This paper has attempted to identify some of the obstacles and deterrents on the one hand and incentives and positive pressures on the other which determine the ability and willingness of the universities in East Africa to confront the issue of development. (Author)

Author presented a brief summary of what he saw when looking back, around, and about the fields of comparative and international education, and what those observations suggested to him about the future as a field and Society. (Author/RK)

In considering a maximization of the economic contribution of education to the well-being of Papua New Guinea the author argued that no type of educational planning will succeed unless it is based upon the aspiration and expectations of the majority of the population it is intended to serve. (Author/RK)

This article provided a description of a particular scheme initiated by the City of Birmingham's education committee. (Editor/RK)

Article examined the plight of the Amerasian student and a study of their educational growth patterns. (Author/RK)

Communication among students, faculty, and administration is difficult to establish and maintain in a high school with more than 1,500 students. One attempt to promote communication at Thomas Jefferson High School in Council Bluffs, Ia., is through rap sessions. (Author)

This study was an attempt to document and analyze the national effort of Columbia, South America to resolve its educational problems by the process of organizational and administrative reform. (Author/RK)

Article considered human goals in music education. (Editor/RK)

Discussed the need for new continuing education programs and their connection in filling the community's educational needs. (RK)

The federal grant administrator may well be the catalyst to help school districts obtain maximum utilization of the federal dollar in their operations. His role could well serve to encourage research and development on the elementary and secondary level. (Author/DN)

The author offers concrete suggestions for implementing change in women's education programs through identifying stages in the adoptive processes, involving others, selecting techniques, and developing a plan. (Author/JR)

The school library in Great Britain has moved from a supportive position to one of major importance as a mode for teaching and learning. (DE)

This resource book on educational publishing presents examples of evaluation and planning; try-out procedures; the production process; and warehousing and distribution, all reinforced by examples of systems and structures and case studies which were presented at the 1985 Manila and Tonga Seminars. Part one, Planning, Try-out and Evaluation of…

Educators and policymakers are beginning to realize that students aged 10 through 14 are not well served by the "miniature high school" atmosphere of the typical junior high school, where the primary emphasis is placed on academic achievement in departmentalized course offerings. A program that is student-centered and that better…

The Soviet school system is, and has been since its inception, a vital instrument of state policy. The Soviet political leaders of the 1980s, in an effort to improve their educational system, are implementing into the academic program the basic Soviet educational principles of: (1) promoting Communist Party policies; (2) coordinating school work…