The educational sociologist has a major contribution to make to educators with regard to preparation of curriculum materials, teaching strategies, and guidance policies. Some areas of educational management that have sociological implications are a) discrepancies among views concerning the role of the school in society and its influence on social…

The university and the needs of contemporary society are discussed in relationship to the complexity and diversity of the interactions between universities and societies resulting from the diversity of traditions, resources, and socioeconomic contexts. Emphasis is placed on some past and present conceptions of the university, the university and…

The theme of the TACTICS (Technical Assistance Consortium to Improve College Services) conference "Developing the Black Community to Save Black Colleges" was most appropriate, since the consciousness of the nation is presently being awakened to the plight of black collges, especially the public institutions. The conference dealt with how…

The report details the results of a unique experimental demonstration of applying university resources to local government problems. Faculty-student teams worked with city and county personnel on projects chosen by mutual agreement, including work in areas of traffic management, law enforcement, waste heat utilization, solid waste conversion, and…

Despite the recent resurgence of academic interest in nonpublic schools, we continue to be relatively ignorant of the political and social composition of these schools. This study of the Chicago and Los Angeles Catholic school systems sought to redress this ignorance. The study first gathered and analyzed school data from central (diocesan)…

A three-year project in the Watertown (S. D.) Public Schools was designed to produce greater integration of career education into the existing curriculum of all grades. Individual development was emphasized in the elementary and junior high programs, with more emphasis placed on specific decision-making situations during the final years of high…

South Dakota's exemplary project in career education at Watertown was designed to help students bridge the gap between school and work through an integrated program of occupational information, orientation, and exploration, and to provide an in-service program for counselors and teachers within the school district and statewide. The four phase…

This report deals in detail with the characteristics of a good school records system; and with the ways to design, maintain, and use such records. It includes discussions of (1) the legal aspects of record keeping; (2) the purposes of pupil records; (3) suggested pupil record areas and items; (4) types of pupil records; (5) school staff…

The State University of New York College of Cortland received the 1973 Distinguished Achievement Award for its Project Change, a performance-based early childhood teacher education program. Also cited for distinguished achievement were a) Teachers College of Ball State University, Indiana for an experimental program designed to include…

New developments on the technical aspects of cable television, coupled with the proposed Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules and regulations governing the medium and the possibility of Congressional action in the field have set the stage for 1971 to become a pivotal year for cable television in education. The number of channels that can…

This study investigated the extent and diversity of student volunteer programs in the Los Angeles Community College District (California) to determine the amount of college support and acceptance accorded them. The junior colleges should take advantage of the great student potential for positive social action and realize that, in the area of…

Higher education in the United States is facing a period of uncertainty, confusion, conflict, and potential change, and it has little to guide it in its past experiences. For most of its three and one-third century history, it has had a manifest destiny and through the period from 1820-1870 was marked by rapid change and some student unrest. Two…

This speech traces the inception and the operation of an accountability program in the Columbus, Ohio, public schools. The need to comply with the mandated evaluation requirement of ESEA Title I programs and to respond to a demand from the educational community that they be advised of the progress of these programs alerted the Columbus public…

The summer workshop which provided the material for this document forms one part of a cooperative project in which 18 teacher education institutions took part. There are two major groups of reports. The theme group reports include 1) "Direct Experiences and Program Designed To Better Prepare Prospective Teachers in Terms of Human Relations Skills…

"Outlook" publications focus on areas of science and technology in which research can be valuable to industry, government, and society as a whole. Their purpose is to point up significant current problems in those areas and to suggest effective research approaches to their solution. This issue, dealing with changes taking place in our schools and…