Discusses future needs of education based on the theories of Alvin Toffler's book, "The Third Wave." Cooperative education programs provide a system for educating a workforce that is well-grounded in practical experience and that is what Third Wave employers increasingly need. (JOW)

Foreign language study has a humanistic value that should not be ignored. Foreign language study is as essential to a liberal arts education as is the study of mathematics to an education in technological and scientific fields. (HOD)

Enumerates ways in which university sociology departments can help students find out about career possibilities in the field of sociology. Suggestions include providing information on employment opportunities and graduate programs, identifying occupations of graduated sociology majors, advising students about employment and graduate school, and…

Author states the need for "...a future-focused curriculum which has at its center in every school subject the teaching of concept development, logical synthesizing, and inventive problem-solving". (Author/RW)

Author is a teacher whose children, aged three, six and seven, are taught mainly by their mother at home. (Editor/RK)

Historically, man's educational system and preparation for a role in society has been based on a concept of stability. Our's is the first generation which must educate and reeducate to new dimensions of time and change. Today a person's role in society is determined almost exclusively by his work role. This concept leads to several conclusions:…

Based on a work paper on adult and continuing education policy formation for Quebec, this document modifies and supplements recommendations on the unemployed and other high priority clientele groups, adult education content and methodology, the training of adult educators, responsibilities of sponsoring bodies (including the mass media), Federal…

Focuses on the role and responsibility of providing advanced learning opportunities for rural adult learners. Outlines ways in which continuing higher education should respond to their educational needs and suggests a framework for a collaborative approach to meeting this challenge. (JOW)

The challenge ahead for higher education is not to convert the new learners to traditional learners, but to convert traditional education to a new education that will serve us all better. (Author)

A statement by the Policies Commission for Business and Economic Education. (Editor)

Dr. Mead, the world-renowned anthropologist and expert behavioral scientist, is associated with the American Museum of Natural History, which acts as her headquarters as she documents her observations on Man, society and technology. She discusses the need to develop specialists with concern for saving the endangered planet earth. (Editor/GR)

The Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare discusses the importance of effective relationships between government to public needs. (RW)