Examples of how Empire State College in New York uses learning contracts together with first results of students' evaluation of their use.

The paper presents an alternative approach to research in learning disabilities among adolescents and young adults. The author proposes that low achieving adolescents labeled "learning disabled" can and should play a role in research efforts in which they are involved. While much research is seen to focus on educational interventions following…

A general wave of student eruptions is taking place in many countries not only because of dissatisfaction with specific institutional practices, but because of a profound and deepening estrangement between academic youth and modern society. Among elements contributing to the growth of a new political movement are much larger student bodies and…

Discussed are how a free choice environment can be established in the classroom, the motivational advantages to including free choice in an enrichment program, and how implementing a free choice environment can serve as a teacher training tool. Several free choice studies are described. In one such study, a free choice situation was set up in…

This field experiment on same-age peer tutoring was concerned with the differential effects on satisfaction and performance of assigned role and relative competence with junior high students. Satisfaction and performance were predicted to vary directly with prestige and with equity (status congruence) of role assignment. Same-sex, same-class,…

Much of the student rebellion has been attributed to the impersonality of the academic institution, and through the 1960's it was believed that all problems could be solved through increased student participation on college and university committees. Though increased participation has met with some success, it is by no means the major reform in…

Following recommendations in the 1966 report EDUCATION AT BERKELEY, the Board of Educational Development (BED) was created as the practical vehicle through which experimental curricular programming could be realized more rapidly. The purpose of this study was to examine systematically and empirically the BED curriculum--the student and faculty…

An imaginary consultant (with some resemblance to the author), makes a survey of graduate student-faculty relations and their views of their decision-making roles. The results of the survey are intended to guide deans of graduate schools in emerging institutions in working out suitable roles for graduate students in academic decision making. Based…

The traditional educational structure requires the teacher to be part bookkeeper, part clerical assistant, and part psychologist, among other roles, while his salary scale is based on length of service. Differentiated staffing offers ways of changing this pattern. The details of differentiated duties are largely a matter of local option and…

In a study of six schools, neither students nor teachers wished student power to predominate over that of teachers and the principal. However, both groups favored increases in student decision making. (Author/GC)

The responsibilities borne by deaf students, interpreters, classroom teachers, and deaf education teachers which are necessary for mainstreaming to succeed are enumerated. A meeting among all parties early in the school year to review their respective roles and the compilation of a written summary for future reference can promote success. (VW)

Asserts that new models of instructional methodology are needed to meet the demands of a changing world community. Describes a small-group teaching method called MOS, which calls for students to read, analyze, and shape meaning gained from material while instructors encourage and provide insight. (BSR)

Two high school principals discuss why change in schools is necessary, what the ingredients of change are, who the enemies of change are, and how to begin the change process. (MT)