Labor education reflects the pragmaticism of American culture and supports the system. It emphasizes leadership training, loyalty building, and political education. The control of labor education is centralized in union headquarters. (VW)

Three Michigan community-junior colleges have joined with Michigan State University to form a consortium sponsored by the Kellogg Community Services Leadership Program. This program not only emphasizes graduate student internship experiences in the area of school-community relationships, but also focuses on service programd development in the…

Oregon gains in the race between program expansion and leadership development. (Editor)

This investigation focused on the importance of providing instruction (with minimal use of preparation time) on the Future Farmers of America (FFA) leadership development to beginning students. It was found that students whose teachers used the instructional packet developed in the study had a better attitude toward FFA. (SSH)

The president of Association for Specialists in Group Work, a counselor trainer, and a consultant on group counseling, reported questions most often asked and framed responses mindful of beginning and practicing group counselors. Answers cover such topics as group size, selection, emotions, roles, leadership and other areas. (Author/CMG)

The need for developing a program stressing leadership skills among gifted, talented, and creative school children is considered and aspects of such a program are discussed. (PHR)

Five articles focus on approaches to training gifted students in leadership skills.

Selecting managers with high leadership quotients is only part of an organization's task. Grooming managers for effective interpersonal functioning involves knowing what traits and skills are to be enhanced, and then designing programs which cultivate a deep understanding of human nature and of the self. (LRA)

Concerns the scarcity of literature on training practices for group leadership and the lack of training research. Group leadership training is a relatively new field. Clarification of group counseling functions and more research in group counseling will bring the development of more sophisticated approaches to leadership training. (NRB)

The author discusses the concept of leadership in general and makes suggestions for developing leaders in the area of gifted child education. (CL)

"Leadership for the 90s" trained 21 senior volunteers in "shared-servant" leadership to facilitate peer development in an association. Leaders showed significant improvement in conducting meetings, communicating clearly, speaking in public, and planning effective presentations. (SK)

The Leadership Training Consortium (LTC) integrated academic preparation with reality-based school clinical experiences to prepare school administrators for certification. Although a suitable response to external reform demands, LTC faced significant barriers because it challenged established rules and norms. (SK)