With the increasing amount and types of clinical experiences for education majors there comes a need for understanding the concept of due process and avoidance of litigation. Practices necessary to ensure due process are identified. (DF)

Questionnaires were mailed to Black students attending medical schools in the Northeast to examine their satisfaction with facilities and sevices; satisfaction with faculty, students, and programs supportive of minorities; sources of information prior to admission; sources of assistance in the process of adjusting to medical school; and basic…

The assumption that education should be democratic is criticized, and how schools and universities in a democratic state should be governed is discussed. (Author/ND)

Describes a program of individualized instruction and student-made schedules and how that program brought the life back to a Catholic high school for girls. (RK)

The moral and ethical training of children, previously the sole responsibility of the home, is being transferred to the school, giving rise to the problem that because of increased emphasis on student rights, the school does not have the authority to enforce positive social values. (JD)

Discusses the legal training needed by both teachers and administrators for making them aware of their responsibilities in education. In this way they may properly administer discipline while protecting themselves against indictment and preserving student's rights. (Author/RK)

In a recent survey of continuing and professional education leaders, the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA) reported that marketing budgets are steadily rising with institutions spending an average of $319 million on an integrated marketing mix that targets would-be students. What the numbers do not tell is the potential benefit of…

Little is known concerning the satisfaction of newly admitted graduate students with their program's orientation process. In fact, Pruitt-Logan and Isaac (1995) called graduate students' experience "the great unaddressed academic issue in higher education." Some research has addressed specific aspects of graduate student orientation and retention,…

"How many are the numbers?", "How many numbers are there between 1 and 2?" These tasks were set in three fifth grade classes in an educational environment characterised by an alternation of classroom discussions orchestrated by the teacher and students' production of individual reports. They allowed us to analyse both the short term evolution of…

Most research on adolescents has been conducted with white, middle-class adolescents, which has created a lack of differentiation among the majority and minority cultures in the United States. To correct this, adolescents from two cultural groups at two points in time were studied so as to see how their trajectories differ in terms of academic…

Teachers, counselors, and school administrators working in schools today are aware of the many problems students face. To help these educators address these problems, a model for bringing hope training into the classroom is presented. The concept of hope has been of increasing interest to educators, researchers, and clinicians. It has been defined…

This book offers suggestions for the broad integration of leadership training and opportunities into school programs. It is hoped that such an approach will allow educators to tap into the networks of peer influence that exist among adolescents and to realize the goal of citizenship education. The chapters are: chapter 1, "Introduction: The…

A study of 2,300 junior high school students from three schools determined the effect of a newly renovated school, a new school environment, and an old dilapidated school environment on their attitudes and behavior. Points were assigned to their answers; high scores indicated a positive attitude. Results show attitudes were lowest in the old…

This paper outlines a matrix approach to shared governance developed at Central Michigan University (CMU), designed to help faculty and administrators focus on specific decision areas and to define existing roles more clearly. The process began at CMU in spring 1998 with the formation of an ad hoc committee on governance which surveyed faculty and…