The author argues that the autonomy given to teachers under progressive education is excessive. He feels that educational objectives and curriculum content should be determined democratically and that teachers should be civil servants in the sense that they make their professional teaching decisions within the framework of state policy. (SJL)

A review of the final Carnegie Council report is provided, which examines the current condition of higher education in the United States, makes enrollment projections, and suggests future courses of action for colleges and universities and for the state and federal governments. (MLW)

This article, the first in a series of three on effective school personnel practices, focuses on the need for a comprehensive personnel policy statement that sets forth terms and conditions of employment for faculty members, nonteaching staff members, and administrators, and for school heads. (Author)

Identifies policy problems in the area of international communications and argues for the adoption of the concept of information as a basic resource that is central to the conduct of international relations. Calls for innovative thinking about the process by which the United States formulates and implements international communication policies.…

Detailed are the history, development, current status, and future of the appropriate technology movement. Major centers of research and demonstration activity in the United States are identified and federal agency programs aimed at developing appropriate technology are described. Contact persons within the agencies are listed. (BT)

Reviews the implementation program for computer assisted instruction in French secondary schools. The initial time-sharing system is evaluated, and plans for the succeeding phase using microcomputers are described. (BK)

A number of ways in which evaluations may be biased are illustrated: (1) policy and political purposes for evaluations; (2) sources of policy or political bias prior to evaluation activities; (3) limitations and biases within the evaluation itself; and (4) utilization of evaluation information in the policy process. (Author/GK)

Forty-five brief papers cover four areas: research integration methodology; standard curriculum topics in educational research and evaluation; individual differences and special programs suited to particular groups of students; and programs of research integration being conducted by the University of Illinois-Chicago Circle and the National…

Five separate articles trace the federal government's approaches to supporting culture since the New Deal; examine the nature of national arts policymaking since the creation of the National Endowments; discuss activities of the state arts agencies; compare American arts policy with British and European models, and predict future issues.…

Data are presented from a Canadian study to show that the cost of laboratory testing is escalating and represents a sizable proportion of hospital costs. Policy interventions will require thorough analysis and will require sophisticated control programs at various levels in the laboratory inquiry system. (Author/MLW)

Trends in the social work education of Pacific/Asian-American (P/AA) students, distribution of P/AA faculty, and P/AA immigration into the United States are reviewed, and means for improving training programs to provide better equipped social workers are discussed. Three curriculum approaches are outlined. (MSE)

Data from 1964-65 and 1975-76 indicate that, as the State of Florida proceeded to desegregate its public schools, Black principals suffered disproportionate displacement and job loss as compared to White principals. (GC)

States that community colleges are in a good position to be centers of lifelong education and that adult educators must engage in politics in order to promote learning opportunities for adults. Suggests legislative, administrative, judicial, and electoral strategies for adult educators to use in influencing policymakers to support lifelong…

International education is discussed in terms of the relationship between education and development including demographic, economic, social, and political factors affecting education. Issues related to analysis of development, basic needs, and the new international economic order are raised. The role of American higher education in this process is…

Argues for a commitment to foreign language study and international understanding at the federal level. (AM)