The new director of a newly created office discusses the problems, policy formation, and challenges of being safety director of the New York City schools. (MF)

Five dilemmas constitute the root causes of the major problems in higher education. These are the dilemmas of its institutionality, its definition, its internal reputation, its monastery complex, and its enrollment policies. (Author/HS)

A member of the Chicago Board of Education describes his experience and suggests reforms. (DB)

The old discrete functions of college, hospital, and clinic have evaporated, thus the thought-action problem for educators today revolves about the issue of what students mean by relevance. (Author/MF)

Students, board members, and administrators exchange views. (Author)

The prominent professor and author seeks to clarify when intervention should take place in preservation of academic freedom. (LN)

a "radical high school student states the case for increased cooperation between administrators and activist teenagers. (RG)

The focus of this article saw the implications for the roles of classroom teachers regarding substance-abusing behavior of some students. (Author/RK)

Examines how high school teachers maintain order in the classroom, with emphasis on the unnoticed and subconscious nature of the accomplishment. Suggests that one general strategy a teacher uses is to constitute the pupils as a collectivity (cohort). Reviews relevant literature on cohort management. For journal availability, see SO 507 999.…

Reports the experience of a faculty journalism adviser who was dismissed from his position because of a controversial editorial that appeared in the high school newspaper. (RL)

Lists the strengths of small schools and offers hints to improve the educational program in small schools. (JM)