The foundations, development, and delivery of distance education were examined through a literature review and first-hand experience in administration and teaching in an international online school. The evolution of distance education was traced from the 1800s, when it was a print-based method of instruction conducted at a distance, through the…

Argues that in higher education, values and priorities of the enterprise's "producers" have little in common with those of the "consumers," and identifies areas in which this is apparent, including tuition, college choice, selection of a president, program development, faculty rewards, state subsidies, institutional budgeting, and school…

A 12-day resident camp experience offering the primary objective of predetermined attitudinal change for the participants was developed and compared with a 12-day "typical camp" program. Areas of concern were the development of a more positive self-concept and more positive attitudes toward school and the learning process. Basic purpose of the…

In this article the influence of linguistic science on language teaching is traced from the mid-nineteenth century through the present. The earlier concepts of universal logical grammar, formal discipline, and transfer of training are explained. Linguistic development is charted through behaviorism and formal analysis to the combination of…

This report summarizes a project undertaken to differentiate between career education and vocational education, to end confusion among educators, legislators, and the public about similarities and differences of the two, and to examine the various points of potential linkage between them. Part 1 enumerates the needs that this project tried to…