A regional program of pre-university courses in northwestern England open to adults with no entry qualifications is discussed. It uses some distance learning techniques but is investigating expansion to technical education through distance learning. The complexities and potential costs of such a substantial directional change are examined. (MSE)

Educational reform by Miami-Dade Community College is discussed by its president, Robert H. McCabe. In an action that is considered unusual for two-year schools, it has tightened controls on its curriculum, faculty, and students. A commitment to achieving higher levels of literacy is advocated. (MLW)

In a seven year period, Fisher Junior College has shown spectacular growth as a program in continuing education directed to veterans. The college offered an education that in two years prepared students for the job market and gave them the skills to seek employment successfully. (MLW)

Subscribes to a "right-to-succeed" policy. Recommends eliminating time-frame descriptions in community college program catalogs, prohibiting full-time enrollment by working students, preassessing entering students' entry-level skills, and using assessment data for proper placement in college-level courses. (DMM)

Summarizes survey findings from the 50 state departments of education on state accreditation, approval, licensure, and teacher certification of private elementary and secondary schools. Availability: Private School Quarterly, P.O. Box 21587, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33335. (MLF)

Black institutions continue to produce proportionately more Black graduates than White colleges. In addition, graduates of Black colleges attain more doctorate degrees than do those from White institutions. In view of their record of producing graduates with a limited share of federal and private dollars, Black institutions are more than cost…

A study of postsecondary educational demand in a reqion of Australia reveals information on high school students' anticipated participation, planned level of study, degree aspiration, institutional choice, and preference for field of study. Data tables are included. (MSE)

In the middle 1970s, Black enrollment in higher education was largely concentrated in traditionally Black southern schools and in four-year colleges. Blacks and women were underrepresented in graduate and professional schools, and they tended to be overrepresented in education/social sciences while underrepresented in the technical sciences.…

Summarizes findings of a study undertaken to determine types of older adult tuition waiver policies and their effects. Recommends that tuition waivers must be backed by support services and cover noncredit courses. Encourages state- and local-level planning so community colleges can provide financial assistance to older needy adults. (CAM)

In relation to economic and social trends in Latin America over the last 25 years, the authors analyze expansion and change in primary, secondary, and higher education in this region. Tables of income, enrollment, literacy, drop-out, and occupational data for Latin American countries are appended. (SJL)

Various forces will combine to produce a new generation of students best characterized as the "calculating consumers." These forces include fewer and more diverse students, oversupply of faculty, interrupted patterns of study, tight job markets, consumer collectives, and campus protests. Some implications for student personnel administrators can…

The foreign language program in the Edison, New Jersey public schools is described. The exemplary features of this program are: (1) It is not limited to college-bound students, (2) a significant provision is made for program advocacy, and (3) there are full four- and six-year sequences in French, Spanish, and German. (PMJ)

The modern university is seen as an alien phenomenon in the Arab world, where it lacks societal support. Kuwait University is a microcosm of the Arab university with peculiar problems arising from unequal admissions standards, traditional societal values, paucity of indigenous staff, inexperienced administrators, etc. (MLW)

A review of current activities and thrusts in inservice education for primary and secondary teachers in Scotland, including national planning efforts. (SJL)

Remediation programs have been successful in boosting poorly prepared minority undergraduates. Several different approaches are described that combine reconditioning, psychology, and simple faith. (JMF)