An exploratory study was conducted with faculty and administrators at Historically Black College and Universities (HBCUs) to determine the level of reported knowledge and experience with policies that govern Web-based instruction (WBI). Result indicated that faculty had little experience with the policies and many had not participated in policy…

A black teacher discussed the history of race factors he realized while he attended to his early teaching efforts and how he believed black students and teachers can learn a greater black perspective. (RK)

Results of a study involving over 800 secondary schools; data presented in tables. (SP)

Contends that the primary question in busing of school children is the neighborhood school and whether it should be continued, returned, or discarded. (DM)

This project furnishes students of high school age with a learning model that is a decided contrast from the currently traditional public school system. (Author)

Students can learn now, pay later, with Student Educational Loan Fund," Harvard's innovative financing system. (Editor)

Summarizes legal and institutional definitions and policies regarding sexual harassment in academic settings; reviews current research on the problem; and suggests that, while legal, institutional, and operational definitions and conclusions concerning sexual harassment in academic institutions vary, evidence indicates that the problem exists in…

Describes the findings of a survey of elementary and secondary Catholic school students and administrators to determine the home, school, and personal problems commonly experienced by students; the counseling services provided; and the policies of nonretention for certain offenses. (WL)

The author examines four categories of context variables (teacher characteristics, school policy and organization, instructional setting, and student characteristics) relating to teaching and learning in studies of teacher effectiveness, and argues that, by identifying contextual constraints within which teachers make decisions, teachers will be…

The relationship of three medical college policies on the results of the National Board of Medical Examiners test was examined. Only the policy recommending a review course for the test had a significant effect on test results. (Author/PN)

Proposes that teachers begin the school year with a class study of discipline and student participation in establishing classroom rules. Describes the components of such a lesson and the procedures and forms inherent in any effective discipline system. (RL)

Discusses importance of looking into institutional practices within schools in bilingual research. Presents a case study and its community covering grouping arrangements for allocation of children of different scholastic achievement and language proficiency and the relationship of these groupings to curriculum and the school. (Author/BK)

Principals should allow teacher input into decision making in appropriate areas and be clear about exactly which areas these are. (JM)