For some time now, democratization of education has been prominent in the concerns of educators throughout the world, particularly in respect of the need of individuals and groups to highlight their identity and assert their role in society. Education is the means to facilitate this identification and this assertion. Democratization must now move…

Since 1917, the higher education system in the Soviet Union has been developing as a completely democratized system. All citizens have equal rights to education, and secondary and higher education are accessible to all citizens of the Soviet Union regardless of property, social status, nationality, sex, religion, or political convictions. Such…

The present study attempts to determine the effect of geographic accessibility of a college on the proportion of high school graduates continuing their education beyond school. Specifically, the study asks not only if communities possessing a college send larger proportions of their high school graduates to college than do communities lacking a…

A questionnaire was sent to 69 directors of residential centers in the state of Illinois affiliated with the Child Care Association, Department of Mental Health and Department of Corrections - Juvenile Division, regarding the current status of educational arrangements in Illinois institutions serving disturbed, delinquent, and/or…

This edition of "Issues in Higher Education" discusses the status of access to postsecondary education in the South in the period 1958-1972 and future directions to be considered in improving educational opportunities. In determining the direction that postsecondary education is to take within the current decade and beyond, several key questions…

This document presents brief descriptions of and statistical data concerning the educational opportunities available to minority group students in 106 medical schools across the U.S. The descriptions are organized under the following headings: (1) programs and curriculum; (2) faculty and administration; (3) financial aid; and (4) admissions…

The points and counterpoints presented in this article highlight a few of the many issues that stand in the way of a fully organized, sustained approach to school programming for the gifted. ( Author/AM)

Examines how serious youth employment is in Australia as well as factors responsible for unemployment among these and other individuals (such as girls and young women). Also examines youth policies, focusing on educational and training concerns and issues. (JN)

The author argues that communication is not only a means of informing but also a means of creating. He gives some examples of this. These include transmission, reciprocity, intersubjectivity, and internal dialogue. The educational implications of each are touched on briefly. (Author/CT)

Discusses the importance of quality in education and indicates that individual differences among students must be considered when planning the curriculum. (JOW)

Always the teacher himself, Theodore Roosevelt quite naturally turned his attention to the subject of education for women. What kind of education? he was to ask; and for whom? For what purpose? His answers to those questions illuminated the centrality of the Woman Question early in the 20th century, and exposed also a particular definition of…

This article explores a European concept offering "a comprehensive educational strategy for all post compulsory, post basic education." Focus is on the idea of a person moving from organized learning to a work setting, returning to the educational framework for supplemental experience, and then back to work on a recurring basis. (WL)

Asking "Who should be allowed to attend college?," the author discusses several philosophical issues associated with open admissions. Egalitarianism vis-a-vis meritocracy is considered, in relation to the realities of the current and projected employment market for college graduates. Effects on open admissions on the value of a higher education…

Perhaps the most significant challenge facing our society today is the need to dramatically increase the number of Americans who graduate high school and go on to earn postsecondary credentials. This is an economic, social, and civic imperative ? and it cannot be achieved without real changes in the educational opportunities and supports we…

The manufacturing sector is the second largest industry in California (after retail), employing over two million persons (including the self employed) and paying more than $86 billion in wages and salaries. There is concern, however, that California's manufacturing sector is on the decline and that companies are moving elsewhere. This report…