As the demand for educational resources outruns the supply, higher education will enter a new ethical era. Anticipating the future, admissions counselors should review the ethics of their profession. Standards should be based on the new reality that higher education is now an interdependent system. (Author)

The educational policy of Sir Frederick Lugard is reviewed. He held the view that education must determine the development of the country and focused on educational problems, thinking they would lead to solutions to other Nigerian problems. (LBH)

Individuals, to realize democracy, must try to establish their own dominion and supremacy by rejecting the rule of the mechanical and the impersonal in today's technological society. (MB)

Individual autonomy and responsibility to society through declared goals of education can be realized only when teachers provide a learning environment in which pupils are encouraged to make autonomous judgments in an environment of cooperative relationships. (JD)

A changing society requires that schools examine their role as institutions; the school as a center of inquiry is proposed to bring intellectual challenge to teachers, students, and the community-at-large. (JD)

Presents the case for standards of discipline, adult leadership and academic fundamentals. (Editor/RK)

The prospect of decreasing affluence indicates an immediate need to change life-styles and expectations. The challenge to educators involves a reconceptualization of education's role and requires faith in the potential for reason and analysis in ordinary humans. The tools are learning theory and social psychology. (Author/AJ)

A personal view is offered of a recent development in teaching English Medieval Studies at the University of Exeter in which the entire curriculum was reconstructed to deal more effectively with the character and needs of the undergraduate in the 1970s. (LBH)

Discusses the lack of earth science education in the elementary school curriculum; includes reasons why the earth sciences have been neglected, why they should not be neglected, and what can be done to prevent the neglect. (SL)

The concept of freedom in A. S. Neill's philosophy of education is examined for what it is and what it is not, and is compared with various alternative educational philosophies. (GW)

Discusses the education of today's child to live in the world of the future and some areas that need attention, such as coping skills, cognitive skills, affective education, acquisition of a fortune-focused role image, emphases on humaneness, and working with parents. (MS)

Directions for change and growth for the college English teaching profession are suggested. Elimination of elitism and concentration on the teaching of reading and writing skills are stressed. (RM)

This book examines the relationship between democracy and schooling and argues that schools are one of the few spheres left where youth can learn the knowledge and skills necessary to become engaged, critical citizens. Not only is the legacy of democracy addressed through the work of John Dewey and others, but the democratic possibilities of…

This study is a follow up to the Last Best Chance report published in 1989. A task force of 29 education leaders was challenged to help chart the course for middle level education in North Carolina. While examining middle level education (ages 11 through 14), task force members continuously asked, "What should it look like in order for all…

This riveting account of Dennis Littky and how his ideas turned around a troubled rural high school--the first school named to the acclaimed Coalition of Essential Schools--gives you a behind-the-scenes perspective on how principal leadership can accomplish positive change. Read how Littky's philosophy of personalized learning--one student at a…