Since this article is limited to the discussion of improved educational opportunities for Spanish surnamed children and youth in California, author focused on the efforts of the State Department of Education to meet the needs of Spanish surnamed constituency. (Author/RK)

Teachers' centers - popular alternatives for continued professional growth. The center at Greenwich is what the movement's all about. (Editor)

Expanding on his definition of equality of educational opportunity, James Coleman suggests that it is important to connote the fact that the schools' task is to reduce the unequalizing impact of students' home and school environments. (Author/KM)

It is concluded that equality of endowment is a myth and that equality of opportunity presents a more realistic ideal to follow. (Author/KM)

Clark Kerr, the chairman of the Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education, conducted a conference concerning their first major report. The council's main thrusts in this report are universal access and maintenance of the research capacity of the universities. (Author/PG)

A radio program, "That's Living," on a private radio station, 930 CJCA, in Edmonton, Alberta (Canada), sponsored a cooperative project to make adults aware of adult education opportunities throughout northern Alberta. Approximately 20 educational institutions prepared booths, CJCA provided publicity, and the Minister of Adult Education…

Speeches and small group working sessions were the major components of this sex equity seminar. Speeches given by Annika Thelin (Sweden) and Gaby Weiner (United Kingdom) presented an historical and analytical approach to equal opportunities, focusing on the often slow progress towards sex equality in the education of children in Sweden and the…

Article examined the merits of accountability and what education can effectively provide the public. (RK)

Evidence from Ghana is presented to show the possibility of downward mobility of elite children through lack of success in a selective educational system and the ability of children from lower status homes to use this system to overcome their initial disadvantages. (Author)

This issue focuses on racial discrimination in athletic competition in the United States. Data supports the contention that the employment of Blacks in Big Ten universities in virtually nonexistent at every level of athletics. Articles document the unequal treatment and exploitation of Black athletes in the areas of education, academic advising,…

In 1971, a Federal program was started to promote and assist Indians who might choose a career in health. Due to a reorganization slated within the Health Resources Administration (Department of Health, Education, and Welfare), however, this Indian program is headed for deescalization and merger with other programs for the…

The author discusses the effect of "Inequality: A Reassessment of the Effect of Family and Schooling in America" on educational policy, particularly in its approach to educational goals analysis of school effectiveness, and account of the social utility of education. (HMD)

Author considered what we have in the way of institutions and services which fall within the concept of life-long education and described briefly each of six possible groupings that could contribute to conceptualization of life-long education. (Author/RK)

Reports on recent developments in the struggle of minority groups to achieve equal civil, social, education, economic and employment opportunities in several states around the country. (SF)