The relation between museums and schools must be a two-way street, and if the necessary approaches to bring this about are not being made, it may be time to increase the incentives for such efforts. (Editor)

Considers how to prepare future high school students for the change that they will experience upon leaving the local middle school. (RK)

The consortium/teacher education council approach to collaboration in teacher education centers seems to close the gap between token school involvement and actual involvement. (Author)

Described is a unique environmental studies program open for students from all schools. Scientific concepts and techniques are stressed as these relate to environmental studies. Besides participating in special activities organized during the year, each student is required to participate in several field studies. (PS)

Project ICES (A Project of Internships, Certification, Equity-Leadership, and Support) links the major educational agencies in a state to select, train, and place a group of women with proven administrative ability. (Author/IRT)

Discusses the concept of educational brokering. Describes the Hudson County (New Jersey) Community College Commission's use of leased facilities, adjunct faculty, and contractual agreements with institutions within and outside of the county to utilize their facilities and faculty in specific program areas. (JG)

Considers the application of purposive cooperative structures to guide community colleges in functioning effectively with other community schools and agencies. Provides examples of Charette, Delphi, and Community Forum models and examines established cooperative structures at Lane, Clackamus, and Denver Community Colleges. (CM)

The REMPLOD project (Reintegration of Emigrant Manpower and the Promotion of Local Opportunities for Development) investigates ways in which foreign workers can contribute to development processes in their countries of origin (Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey). Three experts involved with the Turkish project make recommendations on the Turkish-Dutch…

Provides a comprehensive discussion on the Stichting Film en Wetenschap, SFW (Foundation for Film and Science), in Utrecht. Various aspects of the use of audio-visual aids in university teaching are looked at in detail. (Editor/RK)

Utilizing flexible community-supporting services integrated with a hospital-based program of planned intermittent relief of the patients' supporters, patients (N=50) were maintained in the community at an average cost of 79.5 hospital bed days per patient per annum. The Continuing Care Program is an alternative to institutionalization. (Author)

The Great Lakes Environmental Finance Center is one of six university-based environmental finance centers established by the federal government. Its primary mission is to help state and local government and private-sector organizations devise effective financing strategies for environmental improvement projects. Cross-sector collaboration and…

This paper discusses the European dimension of peace education. The argument is that a united Europe has also an impact on peace education. A peaceful Europe has to become the common task for peace educators all over Europe. This is the aim of the EURED peace education network whose work is here explained. EURED plans to provide in-service teacher…

A discussion of distance learning looks at the ways in which it does or does not address issues of cultural pluralism and the needs implied by this. Introductory sections look at the way in which current telecommunications socialize individuals of all ages and at the difficulty of research into this process. Media technology applicable in the…

This position paper from the Research, Evaluation, and Accreditation Committee of the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) presents a description of the Academic Decathlon program and offers recommendations for improving the program and ways that ACSA can assist the program. The description of the Academic Decathlon, a ten-event…

COGEN is a consortium of nursing units from 12 universities in California and Nevada formed in 1971 for the purpose of broadening opportunities for graduate education; to provide more flexible modes of study; and to use more effectively the available resources, facilities, and faculties. (Author/BP)