Suggests that a general liberal education is a basis for developing more capable, far-seeing, and wiser leaders in business and elsewhere. (AEA)

A student, an administrator, and association professionals see in liberal education a time for intellectual growth, exercise for the curious mind, inquiry into complexity, a place for preserving common values, and a forum for executive training. (MSE)

Examines later occupational status and earnings of men who undertake the transition to adulthood in other than the "normative" sequence of completion of formal schooling, commencement of first job, and marriage. On the basis of data from 18,370 men, concludes that those who experience a disorderly transition have lower earnings. (Author/GC)

Discusses the philosophical issues underlying the British debate on the relationship of schools to industry. Examines whether students should be educated for personal growth and their possible contributions to society, or to ensure that capitalist industries are adequately supplied with trained workers. (AM)

The kibbutz is presented as an example of a constructive microcommunity in which a special relationship exists with education. A model, to serve as a basis for analyzing the kibbutz school, has three main categories: (1) school provides services for the whole community; (2) school is assisted by the community; and (3) community has expectations…

Teacher education is defined as sets of activities intended to socialize candidates into the occupation of teaching. Ten parameters that affect and constitute teacher education are presented as a matrix which can be used to organize, synthesize, and analyze the research literature of teacher education. (FG)

The foundation of factional pressures for upgrading educational credentials in the labor market is examined through a review of human capital and screening theories. The writings of Adam Smith are referenced to show that the claims of the beneficial effects of educational upgrading have been questioned for 200 years. (Author/MLW)

Argues that schools should aim to develop generic skills which are not locked into very restricted occupational areas but nonetheless are explicitly related to the skills required in local labor markets. (CT)

Argues that efforts to promote the Communication Department should begin within the departments and students of the institution itself. Details six steps a Communication Department can take to promote its product. (PD)

The case of training in Kenya is explored in terms of the differences between the policy measures that would be necessary to increase the system's efficiency in response to the labor market and those concerned with improving its effectiveness in meeting social needs. (Author/SJL)

The American educational system reproduces an unequal system of social classes by emphasizing separate work skills for different social classes and by transmitting class-based social and power ideologies. A pedagogical model incorporating dual social consciousness and a dialectical view of social change is presented. (JN)

The panoramic approach to careers assumes that skills are transferable from one career to another, and that career change can be a natural and productive process. The liberal arts disciplines have an important function in such an interdisciplinary approach. (MSE)

Reports the results of the 13th Annual Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes toward the Public Schools sponsored by the National Associations of Elementary and Secondary School Principals, and the Kettering Foundation. A companion poll appears in the September 1981 issue of the "Phi Delta Kappan." (WD)

Several factors have contributed to the worsening of the employment situation of French postsecondary graduates: aging of the first generation of employed graduates, sometimes forced back on the market by unemployment; slackened growth; and reduction in teaching and civil service opportunities. (MSE)

Results from a comparative investigation of French and German industry are presented, and the close relationship between the national employment structures and respective educational and training systems is demonstrated. Conclusions are drawn about current debate in Germany about vocational training policies. (Author/MSE)