The extent to which claims to educational rights are actually fulfilled in a society depends on a variety of conditions. There are eight conditions that can contribute to a society's falling short in the implementation of those rights. The conditions include: (1) complacency--failure to take steps toward ensuring that the right is honored in…

Discussed an educational program designed to meet the needs of children with specific learning disabilities. (RK)

The purpose of Moraine Valley's newspaper course is to provide an instructional delivery system for a large audience of nonstudents in the district, utilizing a familiar education resource (newspaper). (Author)

Article discussed educational trends in the world, including a short synopsis of the world population situation and a brief account of a meeting of the World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession. (Author/RK)

Thanks to strong leaders and recent court victories, more handicapped children are getting the schooling that is rightfully theirs. (Editor)

Many factors in our nation's past have hindered the achievement of quality education for everyone. Such factors include elitist attitudes, social and economic inequality, and more recently, a concentration on custodial treatment and maintenance of order in schools. Some measures, however, have facilitated the expansion of mass education and…

The University of the State of New York is unique in the Union and the oldest continuous State educational administrative agency in America. It is a university without walls, it has no employed faculty and no matriculated students; yet all students and all faculty in New York State are integral parts of it. There are many advantages and some…

A self-renewing college is sensitive to the changing needs of each learner, its goals meet the learning expectations of students, its teachers translate these expectations into measurable teaching objectives, and it constantly revitalizes education. Present faults of general education include fragmented curricula, teacher orientation to national…

Drawing on educational statistics and other data, this British report calls for expanding the opportunities open to women and girls for higher education, vocational and industrial training, equal earning power, career guidance and counseling, and employment in skilled, technician, supervisory, and managerial jobs and positions. A recasting of…

This edition provides an introduction to the psychological-humanistic education (PHE) movement. SUNY and the NY State Education Department have established a PHE program to develop new methods to achieve human potential, generate basic research, effect social change, and establish training programs and learning opportunities. The program is…

This historical review describes the educational development of women in higher education. Emphasis is placed on the beginning of formal education for women, secondary and higher education, and higher education and the twentieth century. (MJM)

The papers included in this collection deal with many of the important issues facing US higher education. Papers in Part I are principally concerned with student related issues. The first study examines the process of choosing a postsecondary education. The second considers financial barriers to higher education. State efforts to remove such…

This is a progress report on the first 6 months activity of the Commission on Non-Traditional Study which was established: 1) to examine all aspects of non-traditional postsecondary education, including the external degree, now in operation or being planned; 2) to evaluate the desirability and feasibility of such study; 3) to identify the…

This document presents the results of an extensive study whose ultimate purpose was to identify the aggregate perceived values, needs, and aspirations of the total postsecondary nonuniversity student population in the Province of Alberta. It describes in considerable detail the needs and motivations of various groups of students enrolled in a…