This discourse suggests that there are nine categories of client publics (or education consumers) which individually or collectively hold expectations of accreditation and accrediting agencies: (1) the institutions, their students, faculty, and trustees; (2) the federal agencies; (3) agencies that recognize accrediting bodies, specifically the…

Discusses the public's acceptance of its responsibility to preserve, strengthen and extend higher education institutions. (Author)

The family is a context in which young children can acquire a sense of purpose, dignity and worth, if ideas of individualism and privacy are tempered by a sense of community. The school, the parents' places of work and community institutions should be used as extensions of the family setting. (Author/RH)

There was little or no involvement on the part of educators in the formative stages of the youth employment legislation of the 1970s. With an array of bills being introduced in Congress in support of reauthorization of youth employment legislation, it is time for our educational systems to trade nonparticipation for cooperation. (CT)

A federal role in education has developed in response both to constitutional requirements and national problems that transcend the scopes or the rescources of state and local governments. (CJ)

Lists the nine theses of the Bonn Forum "The Courage to Educate" (1978) together with opposing positions taken by an ad hoc group of educators and social scientists during the Tubingen Congress of the German Society for Educational Science. (CK)

Believe that it is the school's responsibility to assist children to live in the world effectively as a contributing participating citizen. (Author/AM)

This policy statement of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities attempts to clarify the obligations and opportunities basic to fulfillment of the international responsibilities of higher education. International education is defined and its purposes outlined. College responsibility is noted and a call for commitment is made.…

A White Paper published by Great Britain's Department of Education and Science titled "Education and Training for the 21st Century" is summarized, and recommendations are offered for post-16 education and training of young people with special needs. Recommendations focus on rights guarantees, funding, program quality, and representation…

This volume is a critical and objective study of the contemporary college student athlete. Framed around the process of recruitment, transition, and support of student athletes in higher education, the volume is a response to societal pressures to reform college athletics. Driven by publicity and the potential for revenue gains, colleges and…

The major proposals of the National Indian Brotherhood which were stated in their 1972 policy paper are briefly reviewed. What has already been undertaken in the Quebec Region to meet them and what is planned within the next 5 years are also discussed. (NQ)

The article discusses the issue of public school responsibility for the governance of early childhood education intervention programs for handicapped children. (Author/DLS)

Discusses the shift of responsibility for public schooling back to the states and localities and the fact that block grants have become an integral part of national policy. Explains the effect of the cut in federal funds on the nation's schools. (JOW)

Recent issues in higher education suggest that universities are on the defensive, and that the educational community will be better served by trying to set a new agenda with the public. Two topics for this agenda are offered: the loss of a common perspective and the relationship of people to institutions. (LBH)