Discusses the use of consumer-oriented marketing as a means of increasing enrollment in colleges and universities. Examples of how some schools are using this approach by addressing student preferences are provided and include such ideas as upgrading the dining hall to offer greater food selections, using dormitory bathroom door keypad locks to…

Students who believe that the teachers and other adults in their school care about them as individuals are more likely to succeed academically making a case for the concept of school connectedness. A conference convened with a view to identifying the state of research-based knowledge relating to school connectedness formulated a set of core…

"Student voice" describes the many ways in which youth might have the opportunity to participate in school decisions that will shape their lives and the lives of their peers. Student voice opportunities allow students to work with teachers and administrators to co-create the path of reform, it enables youth to meet their own developmental needs,…

This study at American River College (California) researches freshmen persistence as measured by the attainment of academic benchmarks. The percentage of freshmen at American River College who enroll in the fall and continue in the immediate spring semester is typically 60%. To gain additional information about persistence, the college studied…

In a special introduction to his new anthology of children's writing, the author looked at the political aspects of classroom work. (Editor/RK)

Faced with declining enrollments, colleges are turning to adults as the students of tomorrow. (Editor)

Author directed his thoughts to the problem of preparing students to write, read, speak, and listen so that they can obtain a useful education. (RK)

Authority, it has been suggested, depends upon a complex form of negotiation between the parties involved. What tactics, then, ought teachers to employ in day-to-day school management? (Editor)

Presented some recent supreme court decisions and their meaning for students generally as well as students from New Jersey. (RK)

Article suggested that educators keep up to date on children's rights, both the legal and human ones. (Editor/RK)

This article relates some impressions of elementary education resulting from my encounters with primary schools in West Germany, Florida, Mexico and England. (Author)

Considers a number of factors which were attendant to the dropout phenomenon around the turn of the century and in the 1950s-1960s. (Author)

One of several papers arising from a spring 1988 survey of 264 graduating college seniors at the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), this report focuses on student attitudes toward: (1) campus opportunities; (2) campus resources; (3) major (or departmental) advising; and (4) faculty/student relations. Overall, results indicate general…

For homework to be effective, a clear, written policy should be developed that considers local needs, sound educational theories, and current research. This handbook is intended to assist school districts, particularly in Pennsylvania, in planning, developing, and implementing homework policies and guidelines. The booklet first briefly reviews the…

Author questioned the Coleman Report and zeroed in on the peculiar contradiction s between the specific analyses of the life circumstances of young people and the report's general diagnosis and recommendations. (Editor/RK)