Article discussed educational trends in the world, including a short synopsis of the world population situation and a brief account of a meeting of the World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession. (Author/RK)

In this short essay are discussed the problems of urban education and the ways in which they can be solved. In particular, it is noted that the present system makes it difficult to assign responsibility to individuals. Involvement, problem-solving activity, accountability, and continual growth are key concepts that must be stressed. These ideas…

The author, headmaster of the Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, asks some questions that may help educators to explore in greater depth the present situation of education and possibilities for the future. He discusses three principles that can help us survive in a troubled world. (Author/RK)

The author discusses the specific meaning of career development and its impact on guidance and counseling. While placing career development in its historical perspective, the author notes that it is imperative to examine what it means in today's terms and in future terms. (Editor)

The opinions of preservice teachers are presented to illustrate the author's feeling that the education profession, faced with taxpayer resistance to increased educational costs, must become more aware of profit/loss ratios and more accountable. (MB)

Northrop Frye is interviewed concerning his thoughts on reading, writing, and speaking, and their interrelationship in the development of literate human beings. (MB)

There is mounting interest among educators in the concept of virtue, leaving a large question of how best to deal with tensions between self-regarding virtue ideals and other-regarding obligations. Two concepts of democratic virtue are presented. How educators should proceed is discussed. (MT)

Teacher malpractice, defined as instructional incompetency, or failure to exercise reasonable guidance, counseling, and instructional supervision, is a critical problem. This article reviews recent court decisions favoring school districts. Principals, as instructional leaders, are cautioned about incompetent teachers and inappropriate testing,…

An understanding of the changing social function of the university--in its interdependent relationship with the wider society--is essential to all students of higher education. Such an understanding may be the best means of restoring confidence in the education system of the 1980s. (Author/MLW)

An overview of past political activity provides background, tools, and methods for combating and overcoming opposition to the so-called "frill" of art education in today's school systems. (MB)

The responsibility for training sales personnel rests with the sales manager. The two-part job includes coaching (teaching skills) and counseling (changing behavior). (MS)

Article discusses who benefits in the long run from the work of researchers or innovators in the schools. (GB)

This article suggests some bases of the failure of white colleges serving minority Americans and provides some recommendations for these colleges in pursuing a social and pedagogical responsibility to this population. (Author)