The forces of American education must embark on a massive program in reading education so that every student will learn to read to the full extent of his capability. (CK)

The call for accountability in education is a summons to review and reform the educational system." (Author)

Provides a brief summary of the overall recommendations, and quotations from passages salient to adult education. (EB)

The authors present a model which is intended to clarify the various meanings of instructional objectives and their relationships." (Author/AA)

Vice-President Walter Mondale suggests that the more money alloted to teachers, the more teachers are allowed to design their own programs, and that the more support a community lends to teaching professionals, the better the educational system will become. (LH)

In 1918, just one year before the founding of American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), Thorstein Veblin wrote, "In one shape or another, this problem of adjustment, reconciliation or compromise between the needs of higher learning and the demands of the business enterprise is forever present in the deliberations of the university…

Significant compensation of some kind must accrue to those few, i. e., trustees, to whom so much is owed. Article suggested three kinds of benefits that should be a part of any trustee's involvement with an educational institution. (Author/RK)

THE OPINIONS OF SEVERAL EXISTENTIAL THINKERS AND OTHER PHILOSOPHERS PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK FOR THIS DISCUSSION OF THE CRISIS OF MODERN CIVILIZATION. IT IS FELT THAT EDUCATION BOTH REFLECTS AND IS A FORCE IN THE STANDARDIZATION, MECHANIZATION, AND DEHUMANIZATION OF CONTEMPORARY LIFE. HOWEVER, EDUCATION CAN PLAY A CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE AS AN INSTRUMENT OF…

Summarizes a speech at the annual vocational convention (New and Related Services Division) in which speaker Robert Taylor focused on professionalism in vocational education. Seven components of professionalism are outlined and five challenges facing the profession are briefly discussed. (SH)

Basic guidelines for compliance to new federal legislation on copyrights are given. (MJB)

Discusses four challenges facing academic professions on the transformation to a postindustrial, technical society based on information. Examines the relationship of postsecondary education to the economy; the need to think, plan, and manage strategically; the redesign of the education industry; and literacy and retraining needs. (DMM)