow must be an educational delivery system rather than a subject-matter content area. It must blend and interrelate the various areas to provide core competencies, employment skills, and employability skills in a truly integrated and comprehensive educational program. Academic and vocational education must not be…

The authors propose an alternative course for faculty and campus leaders to navigate through the politicized Academic Bill of Rights debate. Liberal education and the values of the academy are about the need to seek and consider alternative conceptions, stances, and views and to consider them respectfully. If a campus is to commit itself to open…

The United Kingdom must invest in a comprehensive system of post-18 education that is broadly inclusive and that offers a broad range of educational opportunities to meet the needs of both the increasing numbers of 16-year-olds choosing to pursue postsecondary education and the many older individuals needing additional education throughout their…