Research suggests a connection between student relationships with other students and lecturers, and their outcomes and experiences of higher education. Yet, master's students are overlooked in this area of practice and research, with few studies investigating relationship building at the postgraduate level. To date, moreover, no studies have used…

This report on inservice education begins with an overview of the need for staff development programs. The districts contributing to this report offered their goals and objectives, their approaches to evaluation, and the new roles they see their teachers and administrative staff playing in education today. Chapter 1 contains a statement of the…

The Pennsylvania Legislature funded a two-year program to enable interested local schools to conduct exploratory programs on all-year scheduling. Funds were allocated by contract on the basis of the local school's need and readiness to conduct some type of all-year school program or to study the feasibility of such a program. Findings indicate…