This paper presents the results of a doctoral dissertation study that examined professional practice characteristics in connection with expressed continuing professional education (CPE) needs among licensed landscape architects. Out of the 650 surveys sent to landscape architects across the United States, 336 were returned. The survey found that…

This paper presents a speech by the President of the Mississippi University for Women (MUW), on the history of MUW and her secrets of success as an educator and administrator. The speech traces the history of MUW, founded in 1884 as the first public college for women in the United States. It lists the accomplishments of distinguished alumni,…

The Montana Council on Vocational Education conducted a business and industry survey in February 1993 to recommend initiatives and methods the private sector could undertake to assist in the modernization of vocational education programs. A representative sample of the various types and sizes of Montana businesses were selected. Surveys were…

In 1993, two surveys were conducted to determine community perceptions of Hudson County Community College (HCCC) in New Jersey. During January and February 1993, 591 questionnaires regarding HCCC's mission were sent to representatives of business and industry, education, government, community groups and agencies, health and human service…

An ethnographic study examined and compared schooled and non-schooled uses of literacy and literature in a small, rural, all white, Adirondack Mountain community in upstate New York to explicate the way in which low social class and economic status constrain school achievement. More than 75 interviews were conducted over a 3-year period with…

This study examined the views of British public administrators regarding public administration education in Britain. A total of 386 local authority chief executives were surveyed by mail using a 7-page questionnaire; 108 completed surveys were returned. It was found that only 37 percent of the surveys were completed by the chief executives; the…

This collection of excerpts from essays, reports, judicial decisions, and the professional literature presents a survey of the issues concerning tenure in higher education and advances the case for retaining tenure as a means to guarantee academic freedom. Individual chapters include excerpts and commentary on the meaning of tenure, focusing on…

State employment service managers in the Pacific Northwest, secondary principals in the Pacific Northwest, chief state school officers throughout the United States, and state directors of employment and training throughout the United States were asked to rate students on a list of 15 attributes seen as key to performance on the job. Their…

These hearing transcripts present testimony concerning the Clinton Administration's plans to expand and improve Project Head Start. Testimony was heard from Senators Christopher J. Dodd, Dan Coats, Nancy Landon Kassebaum, Strom Thurmond, James M. Jeffords, and Harris Wofford, as well as Representatives Matthew G. Martinez and Susan Molinari, and…

Profile includes sociological background, factors related to students' education, career plans and important objectives, political, social and educational views and attitudes. (Author/AM)

The counselor's role in many schools has been badly defined. This article considered research that evaluated counselors and counseling programs with a view toward developing counselor training which would answer many pressing educational needs. (Author/RK)

The role of education in solving social problems was discussed and programs for helping students gain a greater understanding of the world were proposed. (RK)

This article examines the attitudes of college teachers toward adult students. Results show that faculty desire to have older students in the program correlates positively with the number of years that the faculty member has been teaching. (Author/EJT)

Author tried to suggest some of the ways long-standing values appear to be thwarting desired educational objectives in Kenya. The curriculum design model being followed was evaluated. (Author/RK)

Author attempted to point to some of the aspects of the changing structure of American universities and the ways in which they have had a bearing on the contemporary position of professors in American academic, educational, and cultural life. (Author/RK)