This paper outlines the major considerations of the U.S. Office of Education in the awarding of grants for the development of metric education programs. Four categories of projects are described. (SD)

Comments on a recent "Prospects" article on education in developing countries are presented. The author, a World Bank executive, commends the efforts of the Education Department of the World Bank at looking, listening, and discussing on the spot all aspects of the development process and in financing educational reform in economically…

Three model programs are discussed: The nurse-scientist program, the professional doctorate, and the Ph.D. in nursing. Attention is also given to Wayne State University's degree program plan, faculty requirements, and student admission.

Analyzes five studies that evaluated vocational education research and development conducted during the past three years and makes recommendations for future evaluations in this area. A table of comparison factors for the five studies supplements the text. (MF)

Discusses provisions of Public Law 94-142 and its implications for industrial arts program development, instructional changes, curriculum, teacher preparation, and facilities. (TA)

Argues that the ministry of education has been not only present but prominent in the New Testament and all subsequent Church history, that this ministry had developed with remarkable success in the United States in spite of severe obstacles, and that Catholic educators have an opportunity to begin a golden age in the ministry of education, but…

This is a special issue examining the potential of cybernetics in educational technology. Articles discuss: cybernetic methods, algorithms, feedback learning theory, a structural approach to behavioral objectives and criterion-referenced testing, task specifications and diagnosis, teacher-child interaction, educational development, teaching…

The two-part article focuses on where we've been, where we are, and where we're heading in experiential education. (Author/NQ)

Presents background information on Chinese writing, discusses its defects, suggests how to develop Chinese writing, and offers opinions about research in Chinese writing. (Author/DB)

This paper was the Presidential Address given at the NAEA Convention in Philadelphia, April 4, 1977. (Editor)

When asked some difficult questions in a recent interview, the director of OE's Office of Career Education responded with incisive and refreshingly forthright answers. (Editor)

Examines the base for the sense of frustration and anomie present in our colleges and universities. (Author/RK)

Dr. Sol Gordon, teacher, writer, and psychologist from Syracuse University, gives his opinion on the state of sex education in elementary schools. (Author/RK)

Institutions of higher education have rapidly expanded and, hence, diversified their social functions. Stratification of these institutions into elite universities, mass universities and community colleges replicates the class stratification in the work force. The relationships within this expansion and the resulting problems for the mass of…