A study was conducted to find the characteristics of state-level administrative structures for vocational education within state departments of education and to find the current and expected role of state vocational agriculture supervisors as perceived by high school teachers and state supervisors. (CT)

Contends that rhetorical study is the key to the integration of reading and writing in the college English department and discusses problems created by pigeonholing literature by periods and genres. (DD)

Instead of being encouraged to act in a professional manner, graduate students are continually reminded of their professional inferiority by the English department. (HOD)

Discusses the Abt Study of State and Local Compliance which sought to describe state and local implementation of the provisions of the Vocational Education Amendments of 1965; to understand ways in which local environment affects compliance; and to provide Congress with recommendations for achieving greater adherence to federal intent. (JOW)

Presents guidelines for deciding whether an elementary or secondary school needs department heads or not. Lists the responsibilities of both department heads who are administrators, and therefore members of management, and of department heads who are supervisors, and therefore members of labor.

Relates the impressions of science education gained by a physics professor visiting the People's Republic of China. Observations from two universities in Beijing and Wuhan provide information regarding departmental organization, general teacher preparation, preuniversity education, science teacher preparation, specific physics departments, applied…

Describes various aspects of the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Colorado, including its history, teaching quality, research programs, and commitment to professional service. (CS)

Explores the process of horizontal differentiation by examining events leading to the establishment of 30 new departments in five universities. Two types of horizontal differentiation processes--administrative and academic--were observed and each was associated with different organizational conditions. (Author/IRT)

Argues that a paradox exists in humanities departments when such departments, which are the custodians and beneficiaries of literacy, fail to concern themselves with reading, writing, and pedagogy. (DF)

State education agencies, once passive, have assumed an important role in the collection and dissemination of education-related data for use at all levels of government and for a variety of purposes. (Author)

Effective individualized instruction depends primarily on the teacher possessing the skills to implement it. Individualization is therefore quite compatible with the traditional self-contained elementary classroom model, but not with its alternative, departmentalization, which allows teachers neither the time flexibility nor the familiarity with…

Data from 45 state special education directors describe current attempts by states to comply with Public Law 94-142 mandates for assigning surrogate parents. findings showed that eight states used a media campaign to inform the public of the need for surrogate parents and 12 states have identified a pool of individuals to serve as surrogate…

Faculty evaluation must be seen by faculty as an improvement-and-reward system. The department chairpersons are seen as the key. Among imaginative rewards to consider: the Master Teacher and Distinguished Research posts; minigrants; internal sabbaticals; posttenure rewards. (Author/MLW)

Departments of preventive medicine can survive through unity, which can be achieved through majority agreement on a new and specific definition of preventive medicine. A definition is proposed that is based on a review and analysis of recent progress in the prevention of the major causes of mortality. (MLW)

Discusses college English faculty in terms of the increase in temporary and part-time appointments, limitations on mobility, teaching assignments, and sabbatical leaves. (HOD)