Author considered developments in musical composition over the past fifteen years, including the composer's condition. (Editor/RK)

In 1987 and again in 1988, the National Commission on Excellence in Educational Administration report catalogued a litany of sins committed by educational administration faculties and by institutions of higher education; however, the reports did little to straighten educational administration's crooked halo. Included among the past attempts at…

School climate improvements rely either on changes in the school's culture or changes in perceptions of the climate held by the school's employees and clients. To maintain and develop a culture that is supportive of school effectiveness, it is important to monitor the influence of the school's climate on student outcomes. The National Association…

Charles W. Eliot, president of Harvard University from 1869 to 1909, has been credited by educational historians with either the conception of the junior high school or the inspiration behind the junior high school movement. This study largely used only primary sources and secondary sources from the period before or during the emergence of the…

Pursues John Dewey's commitment to genuine social reform and concludes that Dewey did seek change but employed a theory and a strategy which could not succeed. (Editor/PG)

This article attempted to describe decentralization and self-management as they apply to education on the local or municipal level in Yugoslavia. (Author/RK)

For decades now, critics have viewed educational leadership and administration as sorely lacking in many respects--including as a field of scholarly inquiry. Murphy, Hawley, and Young (2005) cite numerous studies that have "assessed the profession and judged it to be in poor health" (p. 49). Thomas Sergiovanni, another leading scholar,…

Author mourns the accelerating demise of Irish language schools. (Editor/RK)

A discussion of the relationship of the British Council and educational television. (HB)

Author discussed further education as a focus for experiment and innovation and stressed that true implementation of new ideas cannot be taken for granted. (Author/RK)

Discussed a new educational concept presented at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. (RK)

The values, implied in a development ethic based in Euro-American cultural traditions and used as a standard for international aid policies, are questioned with respect to their applicability to Third World needs. (JH)

This statement of criteria and policy for the United States Agency for International Development, AID, is accompanied by proposed areas of educational emphasis: 1) educational economics and analysis, 2) education technology, 3) non formal education, and 4) strengthened higher education for national development. (JH)