Higher education in the United States today has not only lost its favored status in terms of public and private support, but has lost, in definitions of mission and in individual institutions as a whole, even minimally agreed-upon definitions of mission and of assessment of students. (Author)

Article examines university adult education in a global context, and raises the question of whether the university should be responsible for the continuing education of community members. (Author/RK)

The author describes and analyzes the main directions of educational renewal in the French-speaking schools of Belgium. (Author/JB)

Article presents the conclusions of the Third International Conference on Adult Education and a sound basis for further international cooperation in adult education. (Author)

Article was triggered by author's reading to January (1973) issue of Pulse, the monthly publication of The National Association for Public Continuing and Adult Education, a letter written by James R. Dorland, Executive Director for NAPCAE, in which he assesses the current plight of adult education. (Author/CB)

Author stresses that social changes are coming to developing countries in Asia, that this will lead to economic changes, and it is the job of adult educators to give direction to these changes. (Author/RK)

Defining field sensitive teachers as those who are warm, personal, and use the deductive approach and field independent teachers as ones who appear to be more formal and who employ inductive methods, this research indicates that proper development of educational environments will allow children of any cultural background to function in either…

Discusses the development of Ethiopian school systems as well as its structural arrangement. (RK)

The history of the development of parochial schools in the United States is traced from the pre-Civil War period. Conflict in these early days between Protestants and Catholics over religious education in public schools is described and Catholic efforts to establish ethnic and religious identity are detailed. (SM)

Analyzes the growth and expansion of private education both as an offer of greater educational freedom for parents and children, and as an incentive for public school supporters. (RK)

Educational progress in developing nations has often had adverse effects as objectives were designed after those of well developed countries; tomorrow's educational objectives should be directed toward the development of the individual's aptitude, imparting the ability to learn constantly and attain full development of all faculties for the whole…

Argues that it is not subject matter ingestion that creates the real educational product but the fact that human beings are surrounded by an infectious ambience of words and ideas given off by other human beings. Claims that the broad impact and the total experience account for what in the end matters most. (Author/EA)

In spite of differing state laws, irreconcilable special interests and varying degrees of success, Statewide planning and coordination for higher education are here to stay. (Editor)