Author emphasized those aspects of new thinking which have general rather than specific sociological relevance in the field of traditional sociology of education. (Author/RK)

This article discussed some of the professional affairs in counseling psychology which are challenging it to define its role and status as a speciality. (Editor/RK)

Thanks to strong leaders and recent court victories, more handicapped children are getting the schooling that is rightfully theirs. (Editor)

This article sketched the history of education in Chinese cities during the 20th century to show that although no necessary connection between urban schools and bourgeois values exists that, nonetheless, in China such a connection was a historical reality. (Author/RK)

Industry has believed for years that adopting the metric system would be an advantage to U. S. economy both at home and abroad. The author explains how the metric conversion program is being organized, and how educators can get information about it. (Editor)

Author discusses some of the topics considered at the Cannes International Conference on Video Communications. (Author)

A frame of reference for integrating educational technology into an educational system is developed. (HB)

This article considered the state of education in a variety of European countries. (RK)

Article turned to advanced managerial concepts as a way of unraveling some of the seemingly insoluble problems that remain associated with the arts. (Author/RK)

This issue of Educational Research in Norway is the third in a series of biannual surveys and covers 135 projects conducted in 1975-76. Reflecting official Norwegian policy for educational research, development and innovation, most projects described are development-oriented. Projects are grouped and cross-referenced according to the facits and…

Eight guidelines are presented for more closely integrating television into the total instructional process and for increasing its support and use. Developed through experience with instructional television at the state network level, these guidelines advocate (1) choosing an instructional area with an identified need, (2) choosing an area with a…

Designed to assist present and future vocational and technical educators in the establishment and use of advisory committees, the paper clarifies the functions of different types of advisory committees in vocational-technical education, identifies areas in which advisory committees may give guidance, discusses the formation of advisory committees,…

This study is a historical analysis of the public junior college idea and its emergence. The thoughts and actions of Henry P. Tappan, William W. Folwell, William R. Harper, David S. Jordan, and Alexis Lange contributed most to its origin and development. These men, products of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, were strongly…

It is the author's view that an applied behavioral science approach to the problems of learning and instruction is fundamental to instructional technology. The systems approach may constitute the core technology around which other relevant technologies may be clustered and integrated in application. The author outlines his plan for implementation…

This paper presents some of the ideas of three early contributors to the junior college movement in the United States (William Watts Folwell, Henry Phillips Tappan, and William Rainey Harper). All three of these men agreed that the first two years of college should be within the realm of secondary schools, or, at least, distinct from the…