Discusses mentoring as a professional development strategy to meet the needs of experienced and novice practitioners. Defines mentoring and differentiates it from supervision. Discusses the following aspects of early childhood mentoring programs: (1) goals and assumptions; (2) design and structure, including mentor qualifications and training; (3)…

Planning issues in the establishment of museums on college campuses, increasingly popular for the informal education they offer, are examined. Issues include evaluation of existing campus collections, purpose and use of the museum collection, program options, relationships with departmental faculty, market analysis, location, governance and…

Clarifies the concept of universal basic education. Highlights the need for performance criteria and ways to measure literacy attainment. Identifies issues related to improving primary education, seeing adult literacy as its necessary complement. Underscores the substantial resources required to achieve universal basic education. (CH)

Results of a study of Canadian pharmacy education are reported, addressing such issues as enrollment rates and trends, faculty and faculty publishing, funding, current professional issues (curriculum and accreditation), and educational quality. (MSE)

Public Black colleges have managed to upgrade their campus facilities and create competitive programs as part of statewide higher education planning. Black private colleges have not found stable financial ground because they have been denied the commitment of Federal funds necessary for them to become self-sufficient. (BJV)

Reports the results of a survey that examined school library media center expenditures during the 1987-88 school year and compared these figures with previous survey results. Factors reported include funding, library collections, staffing patterns, technology and library automation, network participation, instructional involvement, school district…

A study of need and strategies for higher education reform in East Central Europe is summarized. The study was based on separate studies in Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia, each from the perspective of those involved in the systems. Research/development policy, government role, funding, faculty, and international collaboration…

Seven common criteria for establishment of a new community college in the United States are outlined. They include local population and demographic factors; community interest; funding availability; appropriate state regulation; assessment of existing educational opportunities; and geographic location and logistics. (MSE)

More important than issues of funding equity are questions of how poor school districts can improve student achievement using new resources. The article discusses how schools can increase achievement following funding equalization, examining the nature of funding inequity, making a difference with funding equity, and effective programs for…

This column about federal government actions impacting school services for students with communication disorders examines concerns related to billing by schools providing Medicaid services, summarizes federal Medicaid regulations, and discusses ethical considerations and suggested actions for speech-language pathologists and audiologists. The…

Examines the private sector's historic role in human capital investment, emphasizing its contemporary interest in public education and the workforce. Private sector philanthropy is currently an issue of survival to public education. An important private sector role is to act as a political catalyst to push through essential educational reform. (SM)

Budgetary and fiscal data from 11 school districts of varying wealth in New Jersey suggest that, in the first year of the state's Quality Education Act, the law has only modestly increased fiscal equality, with only minor cuts in funding in wealthy districts and some program improvement in poorer ones. (SLD)

This commentary on McPherson (HE 534 036) identifies several disturbing trends that may serve as obstacles to future access to a liberal education, including the relative decline in traditional liberal education settings and high and rising tuitions. He concludes that educators need to make a strong case for government funding of liberal…

The present system of funding for race equality in education in England and Wales is inconsistent and discretionary. Issues in securing permanent funding for minorities and those for whom English is a second language are discussed for national, local-education-agency, and school levels. (SLD)

Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's concurring opinion in "Rosenberger v. Rectors and Visitors of University of Virginia," in which the Court ruled that the university acted unconstitutionally in denying student activities funds to a Christian newspaper not affiliated with a church, is excerpted here. The opinion maintains that…