Technology is redefining job functions, management functions, and people-managing skills. The educational community must reevaluate traditional methodologies and delivery systems. Changes must occur in school-industry cooperation, teaching methods, and student evaluation (performance testing and problem solving, credit for competence rather than…

Used teleconferencing to provide three-week long community college course on personality development, values, self-concept, coping, and communication skills to 14 elderly nursing home residents. Five participants chosen to illustrate diverse responses to class all showed increased involvement with others, gains in integration of new dependencies…

Ninety-one public school special education directors and 31 correctional education administrators in five mid-Atlantic states were polled to investigate linkages between the two systems. Results indicated needs for additional liaison staff hired specifically to coordinate services and an improved information exchange concerning handicapping…

The declining medical school applicant pool is examined as it affects or is affected by the profession itself, medical education, and the changing economics of health care delivery. (MSE)

Reviews the development of technological innovations in information delivery, including microforms, electronic processing, online distribution, full-text abstracts online, floppy disks, downloading, vertical integration, electronic publishing, and optical disks. The impact of technology on the information industry and the need to use technology…

The article cites high costs associated with assessment and staffing of children classified as learning disabled. It is suggested that overreferral of hard-to-teach children perpetuates teaching deficiencies. Professional entrenchment is discussed, and placing a cap on the percentage of mild handicaps funded by state and federal governments is…

The article introduces a special issue on the national network of University Affiliated Facilities (UAFs) for enhancing the quality of life of developmentally disabled persons. The history, related definitions, and current mission of the UAF network are reviewed, and a comprehensive evaluation system designed for continuous quality assurance is…

Discusses how quantitative expansion of education in developing countries has not been accompanied by sufficient emphasis on educational quality. Considers relationships between education and national development, impact of growth on quality, importance of historical experience, influence of selection and allocation systems, and experience with…

Describes and explains various factors in rural education and shows how "A Nation at Risk," the report of the Commission on Excellence in Education, ignores certain rural factors in its recommendations for education. Offers eight recommendations for policymakers who are designing strategies for implementing the commission…

Examines elements of the telecommunications delivery system as a means of teaching vocational education. The author discusses costs of teleconferencing; telecommunications consortia at the state, national, and local level; access to off-campus students; satellite teleconferencing seminars; slow scan video teleconferencing networks; and two-way…

Enumerated are planning principles for state boards of education to implement in long-range planning for inservice education for vocational educators. (GW)

Students today have an increasingly complex array of educational media that they can use to access educational material. While universities are under pressure to find cheaper, faster and hopefully better ways to interact with students, it is the responsibility of teachers to ensure that these media meet the educational and learning needs of…

The Wisconsin Forces for Four-Year-Olds Project promotes a collaborative community approach to offering universal access to four-year-old kindergarten services for Wisconsin 4-year-olds. Presented in three major sections, this report offers an overview of a community approach to serving 4-year-olds, summarizes experiences in seven communities…

This report provides descriptive information on variations in selected features of state and local early intervention systems. Information was gathered from 20 states as part of the National Early Intervention Longitudinal Study (NEILS). Results indicate a considerable variation along a number of dimensions, including: eligibility criteria; type…