Principals who see themselves as instructional leaders should not depend on outside stimuli for the impetus to improve science curricula. (Editor)

A mjaor set of problems presently receiving the attention of HRRC centers around the role of research and development in educational improvement. (Author/MS)

Questions the basic educational change strategy employed for the last several years by the Office of Education and other top policy groups. Implied is that educational change is more dependent on the internal workings of the school district than on the feeding of carefully engineered products to practitioners. (Author)

It appears that professional education will develop a new knowledge base rooted in quantifiable social science theories; that work for advanced degrees will be more varied; and that schools of education will be invigorated by temporary systems structure, faculty from outside the education profession, and students who play a significant role in…

Extension Board and the Department of Tutorial Classes are programs concerned with adult education. Though reflecting two different philosophies of adult education have been effected by social and political pressures causing expansion. New methods of teaching must be explored in order to reach participants. (MS)

The second of a two-part paper by Unesco's Director of the Division of Educational Methods, Materials and Techniques. This part looks at the field of educational technology and makes some suggestions for the policy which should be adopted in the future development of education. (AA)

An international conference on "short-cycle higher education" will be sponsored by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The American Association of Junior Colleges and representatives from participating countries will present papers on: roles and status of short-cycle institutions, faculty, curriculum, employment of…

Discussed are the processes of educational development and research and their application to the construction of a mathematics curriculum. Specifically four types of curriculum development and eleven forms of curriculum research are examined. (CT)

The economic future of the predominantly Negro college seems reasonably assured when viewed over the next decade. However, the outlook for particular groups of these colleges is far from promising. (Author)

Describes the Regional Information System (RIS), an information system developed and field tested by the Michigan Ohio Regional Educational Laboratory (MOREL) to locate research information on educational innovation as well as information on people and agencies involved with innovative programs. (JB)