Explains the overall structure and the main duties of the Education (Co-ordinating) Committee and its four standing subcommittees: Examinations, Safeguards, Apparatus, and Primary Science. Some specific activities of the committees are mentioned. (GA)

Discusses the management and coordination of a large general chemistry program. (SL)

Recommends cooperation among elementary and secondary teachers to develop a system-wide approach to improving reading instruction. (JM)

In Switzerland, the mandatory school period for six- to 15-year-olds is almost wholly the responsibility of the cantons and the municipalities. Coordination between the cantons to ensure some harmonization in mathematics instruction during this mandatory period is described. (RM)

Author points out that it is essential that the educational community begin now to plan for an orderly integration of cable technology and curriculum to serve educational needs. (Author)

Discusses the changing relationships between the federal government and higher education institutions through more interdependence, structural changes in government and higher education, and increased communications. (PG)

Directors of Pennsylvania's eight formal educational consortia recently met in Harrisburg -- the first meeting of its kind in the nation. (Editor)

Brigham Young University devised a "dual-track system to provide highly practical training in both engineering and technology for students with different capabilities. The training tracks lead to different careers. (WM)

The growing needs of private institutions is cause to explore the potential of financial development for institutions individually and collectively through an academic consortium. (Author)

Plan developed by University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine to teach students the relationship between pre clinical sciences and the practice of medicine. (IR)

Pertinent questions are asked on the subject of college and school cooperation in the training of teachers. (JD)

It has been recommended that health education institutions develop a common market arrangement specifically in health education, based upon a recognition of the increasing alliance between the public and private sectors in both health care and education, and the need to utilize maximally the existing resources. (JD)