A discussion of change from traditional vocational education to career education. (HB)

The author argues that legitimacy in curriculum offerings will result from exemplary programs serving community needs and involving community resources, rather than from legislative effort. In reviewing unsuccessful attempts to legislate a health education program in Nebraska, the following observations are made: (1) legislation…

This bibiliography on communication apprehension was compiled from computer searches of the ERIC, Psychological Abstracts, and Dissertation Abstracts data bases, as well as from general readings in the subject area. The more than 1,000 citations are arranged alphabetically by author within the following categories: articles in books,…

Despite lack of money and time, schools in the eighties are going to make changes. For this reason, educators are being forced to look again at the lessons of the innovations of the seventies. This paper discusses research done on those innovations, both the ones that succeeded and the ones that failed. A discussion of costs is followed by a…

This study of the Windsor Aquatic Club (WAC) was undertaken to investigate the following problems and questions: (a) identification of goals; (b) conflict in the interface of age class and school class swimming, as well as the interface of municipal, regional, provincial, federal, and international organizations; (c) identification of task,…

The Pacific Northwest Conference on Higher Education has provided a forum for debating the foremost issues facing higher education in Canada and the United States throughout the period of reassessment and charting of new or different directions. The keynote address to the conference examines the common assumption that higher education has a…

In assessing proposals for welfare reform, a key point to consider is the provision made for change once the program has begun. The Supplemental Security Income Program experience illustrates this point. (Author/SE)

Capitalizing on the combined resources of all the members of the education team, including the food service staff and manager, can help to develop good eating habits. (MJB)

Systems Improvement Research (SIR) establishes a team composed of inside workers and outside consultants who jointly collect data and make plans for change. (Author)

An organizational development consultant is expected to perform a thorough and unbiased diagnosis of the organization's functioning. This is an account of a case study of the effect of top management influence on the consultant's awareness and definition of problems. (Author/MLF)

Presents arguments for spelling reform, addresses various objections which are made against it, and briefly notes a method of reform called SR1, as it is used in Australia. (TA)

In a story set in the future, the author presents guidelines for persons wanting to implement change in education. (IRT)

Examines the Social Security program as it relates to women in the workplace. As increasing numbers of working-age women enter the paid labor force, women's groups are voicing their concerns of the inequitable distribution of Social Security benefits. Discusses three options for reform and expected changes. (Author/ABL)

Proposes that the library profession will, in the near future, divide into two tracks--the traditional librarian and the information manager. Recommendations for adapting to this change are included: (1) technological literacy; (2) career planning; (3) changes in library education; (4) accountability for information; and (5) a more positive public…