There is little agreement on what constitutes quality in higher education. The ideal measure of academic quality would be multidimensional, based on achievements of most or all faculty and students and not the outstanding ones alone and based on how much students learn while enrolled. (MSE)

Although integration of subject matter disciplines has long been one of the greatest strengths of rural and small schools, the knowledge explosion has complicated the process. Teachers can engage in discipline integration more effectively and efficiently by giving consideration to planning methodologies, lessons, classroom behaviors, and scope and…

It appears that both overall enrollments in higher education and art major enrollments will decline over the next decade. Art educators need to prepare for this uncertain future by determining program priorities, building program quality, developing enrollment strategies, and maintaining the necessary flexibility to respond to changing future…

The importance of evaluation and needs assessment balance in the planning cycle of adult education program development is discussed. A 10-step Problem Analysis Model is offered and explained to help educators develop an integrated, reality-based program that identifies a target group and defines and prioritizes needs. (DF)

Fifty-one adult second-language learners were interviewed, and their answers relating to objectives and psychological conditions were found to cluster around affective factors. Effective conditions included relationship between learner and resource person, self-esteem, friendships with native speakers, and learning in an occupational/vocational…

To obtain far-reaching results from educational change, it is necessary to keep purposes and processes balanced and to apply the six-step Purpose Identification Model to the perceived problem, thus bringing a more meaningful relationship between purposes and processes. (Author/DCS)

Reviews existing research regarding the role of the department head and the function of the department within the school structure. Conceptualizes the head's role as one of providing leadership aimed at developing and implementing practices and policies intended to make the department's instructional program more effective. Offers guidelines for…

Introducing computers into schools to improve instruction can be more effectively done if there is a procedure to follow. Presents a five-step process for development of such a procedure: (1) planning committee, (2) program goals, (3) student objectives, (4) implementation plan, and (5) program evaluation. (MD)

High technology is a valuable educational tool, not a goal. Therefore, implementation must accord with primary purposes of education. An approach is described based on seven critical assumptions about education for the information age, followed by plans derived from these assumptions. (TE)

This fragment of vocational education history reviews the early struggles of distributive education (DE) to win recognition from Congress, the public, and the retail industry, and goes on to describe the breakthrough that came with the formation of DE's National Management Advisory Council. (Editor/HD)

Some random predictions on the future of education are presented for the public and policy; education programs; universities and teacher education; collaboration and planning; and democracy, complexity, and fantasy. (MM)

Presents seven bits of general advice on how to go about reduction in force. (Author/IRT)

Attacked from the right and the left, and abandoned by political moderates, education is in a decline that threatens the survival of American democracy. (Editor)

Lists guidelines designed to help school administrators assess their role in the school communications system. (RK)