More is spent on health service research in one year than has ever been spent on education research. An investigation shows the DES left out of the mainstream of policy oriented research. (Editor)

Data is presented showing minimum criteria by which students and administrators define the social role of the student. The majority of responses indicated that persons making any formal connection to the institution are perceived as students. (Author)

The purpose of the present paper is to review the reasons for the growing disenchantment with traditional macro-planning efforts in education and to anticipate what effect this disenchantment may be expected to have upon education and educational planning activities in developing nations. (Author)

Article presented the views of academicians who responded to the widespread attitude that educators are not "in the arena" and cannot therefore demonstrate their success. (Editor/RK)

Condensed from "School and Society, Volume 96 (December 7-12, 1968), 456-57.

Paper supported by the U. S. Office of Education Project No. 5-0330 and based on a PhD dissertation submitted to NewYork University (1967)

Presented at the Annual Convention of the National Association of Secondary School Principals (53d, San Francisco, February 28 - March 5, 1969).

INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED WITH HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS TO ASCERTAIN IF LEVELS OF EDUCATION AND INCOME PERPETUATE THEMSELVES FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION. A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE WAS DRAWN FROM FAMILIES IN THE UNITED STATES. IN A SAMPLE OF 3,000 INTERVIEWS, ABOUT 600 REPRESENTED LOW-INCOME FAMILIES. DATA WERE COLLECTED ON THE PAST HISTORY OF THE…

FORMAL EDUCATION IN THE FORMER FRENCH COLONY, THE CONGO, WAS INVESTIGATED WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS UPON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EDUCATIONAL POLICY. TWO VERY SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WERE STUDIED--(1) THE TRANSFER OF FORMAL, FRENCH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO AN AFRICAN SETTING FOR THE PURPOSE OF PERFORMING NORMATIVE FUNCTIONS PRESCRIBED BY THE SOCIETY…

THIS PROJECT WAS AN ASSESSMENT OF 74 INSTITUTES OFFERED IN 1965-66, UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE NDEA, FOR 3,149 EDUCATIONAL MEDIA SPECIALISTS. THE PROJECT'S MAJOR CONCERNS WERE (1) HOW DOES ATTENDANCE AT AN EDUCATIONAL MEDIA SPECIALIST INSTITUTE CHANGE PARTICIPANTS, (2) IN WHAT WAYS DO THESE INSTITUTES INFLUENCE PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS FOR THE…

THE CENTRAL FOCUS OF THIS REPORT IS ON THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS AMONG SOCIAL CLASS, EDUCATION, AND INTERGROUP ATTITUDES. A SECOND MAJOR FOCUS OF THIS RESEARCH CONCERNS THE FACTORS THAT SHAPE ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND GERMAN ATTITUDES TOWARD "OUTSIDERS." SPECIFICALLY, THE STUDY INVESTIGATED (1) THE EXTENT AND TYPE OF IMPACT THAT THE EDUCATIONAL…

The purpose of this study was to construct a profile of the characteristics of the 684 Louisiana public school board members serving in 1976 and to report on their opinions on selected education topics. A total of 341 board members responded to the instrument constructed and mailed by the researchers. Among the results is the finding that the…