This article concurs with a critique in the OECD Report that Canadian education is organized along industrial lines and that this organization is for the purpose of achieving academic goals. Major criticism is aimed at the "over academization" of the schools and the influence of this on society. (Author/SJL)

The liberal arts college that gives teacher education a high priority in its purpose, that commits itself to the intellectual development of teachers through a humanistic curriculum and that values teaching for its faculty, as well as its prospective teachers, can make a significant contribution to improvement of education. (MLW)

The author examines selected problems in higher education by presenting them as a series of dilemmas: intellectualism versus vocationalism; egalitarianism versus quality; the economy of the country versus the economy of the college; and government control versus university autonomy. (Author/SJL)

Worldwide relationships among universities are discussed including: the problem of balancing and coordinating interests, the establishment of national agencies to respond to the needs and opportunities for international activities, and the need for diverse approaches and international leadership. (MLW)

Addresses the issue of information literacy as it applies to general education, arguing that information literacy will be an integral part of culture and a cultural change agent in the 21st century. Suggests the incorporation of the visual and aural into the idea of text changes the static nature of texts, leading to the need for multimedia…

This article examines the role of universities as training institutions for industry, presents a critical review of assumptions about skills shortages, and urges universities to become involved in continuing education to updated skills of employees while ensuring that their neutral image and their focus on broad education in the humanities…

Twenty-three leaders in education, business, and government give their opinions on vocational education leadership, standards, business-education links, tech prep, misguided reforms, and integration of vocational and academic education. (SK)

A series of theme articles discuss setting up laboratory hydroponics units, the school farm at the Zuni Pueblo in New Mexico, laboratory experiences in natural resources management and urban horticulture, the development of teaching labs at Derry (PA) High School, management of instructional laboratories, and industry involvement in agricultural…

Government policy and student pressures are focused on future employability and appear intent on forcing higher education to be more transparently relevant to the workplace. This trend is threat to a broader view of education and the development of inquiring, innovative, critical thinkers, who are supposed to be in demand by employers. (SK)

Discusses the paucity of research investigating the academic instruction of students with emotional and behavioral disorders. Issues of measurements related to academic performance are reviewed, with the conclusion that the rate of academic responses provides the most desirable measure for research as well as for clinical application. (Author/CR)

Analyzes the shift in the balance of power between proponents of general education and proponents of workforce development in community colleges. Stresses the importance of the intellectual climate in community colleges, suggesting that both factions recommit themselves to being members of a coalition. (NB)

John Agresto, whose task has been to rebuild the war-ravaged infrastructure of a Middle-Eastern university system, is discouraged to see that narrow expertise is the only goal of education there, to the utter exclusion of intellectual breadth. He comments that, although it is not that bad in the U.S., he feels that doctoral programs as currently…

A liberal education (in which the student is exposed to a variety of different religions, political systems, economic systems, cultures, types of art work, and types of music) helps the student develop an appreciation of all these entities. In college, students are drawn from different states and school districts, and even different parts of the…

The value of self-paced instruction is considered. It is suggested that academic education, as opposed to education outside the classroom, attempts to teach a student information and skills, yet a good portion of that information is forgotten. On the other hand, what a person is interested in and has learned independently may be retained better.…

Proposes that an undergraduate core curriculum minimizes science and does not provide students with an adequate background for understanding contemporary science and technology. Critiques Harvard's science requirements in that it does not reflect the vertical or intensive nature of learning that is essential in science education. (ML)