The inadequacies of the accountability system California legislators have required California schools to adopt are discussed. (JB)

Discusses the changing character of schools and their function as the emotional center for parents and their children. (RK)

The key to the future lies in a mutual redefinition and new understanding of campus community health and of how responsibilities for organization, programming, and financing may best be reallocated in the interests of health. (Author)

Posits that, by pursuing certain unattainable goals, educators have lost public credibility; and argues that, since schools are for learning useful knowledge, they ought to make their major efforts in the cognitive domain. (Author)

Author urges schools to respond to the challenge of the 26th amendment, both in curriculum and context. (MB)

In reviewing some of the background information regarding the extent of drug abuse and the types of measures presently being used, this article describes in more detail the role of the school in drug abuse. Emphasis is placed on drug education from the viewpoint of youth. (Author)

Author talked informally with young people between the ages of 11 and 19 to find out what they think about schooling and education. Proposes high-level deliberation about the full meaning and conduct of education in the United States. (Author/DR)

According to the author, vocational education is an anomaly of the day, plodding along on the same track and immune to changing needs. While the charge may be sweeping, suggestions are offered for projecting this vital aspect of education into current times. (Editor)

History provides examples of how academic communities responded to serious social problems and tensions: by intentionally or unintentionally aggravating them, withdrawing, or searching for solutions. (AVAIL: Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, 1922 University Ave., Madison, WI 53705)

An overview of books, journals, and other resources for information about the law as it applies to higher education institutions is provided. (MSE)

Offers advice to schools that need to provide adequate health care for student athletes without benefit of a certified athletic trainer. Covers written policy concerning athletic trauma, maintenance of playing fields, medical records and consent forms, and equipment needed for injury prevention and care. Includes samples of forms and procedures.…

Recent court litigation involving the contractual relationship between college students and colleges is reviewed and the issues raised are examined to evaluate how real the threat of contract liability is. Court approaches are heavily result-oriented in academic decision cases, but courts are increasingly reluctant to overturn institutional…