Asserts that as developmental education is being attacked by cost-minded legislators, developmental educators must do a better job of advertising its benefits. Outlines the benefits of developmental education for both underprepared and prepared individuals, society, faculty, and administrators. Claims that developmental education enhances student…

Adult educators need to realize that the decline of socialism in Europe is a matter of spiritual developments and changes of mentalities, attitudes, and patterns of thinking and judging. The occurrence of a general orientation crisis indicates a need for learning as people look for new rules and structures. As a result of the closed system, the…

This paper examines multicultural education--its history, goals, for whom it is designed, and who is responsible for initiating programs. The literature is in general accord with the view that the educational system should be responsive to the fact that the United States is culturally diverse. This fact is taken as the ground for asserting that…

Providing effective linkages between education and work has become one of the most important issues on the national agenda today. However, the lack of a national policy on vocational education has meant that the responsibilities of the vocational education establishment in this direction have never been clearly defined and that the present…

The importance of having a national policy for vocational education (called for by the National Advisory Council for Vocational Education) is the focus of this speech. After citing and discussing some baseline facts about vocational education's budget and enrollment figures, the author provides several reasons for having a national policy: (1) The…

This book, published in 1937, discusses public education and its unique function in American democracy. Among the topics discussed are the following: (1) how educational leadership must reconsider its position in society and obligations to society's needs following World War I; (2) the development of education in the United States; (3) the role…

Many learning disabled children display sensory or motor hyperactivity. They commonly have perceptual problems in sensory discrimination, memory, sequencing, figure-background relationship, and integration of multiple sensory stimuli. Recommendations are given for psychological diagnosis and educational programming to meet the needs of learning…

Psychological factors are analyzed that might explain why scholars and teachers do not intellectually confront the possibility of nuclear annihilation. Teachers are urged to struggle toward facing that possible reality as a prelude to action. (PP)

An education futurist discusses who are the consumers of Canada's education and training system, what individuals need from Canada's formal education and training system, how consumers might characterize a preferred system of education and training, what a consumer-based education and training system would look like, and what a knowledge-based…

Focusing on the social forces acting upon community colleges, this paper reviews possible modes of response by the colleges, focusing specifically on the role of institutional research. The first section presents an overview of the social forces affecting community colleges, discussing the 16% increase in two-year college enrollments in the…

A rational approach to increasing the quality of infant caregiving environments requires knowledge of the interrelationships among three major aspects of caregiving: the adult, the infant and the environment in which care is provided. This presentation focuses on desired traits of caregivers and on the needs of infants. In addition to warm…

THE STUDY AND RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BASED ON VISITS TO 5 CAMPUSES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AND INTERVIEWS WITH LIBRARIANS, FACULTY, AND UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS, ALSO TAKING INTO ACCOUNT AVAILABLE DATA ON SUPPLY AND DEMAND OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF IN CALIFORNIA. CONCLUSIONS ARE THAT THE NEED FOR LIBRARIANS IN THE STATE, THE RAPID EXPANSION OF…

Trends and issues that will influence the development of the community college towards its highest potential as a social and economic force are explored. Chief among the efforts to define the community college role in California were those of the Regents of the University of California and the State Board of Education who offered guidelines for…

Opinion polls indicate that public confidence in educational leadership is declining, probably because the educational establishment is not delivering what people want. One demand is that education be made relevant to the world of work--an area in which vocational educators are in a strong position. The second demand is that education be made…

The need for instructional programs for young, beginning motorcyclists is clearly indicated by statistics; an estimated 70 percent of motorcycle accidents involve inexperienced riders. Teaching the techniques of coexistence in driver education courses is also important since an estimated 62 percent of all auto-cycle accidents are caused by the…