Presented a number of evaluative instruments to determine if remedial students had problems which prevented them from learning and to determine if they had learning disabilities which could not be overcome simply by increased interest in education or an improved attitude toward it. (Author/RK)

Study examined the effect of individual goal-setting conferences on academic achievement and attitudes in an ongoing educational setting. (Author)

Part II builds upon the criticisms of library education discussed in Part I (EJ 076 088) and attempts to offer a concept of library education as an intellectual discipline, applicable to American and foreign students alike. It suggests a solid core of intellectual content plus sufficient flexibility to permit experimentation. (17 references)…

Article compared the Russian system of education with that of the United States and commented on the different sets of values found in each country. (RK)

Chancellor of the State University of New York outlines a startling and bright future for the two-year college in America, and of the community services challenge from a society in which formalized learning will become a continuous process. (Editor)

Analysis of the forces behind the current lowering of academic standards in the universities. (SP)

A discussion of university provision for the least considered students, and some proposals for improvement. (Editor)

An interdisciplinary, in-depth study involving 40 children and 9 families was conducted on the Hobbema Reserve during 1971-72. The design and rationale, analysis, selected findings, and conclusions of this study were presented. (FF)

TORI is an acronym for these behavior-attitude clusters: trust, openness, realization, and interdependence. (Author)

The author sees higher education as a battleground between prevailing meritocracy and forces of egalitarianism in "what is at best a competition and at worst a conflict. Focuses on the "growing contradiction of the guiding principles behind educational endeavor, weights the charges of the adversaries, and suggests the possible outcome. (Author)

This paper discusses the forces acting for change in higher education and the reasons behind these forces. (KH)

Describes the reasons for the protest among Black students against the traditional academic assumptions pertaining to English as a subject of study or as an element essential to the educational process." Attitudes of the white teacher and of white society are discussed in relation to this protest. (Author/DR)

The author presents a rather radical but extremely well thought-out thesis on the social structure of society and the higher educational needs and trends of the future. (AN)