Writing from experience and involvement in organizing a school where there are humane opportunities for learning, authors say it's easier to help the faculty develop needed skills for humanization than to implement a structure which encourages attitudinal changes. (Editor)

Findings suggest that Holland's theory of vocational choice can assist in the interpretation of goal priorities within the academic community. Suggestions indicate how this theory might be employed by university administrators and in subsequent research on the administration of academic departments and the roles of their chairmen. (Editor/PG)

Are ninth graders too young for high school or too old for middle or junior high school? Author examines the problem and does not feel it is that severe. (Editor/RK)

The current methods of student evaluation are of doubtful value. An adequate substitute needs to be found. (CK)

In order for meaningful change to take place in education, the organizations which can effect this change must orient themselves to accept new ways of doing things. (CK)

This article provides an evaluation of the rationale for, and impact of, setting with English classes in the second year of secondary school in one Scottish authority. The Council's education department has a long-standing policy of mixed-ability classes in English for the first two years of secondary school (S2). A number of schools approached…

This review examines how goals, processes, resource inputs, and funds will be viewed at different levels of university organization: the campus administration; the schools or colleges, the academic departments and organized research units; and the support organizations on the campus. The review encompasses the main features of complementarity,…

The key to clarity and accountability is to structure the schools so that their goal is clearly the purpose for which they are instituted. The concept of "adult competency" can clarify education's purposes. (Author/MLF)

Familiar high school problems include unprepared and apathetic students, inadequate teachers' salaries and benefits, and outmoded grade-level systems. Improvement requires new schooling models including clearer goals, advancement linked to skills mastery, promotion of thinking skills, less fragmented school time, elimination of age-grading, less…

The last decade and a half was dominated by the view that schools do not matter, that schooling makes no difference, and that schools are powerless to change their students' destinies. Current research throws new light on these issues and prompts a questioning of these values. Recent studies present evidence that school experiences can indeed have…

Three sets of categories present a matrix that provides a basis for characterizing or defining any particular alternative school effort. Abstracts of five national reports recommending the offering of alternative public schools are also included. (Author/MLF)

Proposes a conceptual framework for viewing alternative schools. Identifies four educational ideologies and explores how they may influence school goals, program, formal structure, environment, and informal processes and norms. Develops propositions related to (1) the relationship between alternative schools and the external environment and (2)…

Looks at the reasons why the West Oxfordshire Center of Advanced Education has failed. The Center was an example of cooperation between sixth form work and adult education colleges. (Editor/RK)