Argues that the traditional division of public and technical services in academic libraries and the corresponding designation of librarians according to function are being challenged by technological change and budget restraints. It is suggested that new systems of collegial management and subject specialization may be the wave of the future.…

Based on questionnaires sent to educational software companies in January 1988, this directory lists 78 companies. Information given includes company address, curriculum subject areas for which the company publishes software, types of machines and operating systems on which the software operates, and grade level for which it is targeted. (LRW)

Graduate faculty in six fields of study judged (1) the importance for academic success of various analytical skills; (2) the seriousness of various reasoning errors; and (3) the degree to which "critical incidents" had affected their estimations of students' analytical abilities. (Author/MLW)

The need for adaptive mechanisms in higher education to accommodate rapid technological and scientific advancement and the appearance of a number of new engineering disciplines can be met through institutional structure and the relationship of universities to industrial and research organizations. (MSE)

As a result of forces both in society and in their professions, college faculty find it difficult to raise the question of moral judgment with students. However, it is the disciplines themselves that offer the method and substance for values education. (Author/MSE)

Analysis demonstrates that interdisciplinary variation in scholarly journal rejection rates is linked to variation in consensus, not to journal space shortages; rejection rates are a good indicator of consensus. The different prospects authors face when submitting manuscripts to different journals result from structural differences between the…

While business administration educators are increasingly using computers for instruction, incorporating administrative computing into course content and classroom activity, requiring computer literacy of students, adding courses in high-technology management, and creating departments of management information systems, no general theory of…

The managerial behavior of academic department chairpersons and nonacademic unit managers across 140 colleges and universities were compared. Faculty and administrators completed questionnaires that profiled their formal leader's behavior, their work group characteristics, and their personal satisfaction. (Author/MLW)

A table outlining faculty members' summer-school earnings presents data by discipline group and type of institution, by discipline group and rank, and by type of institution and rank. (MLW)

Suggestions for improving teacher education are offered in a review of the current status of professional education in contemporary society. The need for more cooperative efforts in planning and implementation between educational theorists and practitioners is discussed. (DF)

Educational trends and practices in geography instruction at the secondary and college levels in Australia are examined and features that can make geography a core element in Australia's reformed educational system are discussed. (RM)

A study of the comparability of standards used for awarding first degrees with distinction in Israeli universities found considerable diversity among universities, faculties, and major subject departments of the social sciences. (Author/MSE)

Joan Wallach Scott, the second woman invited to join the faculty of the Institute for Advanced Study, sees her appointment as significant to the field of women's studies. Scott is looking forward to seeing how the questions about gender can be raised in relation to other people's work at the institute. (MLW)

Although integration of subject matter disciplines has long been one of the greatest strengths of rural and small schools, the knowledge explosion has complicated the process. Teachers can engage in discipline integration more effectively and efficiently by giving consideration to planning methodologies, lessons, classroom behaviors, and scope and…

Although its development has not been regular, geography in Poland is now well organized, in both teaching and research, and has a fairly good international reputation. In spite of some resource problems in the development of research, the presence of geography in higher education seems assured. (Author)