Student disengagement from school is observed through withdrawal, absenteeism, low-level participation, and discipline problems. This article discusses research on student evaluation systems and presents a study on high school students and the extent to which they experience incompatibilities in the school's evaluation and authority system. (DF)

Analysis of national data on intended majors and degrees received and four major longitudinal studies of freshmen indicates a modest decline in segregation of the sexes in academic specialization during the college years, despite attrition of women from mathematics and science, partially reflecting social trends. (Author/MSE)

Describes a classroom management system that increases both the students' positive attitudes toward general physical science and the teacher's enthusiasm for teaching it.

Coping patterns of 26 teachers are interpreted within the framework of the school as a street-level bureaucracy. Teachers' interpretations of the school's organizational characteristics and their responses are analyzed, focusing on four major teaching tasks; a typology of three modes of role enactment is developed. (MJL)

A Chicago school worked to establish school security without destroying the atmosphere that fosters trust, creativity, and a sense of community. Short-range tactics are listed, and a long-range effort to develop student and community unity and pride in the school is discussed. (MJL)

A study was conducted concerning the relationship between role preference and teaching effectiveness of home economics student teachers. During student teaching, student teachers became significantly more oriented to the roles of disciplinarian and referrer, although in order of preference these were the two least preferred roles. (CT)

Describes the work of an elected team of junior high school teachers that helps frustrated colleagues resolve classroom management problems. (MCG)

There are several kinds of plagiarism, and its significance varies with its circumstances. College administrations seem to avoid responsibility for examining allegations of academic plagiarism, and few procedures exist for addressing them. Until standard and open procedures are established and accepted, rigid and unrealistic attitudes will prevail…

A 1979 report concerning Finland's proposed internationalization of its higher education system and curricula is summarized, including conclusions about such components as peace research, education for peace, and assistance to developing nations, its relationship to various disciplines, and research efforts. (MSE)

The issue of classroom control is of interest to both parents and teachers. A study to determine the effect of teaching techniques on student preferences showed that teachers generally meet student needs, with the exception of appearing angry and publicly embarrassing students. (Author/DF)

An important cause of geography's problems is the absence of philosophic inquiry into the nature of the discipline's role in the educational process. Teachers must examine the goals of geography instruction. Exposure to John Dewey's view of geography may be an especially thought provoking experience for the modern geography teacher. (RM)

A list of the 75 U.S. colleges and universities with the largest foreign student enrollment is given, along with the number and percentage enrollment, a table of foreign student enrollment distribution by field of study and numerical and percentage changes since the previous year, and a list of the 63 countries from which at least 1,000 students…

Describes the development and success of a program that allows children to care for animals in the classroom and at home. Weekend leanding of animals to children is presented as a way of increasing a child's experience and sense of responsibility. (SB)

The purpose of the paper is to discuss (chronologically) the history of student rights by analyzing and synthesizing judicial decisions and assessing the future implications the student rights' movement has for educators, noting that the landmark Supreme Court case providing judicial approval for the procedural rights of students was Gault v.…

Notes that while notice and a hearing are giant steps, the tremendous number of suspensions in public schools across the country, particularly in the inner city, may continue to rise unless they are also monitored much more closely by parents. (Author/AM)