The papers of this proceedings are grouped in five parts. The three papers in part 1 discuss the exposure of Italian scholars to Dewey's philosophies and include the titles (1) "John Dewey in the Evolution of Italian Education" (C. R. Wolf); (2) "Frederick Eby and the Dewey Lectures: An Essentialist Present at Educational Progressivism's Conception" (B. Westfall); and (3) "The Dewey School: A Record of Success and a Reality of Failure" (C. Eisele). Part 2, "Shaping Educational Policy: Models from the Past", discusses the discrimination against women teachers, the education of wage earners with federal funds, the life adjustment education movement, and the purposes of the International Consortium of Options in Public Education and the Progressive Education Association. The titles are: (1) "The Women Peril: As a Barrier to the Rise of Women Teachers, 1890-1920" (P. Carter); (2) "Education as a Form of Emergency Relief: The New Deal Experience" (J. Sealander); (3) "Beyond the Prosser Revolution: Another Look at Life Adjustment Education" (R. Ognibene); and (4) "The Twilight of Public Alternative Education: Professional Malignancy, An Historical Perspective" (J. T. Sears and J. D. Marshall). Part 3, "A Past Perspective on Childhood Theory and Practice," presents the introduction of Froebelian kindergarten into Ontario (Canada) and the inception of farm schools in England. The titles are: "Ontario's Kindergarten-Primary Movement: Utilitarianism Subverts Idealism" (B. A. Wood) and "The Farm-School System of 19th Century Europe and Its Legacy" (T. J. Phillips). The two papers in part 4, "Issues In Historical Research", cover the need for educators to be familiar with the history of education, and are titled "Historical Research for Educational Questions" (J. M. Lakebrink) and "Oral History: Use of Interviews to Obtain a Historical Perspective of Early Childhood Education" (S. Boyd). Part 5, "Some Perspectives on Higher Education" includes four papers discussing the evolution of modern higher education. The titles include: "The Americanization of Higher Learning" (E. Feldman); "Life and Death of an Agricultural College" (W. Eaton and M. Bond); "From Principal Teacher to Corporate Manager: An Institutional History of Change in the Role of the College President" (R. N. Barger); and "Privileged Turf: Black Participation at the University of Cincinnati, 1955-1976: The Langsam and Bennis Years" (L. L. Jones). The program, the business meeting's minutes, and the directory of attendance are included. (DJC)