This presidential address sketches the development of the Linguistic Society of America since 1924, indicates the motives for its formation, and surveys its progress, status, and impact in the field of linguistics, both in the lay and scholarly spheres. The organization's role in the study of foreign languages, English, and English as a second…

This discussion outline develops the argument that there is significant dissonance between present efforts to promote the professionalization of teaching and the demands which societal expectations place on teacher education now and for the future. To develop this argument, an attempt is made to (1) identify some of the social conditions and…

A study was made of the nature of immigrant education in New York City during the years 1895-1915 and its impact on American education. Citizenship education grew from a narrowly conceived course in 1900 to a total concept of public education by 1915, and changed further during and after World War I to meet the desire for national unity and the…

An analysis of two rural and two urban Head Start centers in the state of New York during the school year 1966-67 attempted to find out if rural-urban variables affect the administration of Head Start programs. The four programs were compared in terms of (1) community socioeconomic characteristics, (2) administrative organization, (3) pupil…

Service to public health and allied professionals has long been the concern and major function of the Program for Continuing Education in Public Health, sponsored by the four Schools of Public Health in the West--and by the Western Regional Office of the American Public Health Association (APHA). To assess the effectiveness of this program, a…

A nation-wide program in adult basic education requires an organizational structure which will provide a practical and theoretical, centralized and decentralized outlook. This system should include a national commission, state-wide committees, and community councils which would facilitate communication. Leaders must be selected and prepared and…

This brief presents an overview of community college governance and abstracts of recent books, monographs, and other documents pertinent to that subject. Following a listing of "comprehensive sources," the entries are grouped into the following categories: (1) administrative organization, (2) cluster colleges, (3) multicampus districts, (4) the…

British polytechnics, or technical institutes, are considered from a range of perspectives. Papers include: higher education in the 1970's (C.F. Carter); polytechnic administration (including its relation to government agencies, personnel, academic structure, and financial and plant administration) (C.S. Hall); polytechnic costing: some problems…

Once European sovereignty had been established, colonial powers regarded the affairs of the colonized area as "internal", meaning that indigenous rights were to be governed solely by the colonial power. It was George Manuel, a British Columbia Indian and President of the National Indian Brotherhood, 1970-76, who conceived the idea of an…

The report summarizes questionnaire responses from 454 university department heads concerning information collected in the most recent self-study or review of their department. The responses included judgments about the importance of collecting each information element for (1) internal department use for porgram planning and improvements, (2)…

The importance of the rural police function is likely to mount due to increasing urban to rural migration and a climbing crime rate (up as much as 30 percent in some parts of the midwest). Although 92 percent of police departments in the U.S. are comprised of less than 10 officers, there is little information available on the organization and…

One of 52 theoretical papers on school crime and its relation to poverty, this chapter, by utilizing ethnographic data, develops an understanding of the interrelationships among administrative styles, deterrence, commitment, and disruption. The effect of change in administrative styles on the character of order and disruption in a desegregated…

Having used instructional television (ITV) since 1955, the Evanston Township High School has been generally dissatisfied with its experiences with closed circuit television (CCTV), dial access ITV, and portable ITV for teachers' in-class use. It appears that future ITV use at Evanston will be minimal, due to wide resistance from students, faculty,…

This annotated bibliography was prepared to aid in an exploration of the ways in which the administrative structure of an institution influences the quality of undergraduate teaching. The specific focus is on the academic department/division and the department/division chair as the crucial administrative unit and administrator. The bibliography…

Literature--primarily research--pertaining to foreign students in the United States and written since 1967 is reviewed. Over 450 items are listed in an annotated bibliography and discussed within five categories: (1) what happens to foreign students while in the United States; (2) the structure, administration, and finance of foreign student…