Large-scale Markov chain models and Monte Carlo simulation, two types of models useful for academic managers to analyze academic staffing policies, are described. Their relative advantages and disadvantages regarding technical requirements and performance, as well as managerial usefulness at different levels of the university, are discussed.…

The president of the Australian Association for the Teaching of English and the editor of "English Quarterly" discuss "officialese" in public documents, teacher/parent relations, and the training of teachers. (RL)

Discusses the managerial skills necessary for community college administrators in a time of collective bargaining, declining enrollments, and scarcity of public funds. Analyses three community college cases that exemplify successful planning processes developed by education leaders to promote staff development. Stresses the importance of…

Described is the career education approach used in the Savona, New York, school system, which includes a five-part career education planning model. Broader-based community efforts in career education provide the framework within which school programs are developed. (CT)

California State Department of Education officials visited Azusa Unified School District as part of their study on the governance of education after Proposition 13. This article summarizes, from the District's perspective, the discussions on categorical programs and ways the State Department could help the district to improve education.…

The Department of Energy has become involved in an attempt to meet the nation's future demand for trained energy technicians. It has cosponsored a survey of two-year colleges to determine the extent of energy technician training and has been involved with three workshops which addressed the need for training programs. (Author/JH)

Reviews the book "Broadcasting in the Third World," by Elihu Katz and George Wedell, which is an analysis and synthesis of 11 country case studies which were financed under a grant from the Ford Foundation and administered by the International Institute of Communications. (Author/JEG)

Part 2 of a two-part article describes how managing decline can be seen as an opportunity to improve school buildings that will result in a more economical education system. (MLF)

Presents an overview of pedagogical science in Western Germany and explores the role of pedagogical science in educational reform. Concludes that pedagogical policy decisions have tended to follow political trends within the power structure of political parties and other organized special interest groups. (Author/DB)

Discusses the following questions: Who is to be educated? Toward which ends? Who actually is being educated? What are the children to learn? How are the children to learn what they are expected to learn? How is educational equity to be obtained for all children? Who decides all of the above questions? (Author/JM)

Teaching current affairs is one of the greatest curriculum problems facing secondary school social studies teachers. Teachers must solve the problem by intensively planning and organizing, first selecting an appropriate organizational pattern and then developing an instructional unit. (Author/JM)

The population of immigrant workers in France is described; their social and educational statuses are given as well as statistics by nationality. This definition is then used to help establish a program for educating this segment of the population in the French language. (Text is in French.) (TL)

In attempting to improve the interface of education and the world of work, educators should examine three kinds of scenarios: (1) probable futures--what is most likely to happen; (2) possible futures--what could happen; and (3) preferable futures--what should happen. These are related to vocational, creative career, and quality of life contexts.…

Presents a 5-year plan to strengthen and mobilize the capabilities of adult education on a worldwide basis. The Design for Action, intended to give substance to the decisions of planners, politicians, and educators, was formulated in 20 working groups and approved by 400 delegates representing 80 countries at the 1976 International Conference on…

Focuses on the increased demand for day classes in continuing education programs for employees in industry and commerce, particularly clerical workers. Discusses various attitudes toward day classes and further training, and the functions of the Business Education Council and the Commercial and Clerical Training Committee--two educational agencies…