Author discusses these issues: have American women achieved enough equal opportunity to assist women foreign students; can international women educate themselves for elite status at home; will U.S. domestic/international student enrollments change; and what significance can this change be to women of developing countries. (PD)

The salary inequities between degree and non-degree environmental health technicians are recognized as a definite problem. This paper proposes that the four year degree is an economic reality which must be addressed by the military technician and by his civilian counterpart. Career and education planning are considered essential. (Author/MA)

The advent of comprehensive education implies a search for a common culture, or a common treatment of culture, across the whole school population. This article reviews the present stage in this search, attempting to define a suitable treatment of culture by secondary schools. (Author)

Literature on independent schools in Great Britain and the United States describe four major functions of the independent school: (1) providing an academic education with higher standards; (2) providing more desirable peer group associations, (3) providing status validation, and (4) enhancing opportunity for pursuing higher education. For journal…

Supply-related factors, such as differences in opportunity costs, play a major role in determining interarea salary differentials, according to a study of teachers' salaries through an analysis of cross-sectional data for 83 central cities and for the 48 contiguous states for the period 1968-70. (SH)

Argues that any policy of voluntary busing should, to bring population stability as well as equal rights, encompass the metropolitan area as a whole, removing the suburbs from their protected status. (Author/JM)

Contends that Great Britain's educational backwardness is now becoming a severe handicap in a world with global economic competition. States that contemporary underinvestment in education is the primary cause of the shortage of educated citizens and concludes that current efforts characterized by government cooperation with private enterprise will…

Reports on a survey of fertilizer dealers that was conducted to assess how the dealers were obtaining their agronomic information, aside from formal training sessions, and determine if these sources of information were satisfactory in fulfilling the dealers' needs. (TW)

Presents keynote address from 43rd National Conference of the National Association of College Admission Counselors. Urges educators and counselors to become conscious futurists and to work toward cross-cultural living. Asserts that counseling and admission decisions of counselors have lifelong ramifications for students. (NB)

Educational opportunity for growth and self-fulfillment should remain open to people of all ages. In Great Britain there are several higher and adult education systems to encourage and fulfill the talents of youth, adults, and older students, including open learning systems, youth services, flexistudy, open universities, adult education, and…

Examined (1) whether educational opportunity programs (EOP) designed for disadvantaged students were proactive or reactive in their responses to students' needs, (2) whether institutions "institutionalized" this support by providing funds from the base budget, and (3) the degree of institutional funding before and after Federal monies were made…

Describes home, farm, and wage-earning roles of a sample of 25 Appalachian farm women who appear to be successfully managing roles and contributing to families. Role descriptions include measures of attitudes toward married women and work, self concept, and family decision-making structures. Implications are discussed in relation to educational…

Reviews a research study that examined zoo visitors' understanding of wildlife before and after zoo visits. Low posttest scores suggested that a zoo experience is regarded as a recreational outing rather than an educational event. Implications for educational improvement are presented. (ML)

Elitism has become a new way of diminishing opportunities for minorities and women without mentioning race or sex. This unfortunately is occurring at a point in the nation's history when the subcomminant groups are beginning to break through barriers that formerly excluded them. (Author/GC)

If the concept of articulation between educational levels is revised to view the educative process as "one system," all students will benefit. The one-system model, with its multi-level cooperative career planning, preparation, and counseling, can prevent minority students from falling by the wayside or being routinely relegated to nonacademic…