Stresses the importance of annual planning, five-year planning, and long-term planning in Soviet higher education. Recommends cooperation between government planning agencies, economic institutes, and scientific research organizations. (Author/DB)

Recommends study of cities in the Soviet Union which are being considered as sites for higher education centers. Suggests that social production will be encouraged by establishment of combined scientific, educational, and production complexes in well chosen sites. (Author/DB)

Discusses curriculum development to provide Soviet students with a labor education which is consistent with communist ideology. Discusses relationship between schools and agricultural and industrial enterprises, educational practices at various grade levels, educational objectives, pupils' production brigades, teachers' role, and agricultural…

In this interview with Lawrence Cremin, president of Teachers College, topics discussed include: major issues in education, how to teach students to live in an international world, the impact of Jenck's book, Inequality, teaching as a profession, the ideal teacher training, work experience credit, teachers' centers, the role of Teachers College,…

This paper interprets certain educational trends revealed by statistical data contained in Social Indicators, 1976. (Author/AM)

Described is the "world educational crisis" which has resulted from the contradiction between traditional educational systems and modern social and economic needs. The author identifies mass illiteracy, absence of a capable national intelligentsia, lack of teacher, limited development of educational systems, and inadequate finances as…

Some specific elements of the model planning--a high school teacher center, business education teacher preparation, and high school/college articulation- are described in this article. (HD)

Data for administrative and financial control are being confused with data needed for policy and planning purposes. Implications for information systems and data collection in Canadian higher education are discussed. (Author/LBH)

In part 1 of this article (EJ 159 850) it was shown how Lady Simon and other members of the Spens Committee were concerned that the hope expressed by the Hadow Committee (1926) for equalization of conditions in all forms of post-primary education should not be left unfulfilled. Here Lady Simon's concern that progress towards "equality"…

Discusses the need to consider those adults in America with less than high school diplomas as a national priority. Notes statistics and information on educational finance and adult educational attainment. Suggests national objectives that focus on these individuals' unalienable rights, and provides a 1- or 5-year plan for reaching these…

The article describes a master plan for vocational programs for special needs students in Palm Beach County, Florida, developed by Donna Batelaan, a physically handicapped liaison counselor for the school board. Based on a survey of school and community personnel, an inservice workshop, and technical advisory units for various disabilities, the…

Arguments for coeducation in Indian higher education are offered, including the unnatural and uneconomic nature of segregation, the success of coeducation in other countries, and the need to eliminate sex stereotyping. (LBH)

New responsibilities and changed behavior are demanded from the principal when the school itself does its own budgeting. (Editor)

In reviewing the current practices in business education and speculating on future needs, eight challenges are presented which are important to the continuation of an effective business education program. Among the challenges listed are teaching consumerism for a new standard of living and expanding and improving adult business education. (BM)