The Secondary School Recognition Program was developed to select outstanding secondary schools. This committee found that the schools chosen for excellence in education shared several attributes including high community support and involvement. (DF)

Indicates that educators must accept that child care services for school-age children are a legitimate need, must publicly acknowledge that need, and must advocate the development and implementation of child-care services in conjunction with other concerned groups. (JOW)

Argues that discipline must be conceptualized as a problem solving process that includes problem identification, problem analysis, intervention, and evaluation. Discusses each of these points in detail. (FL)

Offers suggestions for parents and school personnel designed to help handicapped children look upon school as a normal course of events. (FL)

The perspective that educational institutions will become potentially potent agents for cultural change within ten years seems plausible. Should we not then consider how formal education can best be used for conscious social restructuring? (Author/RK)

Many educators, and others, wonder if the schools can or should bring about change in our social order. Or should the schools follow the lead of politicians, economists, advertisers...? Discusses the issues from an optimist's viewpoint. (Editor/RK)

The author uses T. Parsons' and G. Platt's social theory to analyze the secularization of American higher education, then evaluates the necessity and desirability of that secularity. (GW)

This paper approaches the issue of national identity in terms of a felt recognition of belonging and a desire to identify with a place, such as Australia. Drawing on the Sydney Olympic Opening Ceremony's representations of national identity, the paper argues that a new sense of the legitimacy of diverse nationalisms and ethnicities of origin and…

Chapters in this collection explore the development of U.S. colleges. The contributors consider these institutions in the contexts of the transformation in the experience of college students, regional variations in college development, the revolution in the purposes of U.S. institutions of higher education, and the increasing dominance of…

Although the connections between learning and identity are acknowledged in most contexts (e.g., family, community, and workplace), these issues are oddly divorced in schools, a curious bifurcation given schools' developmental agenda. This situation is suggested to have emerged from a Western folk-view in which the cognitive act of learning is seen…

This collection contains essays on enhancing religious identity at Catholic institutions of higher education. The essays are: (1) "Preface. Religious Identity: A Critical Issue in Catholic Higher Education" (John R. Wilcox); (2) "Introduction" (to the section "Overview: Defining a Catholic University") (Irene King);…

These briefing papers focus on key roles and issues postsecondary education will face in the 21st century. Together they are intended to stimulate debate and discussion and to encourage alternative perspectives and thoughtful actions. This collection is meant to be the opening of a necessary public conversation. The papers are: (1) "Help…

Scholars theorize that social contacts affect the productivity of individuals and groups. Robert Putnam claims to have found support for this theory in his studies of Italy and the United States. In each case he concludes that the presence of social capital generalized norms of trust and reciprocity is sufficient to predict progress on a variety…

Article concentrated on those aspects of the teacher education program that can be expanded thereby utilizing resources that will assist us in producing teachers better able to meet individual learner needs. (Author/RK)

A series of presentations from the APGA convention, Chicago 1972, these articles address themselves to framework, findings and implications of an examination of Project TALENT. (CJ)