Offered are solid and numerous suggestions for restructuring the student teaching experience--the roles of the student teacher, the college supervisor, the classroom teacher--in order for the new teacher to enter the field with confidence, knowledge, and skill. (KC)

Continuing education in the health professions should stress the process approach--teaching learners how to learn. The administrator of continuing medical education should be an adult educator trained to be an educational facilitator, instructional designer, and manager of the learning environment. (SK)

It is argued that education for learners of all ages provides new opportunities for higher education in the 1980s. Twenty organizing principles, based on theory and practice, are offered as guidelines for building quality programs. (JSR)

PAPA: Plans, Action and Progress Assessment, a process whereby the professional educator can effectively organize professional growth and development efforts, is presented. The process can also aid teachers, counselors, professors, or administrators in improving job performance. The three parts of the program are described. (CT)

This article summarizes the design and findings of the four-year Rand Corporation study of four federal programs designed to promote change in local schools: ESEA Title III, Right to Read, the Vocational Education Act, and ESEA Title VII Bilingual Projects. (SJL)

The Contingencies for Learning Academic and Social Skills (CLASS) program is described. CLASS is a comprehensive, self-contained behavior management package designed for remediation of the behavior problems of disruptive, acting-out students in Kindergarten through grade 3. (Author/MH)

The authors urge educators to accept that behavior problem youngsters can no longer be barred from the public schools and that effective programs for these children need to be implemented. This paper was presented to the State Department of Education Conference on Emotionally Handicapped Programs, Orlando, Florida, August 9, 1977. (SJL)

The cross age teaching program at Bemis Elementary in Troy, Michigan, is described, including procedures and forms by which teachers request tutors, the tutor volunteering process, parent information letters, and tutor training content, particularly self-concept enhancement techniques. For a companion article, see p30-34 of this issue. (SJL)

To design a learner-centered training process, the author emphasizes focusing on the creative artistry of people and the logic of human beings. Lists sixteen key skills designers should obtain to design and develop training programs. (CSS)

This article evaluates the position of the Ontario Ministry of Education on moral education, particularly as evidenced in the MacKay Committee report, "Religious Information and Moral Development." Finally, it suggests some reasons why formal moral education should not continue to be part of the public school curriculum. (Author/SJL)

A proposed model for preservice teacher practicums, the Reflective and Critical Internship Program, is designed to encourage students to voice their concerns and produce their own solutions to classroom issues, particularly in relation to classroom management. Within this model, the problem-solving process is both individual and collective.…

Strategies for building the connection between an urban university and the surrounding community through a service learning program are discussed, drawing on the experience of the Shriver Center at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County campus. Issues addressed include consideration of program form and function, faculty involvement, and…

Describes Maricopa County Community College District's (Arizona) efforts to implement a clarified and automated articulation process through the design of a World Wide Web page. Indicates that the page provides instructions, a list of transferring courses, and hyperlinks to support services and external partners. Highlights opportunities and…

A survey of alumni of two disparate Master's in Public Administration (MPA) programs, at Evergreen State College (Washington) (n=114) and University of Akron (Ohio) (n=91), found more similarities than expected in program experiences, perceptions of what is important in their careers, and how an MPA program can contribute to careers. Implications…

Broad contextual and cultural influences of reforms on employment and higher education in Lithuania are examined, effects of this transition on higher education administration are considered, and conditions that would encourage administrators to take an entrepreneurial or proactive approach are discussed. A model for training programs to assist…