The thesis of this discussion is that a vital system of universities and colleges comes forth and endures when it achieves and maintains a balance between institutional and academic autonomy and societal relevance. (Author)

The changes in Chinese education can be understood only in the context of the changes in society and social attitudes. (Authors)

Advocates a program emphasizing interaction between man, culture, and the biophysical environment, and social responsibility, in contrast to programs which focus on natural resources. Outlines major objectives - understandings and attitudes. (EB)

Two problems are examined in this essay: the relation of the mass media to humanistic studies, and how the sociology of literature and art might bear on such studies. The focus is less on theory wihtin the humanisties than on what might be learned from the theoretical work of the social sciences. (SE)

Paper prepared by a committee of North York (Canada) French teachers for discussion at one of their recent professional development sessions. (DS)

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages (ADFL), December 26, 1971, in Chicago, Illinois. (DS)

Charges that the changing goals and conditions of formal education demand new objectives, attitudes, and procedures in the teaching of foreign languages. (DS)