The status of external degree programs in traditional institutions is examined. Basing evaluation on the guidelines set forth by the Carnegie Commission for Non-Traditional Study (l973); it is suggested that external programs have not adequately been integrated into the academic mainstream. (Author/MLW)

A survey was conducted in 1983 of community workers in the United Kingdom to find out how many community workers there were, and who employed them, and to obtain some information on their characteristics such as training, age, sex, and ethnic background. This article reflects on the survey findings. (CT)

Provides an overview of the needs of the adolescent, contemporary trends impacting the adolescent, and 16 action steps which library professionals might take to be in touch with the reluctant adolescent reader. A summary of adolescents' responses to a questionnaire concerning adolescent reading issues is included. (EJS)

According to print and broadcast environmental reporters, students who want to become environmental reporters should not major in journalism or natural sciences; instead, they should seek a broad, liberal arts education with no more than a smattering of science and writing courses. (HOD)

This paper discusses Martin University, the only predominantly African-American school of higher learning in Indiana. Its philosophy is that higher education needs to be made available to all who can benefit. Martin University consciously exists to assist adult-aged individuals and the whole community to become free of everything that holds the…

This paper discusses library services to the disabled in India. The introduction summarizes results of a country-wide survey of persons with disabilities and recent government guidelines relating to the rights of the disabled. The first section addresses needs of the disabled. The second section describes types of disability, including physical…

This paper proposes a framework for discussing the objectives and content of the next Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) in school year 1999-2000. The framework focuses on school reform and the information SASS can collect to inform the United States about school reform efforts. Major reform agenda and expert opinion are reviewed, and the issues…

Current scientific and technologiical issues should be incorporated into more active classroom, laboratory, and extracurricular learning so that students can perceive the future as personally relevant. (MJL)

Administration of the Student Achievement Diagnostic Questionnaire for Administrators to 1,278 Georgia teachers verified the instrument's utility for measuring several factors affecting teacher motivation, including teachers' attitudes toward principals, toward the utility of improving performance, and toward the nature of and the possibility of…

Reports on a survey conducted by the Journalism Education Association to determine how states regulate the behavior of student journalists, the responses to which suggest the development of guidelines should be made at a local level. (HOD)

Describes low-cost evaluation methods that many educational broadcasting organizations could use to make their programs more effective. Nine references are listed. (Author/LLS)

Presents a model relating the adequacy of an organization's problem-solving to its resources and to the appropriateness of its structures. Describes a test of the model, on 25 public elementary and secondary schools in southeastern Michigan, which found that different organizational structures use money differently and produce different outputs.…

A survey of 116 central office administrators in over 50 public and private school systems in western Pennsylvania examined the administrators' use of test data and other information on organizational performance. Respondents' preferences for nontest data lead the authors to suggest a new model of administrators' usage of performance information.…

Mentoring is seen as one way by which a leader or leadership group can assure continuity and pass on to the next generation a particular brand of leadership for the university. Formalizing the mentor process by establishing mentor programs to aid the identification and development of promising administrators is discussed. (MLW)

Presents an analysis of 1977 HEGIS data which shows that a majority of 2-year college libraries do not meet 1979 ACRL standards--presently more stringent than those used in the HEGIS study--and advocates increased financial support to improve the quality of these libraries. Included are five references. (RAA)