The innovative Vincennes campus of the University of Paris is a reflection of the French government's interest in making more flexible the patterns of university life, including increased student and faculty participation in evaluation and governance, provision for adult education, and unrestricted access for foreign students. (MSE)

While the short term trend in education emphasizes subjects, the long term emphasis will be on the competencies themselves. There will be many more options for the learner and a fundamental transition to a learning system with a life-span curriculum in school and non-school settings. (DCS)

Discusses the history of schools of choice and their place within the current school reform efforts and Excellence Movement. Asserts that choice is an effective strategy for holding schools accountable for improving conditions for teachers and students and for paving the way for innovation. (CR)

A college French civilization course based on the important role of television in French contemporary culture, as formative of cultural habits, and on its similar importance to contemporary American students is described. (MSE)

A collaboration between an urban antipoverty agency, Action for Boston Community Development, and a private higher education institution, Lesley College, is described. A bachelor's degree program for adults associated with human service agencies is provided. (Author/MLW)

Traces the first year of planning, development, and implementation of microcomputer applications in a rural Kansas school district; reports how Stages of Concern (SoC) adoption model was used to monitor this process; and demonstrates how SoC might be used to guide staff development in relation to microcomputer implementation. (MBR)

A former faculty member at Eisenhower College, an experimental college that closed after only a few years' operation, gives an anecdotal account of some of the problems the college faced and how the administration handled them. (MSE)

Researchers need to determine the conditions necessary for learning effectively from and the type of information best presented by new technologies, how electronic learning differs from print learning, what conditions foster successful teaching with new technologies, how lives will be changed, and what public policy issues are likely to arise. (RM)

Most educational reform has attempted improvement through a rearrangement of supporting factors, but without dealing directly with the basic element in the system, i.e., the curriculum and content. A new educational fabric, which emphasizes learning as a process, information organized around relevant problems, and open-ended learning programs,…

Outlines the foundations of the qualitative and quantitative approaches to research and discusses the implications of these two completely different approaches in educational research. Points out they are not complementary as they are separate scientific paradigms.(MD)

Application in higher education of IVIS (interactive video instructional systems for individualized learning created by combining video and computer technologies) is in beginning stages. Survey of media professionals indicates they have positive attitudes toward IVIS use and some training has begun, but lack of software and financing present major…

Discusses the meaning of teacher excellence and offers some reasons why excellent teachers are in short supply. Suggests steps to improve teacher quality and performance. (RBW)

Used primarily for second language learning, Suggestopedia is a learning method which facilitates whole brain learning by using the arts--music, drawing, and theatrical presentations--to reduce negative and increase positive suggestive factors. Stages in a lesson are discussed and sources of information and suggestopedia music selections are…

Emphasis in instructional technology has shifted from programed to individualized to computer-based instruction. Programed and individualized instruction have had limited success in raising student achievement and improving attitudes, while computer-based instruction has raised achievement, positively affected time needed for teaching and…

Reviews current department efforts to emphasize the service functions of English. Suggests that the search for students must be tempered with the demand for quality in instruction and performance, whether the pursuit be of literacy or of literature. (MM)