A look at correspondence education as an alternative to regular in-school instruction. Briefly describes the efforts of the Correspondence Education Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Education. (Editor/RK)

The research reported in this paper uses a survey design to compare a sample of delinquent and nondelinquent youths in terms of perceived educational and occupational opportunity closure and respect for the law. (Author/AM)

Author states women need education to exercise economic/political rights and to qualify for better employment. Without education, women will be ignorant of legal status and its improvement. Not educating women deprives international community of maximum intellectual benefits. Such abilities are needed for success of global understanding. (PD)

Catholic education is the largest alternative school system in the United States. But it is facing financial and policy problems as more and more low-income and minority groups look to Catholic schools to provide their children with a quality education. Discusses some of the bias associated with Catholic schools as well as recent developments.…

Describes a number of college programs for the elderly whose enrollment has grown significantly in the 1970s. Also discusses some noncollege organizations that offer educational programs for retirement-aged individuals. (RK)

The lack of educational opportunities keeps the migrants poor. They need the education and skills to perform better paying agricultural work, or else settle somewhere and do other types of skilled work. (Author/NQ)

The Greater Cleveland External Degree Center is a nonprofit counseling organization and one of the most successful operations in the relatively new field called "educational brokering". Three brokerage services are described and a number of other large brokers listed. These educational brokers are middlemen in the field of adult…

Discusses four themes that capture the major opportunities offered by alternative schools and alternative programs as well as some of the problems associated with them. (Author/RK)

Defines equality of education in three areas: 1) by the degree of integration of school systems; 2) by a comparison of material resources and assets in education; and 3) by the effects of schooling as measured by the mean scores of groups on standardized tests. Available from: College of Education, 107 Quadrangle, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa…

In a step towards moving learning out of the classroom and into the world, the State and National Parks of the United States have opened their doors to teachers and students as part of a new program called "Environmental Living Experiences." (JD)

The norm-referenced competitive environment of our schools is difficult for the below-average student. These students could achieve at higher levels if our educational system changed to one in which an individual is evaluated against identifiable standards of excellence. Below-average students would be motivated to increase their efforts and less…

Maintains that radical changes in the labor market and living conditions create the need for curricular alternatives to existing educational opportunities for disadvantaged youth in the Federal Republic of Germany. Outlines an educational program for children and adolescents of the lower social strata devoting special attention to handicapped and…

The most serious challenge facing the Black community today is that of economic development. The recently formed Council for a Black Economic Agenda believes that a dynamic change strategy must empower the Black community itself in order to eradicate poverty, expand educational options, and strengthen Black families. (GC)

Presents an interview with Walter Mercer on the present and future shortage of Black teachers in the southern States. Discusses the effect of raising college admissions standards without increasing Black educational opportunities. Focuses also on the role of Black colleges and other related issues. (KH)

For getting high-grade education economically into remote hard-to-reach places, it's well nigh impossible to match satellite technology. (Editor)