Describes how Wellington County set about defining educational objectives that could be applied to everyday practice in the schools. (Editor)

An analysis of the phrase "equality of educational opportunity" is offered to show that differing values determine different conclusions about the nature of education and the presence of opportunities. (GW)

Community colleges do not represent a dumping ground or dead-end for blacks and other minorities. Rather, they provide in many instances the only opportunity for minority students to obtain postsecondary schooling. Response of the community college to the needs of minority students has been far greater than that of senior institutions. If…

The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) requires all schools to bring all students to a proficient level in reading and math by 2014. This goal is reached through annual progress targets and measurable objectives for student progress. Measured through annual testing at certain grades, student performance determines whether a school achieves…

Entrepreneurship, both in commercial and social enterprise development, has become an essential component in sustaining thriving communities in the region. An expanded dedication to entrepreneurship can open up economic opportunities while simultaneously furthering the educational missions of colleges and universities by promoting a scholarship of…

This paper reviews the findings of a comparative analysis of two education systems in one corporate organization: training and development and work-family. Key learning features across these systems were analyzed to determine similarities and differences and to identify common concerns. The findings indicated that, although this organization…

Highlights some findings from the Pennsylvania Commission for Community Colleges database, including student demographics, student persistence at the community colleges, educational objectives of students, and transfer and employment activities of community college graduates. Compares the fall 1998 student body profiles, student attrition, and…

In 2000, 43 percent of undergraduates were of nontraditional college age (24 years or older). Eighty percent were employed, including 39 percent who were employed full time. Today, experts believe that nearly three out of four adults are taking some kind of training. This increase is due in part to the growing number of programs that provide an…

Authors interviewed a leading educational figure in Britain on developments in their experiment in higher education, the Open University. (RK)

Described an educational program that grants new opportunity for learning through presentation of highly individualized instruction and a wider variety of courses and training programs. (Author/RK)

While the public conscience has been touched by events highlighting the plight of the American Indian, constructive change on a long term basis will depend upon the quality of education and opportunities available to Indian children. The author recalls her own experience and those of her children in public schools. (Editor)

Article considered the current research into the education needs and rights of women. (Author/RK)

This essay describes and analyzes the ways in which the different Iraqi regimes have provided, unsuccessfully, for the education of its largest minority group, the Kurds. An effort will be made to assess the extent of the integration of the Kurdish minority into the mainstream of the Iraqi society. (Author)

Author presented a reply to another professor concerning freedom and responsibility in the school system. (RK)

A regional and State analysis of minority group admissions (men, black students, students of Spanish-speaking background, and American Indian or Oriental background) to RN and LPN/LVN schools of nursing in 1971-72 is tabulated and discussed. (DS)