On the premise that each institution must conceive its own role in American higher education, none trying to be all things to all people, guidelines are given for institutional self-examination in areas related to universal access, and seven recommendations regarding nontraditional learning concepts are suggested for decision and action. (JT)

A discussion of the centrality of the need for and a commitment to the concept of heterogeneous grouping as the basis for open educational alternatives, aimed at supporting each and every child's development by valuing his educability, potentiality, and the positive connotations of difference. (EH)

Outlines the history of American bilingual education and summarizes the present state of bilingual/bicultural schooling. (Author/DW)

Northwestern University's Archeological Program has developed a wide range of educational programs which feature direct student (junior high through Ph.D. candidates and out of school adults) involvement in the field. (JC)

This article describes a study, undertaken by secondary school students, of a suburban housing development in their own municipality. The tasks of data gathering and the forming of hypothesis and conclusions are emphasized. (DE)

Describes a program for teaching science, in inner city Chicago, organized around modules or minicourses geared to nonacademic students. The individualized instruction of this alternative approach helped overcome student absenteeism as well as achievement level differences. (BR)

Published by National Open Education Association, Center for Open Education, Box 6345, Norfolk, Virginia 23508.

Topics addressed include the social changes affecting the relationship between school and community, learning from television, objectives for schools, and the roles of the parent and the teacher in the educational development of the child. (WM)

If the media center is seen as an extension of communitywide educational services, then its major creators must be local educators, librarians, students, and community users of the proposed program. Creating such a center becomes an opportunity for schools and libraries to regenerate their services to their constituencies. (Author)

A description is given of the Critical Needs Certification Program (CNCP), established in 1984 in South Carolina, which trains teachers in content areas experiencing critical teacher shortages. Under its provisions, college graduates with degrees in mathematics, science, library science, or foreign language begin teaching without the normally…

This document reports on a study of the self-concept of students enrolled in a continuation high school. A random sample of 40 students was selected from a school of 190 students. All were administered the Piers-Harris Children's Self Concept Scale to determine their feelings about themselves, and an author-prepared questionnaire to determine…

A comparison was made between student achievement in traditional and alternative schools in the Aldine Independent School District during the 1988-89 school year. Aldine Contemporary Education Center (ACE), the alternative school studied, is located in Houston, Texas, and is one of a growing number of high schools that practice adaptive education…

The Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) has established a Commission on Alternative Certification and charged it with writing standards for nontraditional teacher certification programs. The ATE does not advocate the use of emergency-certified and out-of-license college graduates in the place of integrated four- or five-year teacher education…