Northern Kentucky University (NKU) is a comprehensive public university located just five miles south of Cincinnati, Ohio. At NKU, educators aspire to provide a personal educational experience to the more than 12,000 undergraduate students who enroll each year. Given the demographics of the undergraduate student body--more than 50% are…

This article documents a trip that was made by students from the University of Akron's College of Business to visit Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway and the second richest man in the world at his Global Headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska. Every year, Buffett invites a select number of schools to Omaha to visit with him and tour…

Argues that the entrance of research libraries into the "arena," i.e., the area of public responsiveness, is a necessary adjustment to current realities. The special situations of patron-sponsored, affiliated, and independent research libraries are discussed in this light, using the Folger Library in Washington, D.C., as an example. (JD)

Change mythology vs. change reality introduces this summary of program descriptions by several principals and a frank discussion of what's ahead for their schools. (Editor/RB)

Testimony relative to the Vocational Education Improvement Act Amendments of 1967 as given in two committee sessions is presented in the form of verbatim oral questions and answers and prepared statements. Major prepared statements were by (1) Leon M. Lessinger, (2) Maurice J. Daly, (3) Beatrice Pressley, (4) Jacob J. Kaufman, and (5) Leon P.…

Experienced people from business and industry have something to offer young people. Teachers have something to offer business and industry. Suggests combining the two, and providing students with both a stable faculty and a more thorough program of vocational education. (Author/RK)

The recording of dance for archival purpose has spawned the mediation of dance for education, training, and artistic purposes as well; and video has naturally emerged as the recording medium. (Author/CMV)

Intramural sports activities are used as an integral part of the freshman orientation program at Belmont Abbey College. The program organization and success are briefly described. (JMF)

This paper compares the methods for prescribing exercise according to various contemporary authorities. The programs are compared as to their goals, the testing modalities and physiological parameters used for prescription of the initial training session, and the methods and the progression of training. Regarding goals, there is a general…

This article was written for those who believed that commissioning music for the high school band was an impossible dream. Author described two successful high school commissioning programs, their benefits for the students involved, and how to approach a composer to seek a new work. (Editor/RK)

This examination of methods by which specificity is achieved in LC subject headings includes examples of the application of these methods in particular headings, and a brief discussion of problems of consistency and levels of specificity in LCSH. (Author/MBR)

Background: Alternative teacher certification has become an increasingly popular strategy for addressing both teacher quality and teacher shortages. However, there is little agreement about what constitutes alternative certification, and there is little known about the types of programs that prepare highly qualified teachers. The debate over…

The author describes the itinerary and impressions of a group (Music Educators National Conference) of American composers, dancers, and other artists who made up the first cultural delegation from the United States to the People's Republic of China since the normalization of diplomatic relations between the two countries. (Author/KC)

The column presents three brief articles on mainstreaming. W. Tice presents his view that Public Law 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) has been a disaster for American education. J. Halpert discusses problems in the implementation of P.L. 94-142. One high school's response to the mainstreaming mandate is recounted by P.…