The extent to which the professional association and the journal of political scientists are representative of members of the discipline was studied. Articles in the "American Political Science Review" (APSR) from 1958 to 1979 and presidential speeches of the American Political Science Association (APSA) were classified according to…

This bibliometric study assesses literature sources of elementary and early childhood education documents by examining, over a 30-month period, documents entered into the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) data base by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education. The document collection is sorted into three…

The author describes the impetus for and content of the Lilly Program in American History at Indiana University, funded by the Lilly Endowment, which investigated the state of high school history instruction, provided teacher training on the basis of the diagnosed needs, and evaluated the results of the training. (JH)

The knowledge work of higher education is carried out in every country in a differentiated structure that divides and allocates tasks within and among institutions; Certain features of differentiation are likely to be common among national systems: the basic sectioning of the natural sciences in such fields as physics, chemistry, and biology, and…

The institutional structure of higher education in Taiwan today is outlined and an up-to-date picture of the status of higher educational institutions on the island is presented. As of 1964-65, Taiwan had 55 recognized institutions of higher education comprised of 42 civilian colleges and 13 additional institutions operating under the auspices of…

Article investigated the problems of introducing new knowledge in upper secondary curricula, bearing in mind the part played by factors outside the school, and evaluated the consequences new and evolving branches can have upon the organization of studies, curriculum content, teaching methods, and upper secondary teacher education. (Author/RK)

This article compares personality characteristics of women physical educators with women educators from other college departments. (JS)

This study investigated variations in the relationship between age strata and career roles of faculty affiliated with eight distinctive clusters of academic disciplines in major research universities. The sample consisted of over 10,000 faculty who responded to a recent American Council on Education survey. The results demonstrated wide variation…

This annual report indicates the status of each department and division at Forest Park Community College, a predominantly black, inner-city, two-year college in St. Louis, Missouri. Each department or division reports its goals for 1974-75, assesses the level at which each goal was achieved, and presents its goals for 1975-76. The departments and…

This process model for individualized curriculum design and development is being used to produce extramural, self-instructional courses at the University of Pittsburgh. The model emphasizes curriculum analysis skills, making it particularly suited to complex subjects. It is an individualized, structured-curriculum model incorporating four…

The author reexamines the status of literature as a form of knowledge and offers some suggestions designed to help improve the characterization of literature, against the background of Sartre's writings on the aesthetic enterprise. (Author/SJL)

Areas that will influence the development of veterinary medical genetics as a clinical discipline are discussed, some critical research areas of immediate concern are suggested, and misconceptions held by many practicing veterinarians which must be corrected at the level of veterinary education are identified. (JMD)

Notions of how social inquiry can be of some benefit to society are cast in the form of models of relevance. Five models are described and evaluated as sociological hypotheses. Each follows the Weberian assumption and as a group they are the most influential in the development of American sociology. (Author/BC)

Data gained in examination of the writings relevant to the meaning of health and the facilitation of the development of the field of health provide implications for the development and presentation of health education. (MM)

The article identifies and describes five broad curriculum data sources as wellsprings from which educational purposes and actions flow: society (social-political-cultural-economic forces at work), the disciplines (contributions of knowledge to learning), values, human growth and development, and learning processes. (Author/NQ)