Schools are organizations in which rules are pervasive but not always explicitly stated. Students learn not only specific rules but also about rules in general. The hidden lessons about rules are among the few parts of the hidden curriculum associated with the social environment which are effectively learned. (IS)

General education emerged as a primary concern for both schools and colleges in the forties and fifties. This article of Professor Havighurst seeks to define some values of general education at the secondary level (but with principles of general utility), especially as needed during the time of a major war. (Editor)

This book provides concrete advice on how campuses can meet the challenges of educating thoughtful, committed, and socially responsible college graduates. The chapters are: (1) "Educating Citizens in a Pluralistic Society"; (2) "The Broader Undergraduate Context"; (3) "When Educating Citizens Is a Priority"; (4) "The Multiple Dimensions of Moral…

This paper explores the service function in U.S. institutions of higher education, focusing on a comparison of the social function of the university as discussed in two classics about the U.S. university: Robert Maynard Hutchins'"The Higher Learning in America" and Clark Kerr's "The Uses of the University." In conclusion, the…

The era of accountability in higher education is evolving into focused expectations that higher education will meet workforce needs in more direct ways than in the past. This study examined the impact universities have on the workforce in Florida using data on the baccalaureate graduating class of 1998-1999 in Florida. Records of baccalaureate…

This papers asserts that unparalleled social changes call for a renewed emphasis on education and for education of a different nature. These changes demand not only reflective inquiry in the practice of knowledge, but in the ethics and values by which the paths that lead to educational goals are chosen. Institutions of higher learning are being…

School professionals encountering students on medication are confronted with a variety of procedures and issues related to medication administration, monitoring, and effects. This resource aid is designed to provide a brief overview guide to this topic and some procedural tools. Section 1 provides an overview perspective, guidelines, and tools…

This book addresses the dual role played by colleges and universities that must recruit, hire, and train knowledge worker professionals and education information technology (IT) learners to manage the flow of information. Part 1, The Context, contains these chapters: (1) The Supply of IT Workers in the United States (William Aspray and Peter A.…

In considering the creative process, author tried to build a bridge between two assumedly discrete areas, the arts and communication, by examining some conditions which impinge on the message-maker as he goes about formulating statements for dissemination to others. (Author/RK)

The present paper continues the analysis by investigating the effect of home and school variables on occupational interests. (Author)

The basis of this investigation is formed upon the current dilemma of public education and the educational climate surrounding it. (RK)

The purpose of this study was to replicate the survey reported by Atwood and Starck (2) to determine if changes had taken place in the perceived dimensions of the issues and the patterns of the attitudes toward university role and governance following the period of prolonged uncerta. (Author)

If the new wave of worry about America's classrooms transforms to a new wave of adult help in and beyond the classroom, everyone will benefit. (Author)

School officials should investigate possible internal causes of vandalism. Many malicious incidents appear to be caused by children who feel alienated by their failure to achieve academic goals or to develop normal self-esteem. (Author/WM)

After distinguishing between what humanizing education is and what it is not, specific steps which can be taken to humanize secondary education are pointed out. (KM)