In Britain, higher education is inappropriate for simplistic 'marketisation' but it is appropriate for more internal competition. Graduation data is used as an output measure for higher education. When output measures are set against input measures, Britain compares well with other nations in higher education. (Author/MLW)

Three major topics are discussed in this essay conveying a vision of what the university library should be like in the twenty-first century: (1) librarianship as a scholarly discipline; (2) politics and the university library; and (3) the library as an active agent in the life of a university. (EJS)

When used by local governments, long-range planning has the potential to transform policy making and prepare better cities and towns for the future. Placentia, California, began long-range planning as a community effort in the mid-1960s, with the creation of the Placentia Tomorrow Project. The project is described. (RM)

This paper extends Minar's (1974) semilog wage regression method to include those who interrupted their schooling with years of work. Schooling and the duration of the interruption interact to create nonlinearities in the rate of return to schooling. The method is applied to Vietnam era G.I. students and civilian interrupters. (Author/BW)

This essay examines the probable future of academic libraries and discusses the impact that Information Resources Management will have on public libraries, library schools, and academic libraries. The need for information specialists and implications for academic libraries of the 1990s are noted. (EJS)

Superintendents of 164 Arkansas small school districts predicted the importance of 20 selected academic courses/physical activities by the year 2000. Courses/activities ranked highest for 2000 were computer science, physics, soccer, economics, and composition. Study assumes collective wisdom or bias of superintendents will alter future secondary…

Relates a preschool child's experiences with product labels to show how teachers can use such language stories to promote early reading and writing. (FL)

A longitudinal study of 62 kindergarten children showed that inferior performance on tests of syllable-counting, word-string memory, and Corsi blocks may presage future reading problems in grade one. Procedures are suggested for kindergarten screening and for helping children at risk for reading failure. (Author/CL)

Discusses methods of forecasting and reviews scenarios of the future of industrial arts that have been developed in this century. Suggests that industrial arts students of the future will develop industrial, career, and technological literacy through the use of computer-based simulation of systems. (SK)

This study evaluated the factor structure of the Rorschach Prognostic Rating Scale (RPRS) in order to: (a) test the assumption that the RPRS represents a unitary response system and (b) determine the efficacy of employing population specific factor scores as predictors of therapy outcome. (Author/NG)

The gains in accuracy resulting from applying any of the smoothing methods appear sufficient to justify the suggestion that all expectancy tables used by colleges for admission, guidance, or planning purposes should be smoothed. These methods on the average, reduce the criterion measure (an index of inaccuracy) by 30 percent. (Author/MV)

Outlines the growth of futures research and the role accorded to it in Europe, North America and elsewhere, particularly with reference to work being carried out in the United States. (Editor/RK)

Presents some summary information from the current study by the United States Department of Agriculture and the University of Georgia. Attention is focused on the needs for job developments in non metropolitan areas if traditional migration patterns are to be halted or reversed and the particular requirements for women in the face of their…

Describes a forecasting model sensitive to the major factors influencing educational outcomes, presents several forecasts based on alternative sets of assumptions, and discusses the implications of these forecasts, including ways to subvert them. (Author/JG)

The volume of school construction has steadily declined since 1965 while school construction expenditures have remained relatively steady. Specifics on these and other school housing trends are discussed in an overview of the education market. (Author/MLF)