The focus of this article is on children of migrant workers and immigrants in the schools of West Germany, Sweden and England. One central problem, that of language, is considered both as it is dealt with in policy, i. e., in curricula, and as it is actually implemented in some programs, which are typical for the actions in these countries.…

WAMI stands for Washington, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho, for better training of their medical students, and for more doctors in their rural counties. (Editor)

Objectives, content, and participation are described for the symposium held at Unesco House in Paris, December 1975, on conditions calculated to promote the access of workers to education and measures to be taken to give them an effective part in the definition and execution of educational activities of concern to them. (WL)

This writer takes issue with the viewpoints on compulsory education expressed in the "Point-Counterpoint" section of the September 1975 issue of the NASSP Bulletin. He emphasizes the difference between the state's right to mandate a certain level of intellectual development for all its citizens, versus its current practice of mandating a minimum…

This research brief summarizes a recent report on the educational advances of the second and third generations of California's immigrants, "Educational Progress Across Immigrant Generations in California," by PPIC researchers Deborah Reed, Laura E. Hill, Christopher Jepsen, and Hans P. Johnson, shed new light on California's immigrant…

Although entrepreneurship has long been considered a fundamental aspect of American society, its development as an academic field in U.S. colleges and universities is relatively recent and on-campus entrepreneurship programs have been most commonly found in business schools. Because entrepreneurs and innovative ideas can arise from within any…

This address was presented to a conference celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of The United Way's "Success By 6" early childhood development initiative. The address acknowledges that the American public education system has traditionally operated on the assumption that children enter kindergarten at approximately the same educational…

Americans are generally aware of educational disparities between whites and other racial/ethnic populations in society. Far less understood, however, are the negative social and economic consequences that U.S. residents are likely to experience if current population shifts and disparities in educational levels continue over the next two decades.…

The primary role of designing Learning Communities is to promote collaborative teaching and learning that connects individual courses from separate academic disciplines to enrich the intellectual life and sense of community for students and participating faculty. From both an epistemological and pedagogical perspective, Learning Communities are an…

This paper examines current issues, trends, and methods in learning institutions of higher education, including how global, multicultural, and technological developments have altered methods of instruction and the way education is administered, with a particular emphasis on adult learning in international environments. It also considers how…

Presents the sixth edition of The Environmental Scan published by the Association of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology of Ontario (ACAATO). The 2000 Environmental Scan is designed to serve as a working document to assist colleges in their strategic planning processes. The 2000 Environmental Scan highlights: the increased profile and valuing…

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1998, students in more than 400 schools of journalism around the world were invited to write articles or take photographs that illustrate the right to education. This magazine features the 18 winning articles and photographs that provide a vivid picture of the…

This report, in response to the new enrollment trend of older persons entering the nation's institutions of higher education, examines the ways colleges and universities can meet the needs of this new student population. Discussed are the facility, attitudinal, programmatic, curricular, financial, and managerial considerations that could…

Focuses on the strategy of using the science of genetics to pepetuate the racism of the dominant society, proposing that arguments presented by the "liberal" proponents of special programs in abandoning the goals of the 1960s were used to rationalize the reopening of the latent question of genetic black inferiority. (Author/JM)

Discusses the many benefits and advantages to be gained by including outdoor education in every facet of the school curriculum. (JR)