Student-customers' demands and taxpayer-patrons' directives press for postsecondary education for all. Traditional, "new," and adult students all want a curriculum relevant to their own needs, in a setting of physical flexibility that guarantees access, and it is up to trustees to respond. (Editor/LBH)

We, who conduct curriculum studies, should be focusing our discussion on an analysis of what schools do not do, on what they are not achieving, so as to build an understanding of what can be done to give effect to our own, and our societies', minimalist aspirations for the schools. (Author)

At community colleges, there is little theoretical conflict between general education and vocational preparation, suggests an associate chancellor for community colleges. A good community college should recognize the varied needs of its students and inject enough options to allow for individual choice. (Author/LBH)

Four brief articles examine the implications of restructuring, a central element in the school reform movement, for special education. Major areas of focus include curriculum, organization, and school governance, academic standards, discipline, accountability, restructuring the teaching profession, and the relationship between special and regular…

Instead of concentrating on improving educational quality for children and adolescents, present reform machinations are centered on school leadership and accountability issues. This article discusses three educational reform paradoxes (equity, teacher empowerment, and school effectiveness) that are ignored in most reform reports. Included are 14…

The trend toward increased institutional evaluation in Swedish higher education is examined from several viewpoints: as part of a broad system of policy formation, as a phase in an active process of change, and as an interactive process within a complex institution. (MSE)

Recent changes in Finnish higher education are characterized by increased political trust and a desire to give the system a more important social role, by increasing direct public accountability through institutional evaluation and encouraging internal leadership and academic self-regulation. The changes will require more advanced institutional…

School boards and other collectives have responsibilities for which they are accountable. If a collective group or school board is charged with irresponsibility, it may try to exonerate itself by offering an excuse. Acts by school boards and individual educational authorities must be considered carefully before responsibility can be determined.…

This article summarizes findings and implications of recent reports on education. The following three guidelines should influence future educational planning: (1) well-educated teachers and effective instruction are basic to good school systems; (2) administrators play a crucial role; and (3) actors in the educational establishment must recognize…

A study covering an 18-year historical analysis of a school district dealing with intentional leadership and the decentralization of decision making is presented. (Author/CB)

The author highlights significant trends in organizational dimensions of human resource development, including (1) the serious attention given to training by senior management and national policymakers, (2) accounting and measurement imperatives and (3) structural changes in the source of training. (Author/CH)

Presents information about the kind of competency testing being done, how educators view the testing movement, and how it is affecting teacher preparation programs. (SRT)

Describes consumer feedback system procedure for gathering accountability data on school psychology interns which involved soliciting feedback, through questionnaires from teachers, parents, and students with whom interns worked. Explains development, implementation, and utilization of system, explores drawbacks, and presents benefits to interns…

The burden of managing a secondary school is unequally distributed when staff and students perceive one administrator to be consistently difficult to deal with. This problem can be avoided with the "Gray Hat" strategy, in which administrators alternate in yielding and nonyielding roles. (KH)