A survey of 343 administrators, county agents, specialists, and secretaries in Mississippi Cooperative Extension received 295 responses showing that 43 percent of agents and secretaries felt that administrators were responsible for keeping them current with computer technology by providing training opportunities and released time; and most…

Technology education programs must not be so restricted as to be primarily concerned with sets of facts. They must realize the unique responsibility of fostering philosophic critics and designers of technology. They should also strive to help students with their future needs. (Author/JOW)

Asserts that big-time sports distort educational values, and discusses faculty's role in restoring a better balance. (EV)

As governors confront the worst state fiscal environment in the past 25 years, long-term prospects for strong economic growth are hampered by an immense underlying problem: the high school dropout crisis. At least one student in five drops out of school, and nearly 5 million 18- to 24-year-olds lack a high school diploma. Annually, dropouts cost…

Job application procedures for teaching positions in nursing are discussed. Suggestions for making decisions in choosing the right job and how to handle job interviews are presented. Training in the processes involved in seeking employment are needed by students and should be offered in graduate schools. (EC)

Criticizes post-Sputnik changes in college chemistry instruction, including the tendency to assign higher grades and the teaching of difficult material beyond the students's ability. (MLH)

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

Perspectives concerning the recruitment of graduate students are offered, with attention to the size and resources of the department and the school, faculty involvement in recruitment efforts, pools of eligible prospects, and obligations to students. Factors affecting upper and lower limits to graduate enrollment are identified, including the…

Presented to the faculty of the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York City) after the acceptance by the New York Board of Regents of the school's plan to offer master's degree programs, these remarks focus on the problems presented by rapid developments in communications technology and the responsibility of the faculty to participate in the…

Having neglected urban responsibilities for too long, institutions must now employ several strategies to mitigate problems and achieve a more livable and equitable society. (Editor/PG)

Article focused on the need for women to assume the tasks necessary to provide leadership in the educational world. (Author/RK)

Article considered a number of factors that supported the need for specialized occupational training at the high school level and at post secondary institutions and the weight of educational evidence favored productive change toward a more positive balance. (RK)

Author urges educators to be guardians and promulgators of the basic social verities. Parity in education must take the place of elitism. (Editor)

Drops in student enrollment may shift higher education into the business market, but educators must remember their primary task is in coulseling individuals, not counting numbers. (PG)

There are many commonalities between the life-styles and values of American Indians and the profession of social work, yet social work and its practice and educational institutions to a large extent have failed to reach America's most deprived minority group. (Editor/KE)