A series of essays examines the potential of cable television (CATV) for increasing the diversity and quality of television programing. Specifically, they explore what an electronic box office could do to encourage new production sources and develop new mechanisms for distributing programing in the humanities and performaing arts. The introduction…

The assumptions behind secondary school literature course tests--whether asking students to recall aspects of literary works, to relate literary works to each other, or to analyze unfamiliar literary works--are open to question. They fail to acknowledge some of the most important aspects of literature which, if properly taught, should provide a…

What should college undergraduates learn? This formidable question is included in any discussion of higher education policy. This is a collection of 10 essays concerning the content of instruction in the nation's colleges and universities. Six of the essays deal with the substantive content of the undergraduate curriculum; and four concern the…

The multinational business enterprise is treated as a newly emerging transdisciplinary subject of research. After an historical background sketch, there follows a discussion of the significance of the phenomenon of the multinational firm and its implications for various segments of society--government, labor, business, academia, etc. These…

As noted in the Preface, social scientists are entering a period of shared realization that the United States is in a crucial period of transition. "Trans-action" magazine, a pioneer in social programs for changing the society, has dedicated itself for 7 years to the task of reporting the strains and conflicts within the American system and has…

In an effort to assess what could and should be done in the field of population research and the application of research findings, the Population Crisis Committee has compiled this series of essays. Each is written by a recognized authority working in his own specialty in the field of population. The essays are short, nontechnical statements of…

A study was made of the capability of machine scoring of essays to determine a student's proficiency in English mechanics. A sample of 71 seventh grade essays were entered into a computer via punched cards and were processed using a modified version of the PEGFOR program. Prediction models, subtest models, and restricted models were tested for…

Major obstacles to good teaching of literature are discussed. To teach literature is to teach reading of mature literature, by oneself. Certain characteristics of our culture present major obstacles to accomplishing this teaching task: (1) the fact that we are a business-oriented culture with values that conflict with those that are inherent in…

Originally designed to improve the education of disadvantaged children in the public schools, Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act was amended in 1966 to include children in state institutions who are handicapped, orphaned, neglected, or delinquent. In this collection of brief essays, educators from programs in various parts of…

Writings on the use of computers to grade English compositions are reviewed in this article. A background is given on the work of Ellis Page, whose approach was to quantify the "indicators" of good writing and relate these to human judgments. Endeavors to grade the content as well as the style of student papers are also discussed.…

Written for the general public, this book illustrates the causes, status, problem areas, and prediction and control of water pollution. Water pollution is one of the most pressing issues of our time and the author communicates the complexities of this problem to the reader in common language. The purpose of the introductory chapter is to show what…

The Career and Occupational Development (COD) assessment of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) was made up of about 70 percent free response exercises requiring hand scoring. This paper describes the techniques used in developing the "scoring guides" for these exercises and summarizes the results of two empirical…

What was once a fitting expression of revolt against the wild growth of indiscriminate imitation and excessive reliance on bookishness is today, according to the author, all too often a symptom of the extolling of the empty mind. (JT)

Prospective teachers judged the creativity of eleventh grade students' modified essay compositions on the following subjects; mirrors; if the schools should close; or the new woman. Higher creativity ratings were associated with two factors: number of sentences, and number of novel ideas expressed. (Author/GDC)

Argues that rhetoric, essay, and composition are not the same because each has a different history, purpose, and text structure. The composition is the easiest and most practical form to teach in a writing class for students of English as a second language. (CFM)