The balance between college teaching and faculty scholarship is examined in the context of growing economic concern over the education of an internationally competitive workforce. "Aggregative scholarship," the effort to integrate and interpret highly specialized research findings for interconnections and trends, for both specialists and…

Efforts toward a bicultural perspective in New Zealand education have involved more than classes in Maori language and culture. The entire school system is being revised to acknowledge the value of a bicultural society. Maori people have been eager to share their culture, and nonindigenous New Zealanders have been supportive. (MSE)

Tenure itself is not the central issue in the debate over faculty tenure; honest faculty evaluation, adequate faculty development, and termination when appropriate are the real issues as are fears that abandonment of the tenure principle would amount to abandonment of the principles of academic freedom and shared governance. (MSE)

Compares two approaches to copyright reform, and argues that copyright rules should be adjusted in order to decentralize the production and dissemination of knowledge. Suggests an alternative approach to copyright reform that focuses on facilitating the social choices created by digital technology and use of the Internet. (AEF)

A library director and a university professor of English, who has also served as acting director of the library, engage in a dialogue about the role of the interim or acting director. Although they bring quite different perspectives to the discussion, they agree on the fundamental role and responsibilities of the interim director. (Author)

A survey of 133 Illinois direct service providers across various agencies indicated that providers are committed to serving youth with emotional/behavioral disorders locally, but perceived a lack of effort to eliminate ineffective programs and identified procedural barriers to providing comprehensive community-based services. A wide variety of…

The economic, social, and educational forces that have led to current health care reform proposals are outlined, the main proposals made to respond to these forces are noted, and ways in which academic medicine can change effectively to meet the reforms are examined. Risks to academic medicine are also considered. (Author/MSE)

It is argued that recent changes in accounting standards only change the way in which institutions of higher education report finances, not necessarily the way transactions are accounted for. While fund accounting may no longer be an appropriate term for the accounting approach used, it represents appropriate concepts of stewardship and…

The master schedule determines instructional time, use of space, student grouping, and teacher role. Currently, secondary school buildings are used like factories, and teachers can spend an entire career in the same classroom. Traditional, intensified, and flexible block scheduling produces master schedules with greater flexibility, less…

Quality Implementation in Transition is a framework designed to guide transition specialists and administrators in the implementation of total quality management. The framework uses the tenets set forth by W. Edwards Deming and is intended to help professionals facilitate change within transition programs. (Author/JOW)

Using racial/ethnic categories as official census data is outdated; this information has become a political reality with little scientific or intellectual validity. Although race has always been a partial marker for poverty, people have been more effectively segregated by wealth. Poverty is the best predictor of school failure. (10 references)…

Review of 155 confirmed cases of child sexual abuse in New South Wales (Australia) showed that only 56 percent received any counseling despite policy guidelines encouraging counseling. The study identified problems at all levels within the interagency environment that resulted in children not receiving needed services. Needed changes in the…

Presents an essay on organizational transformation and the way successful marketing transformations redeem a sense of value. Focuses on challenges faced by not-for-profit institutions, current changes in the library profession, and implications of the American Library Association's Goal 2000. A sidebar summarizes an interview with the director of…

The higher education community is urged to adapt the university to the 21st century. Five specific ways to initiate this change include: sharing expertise within and beyond the university, reflecting on the breadth and relevance of one's work, using new technologies to extend teaching and communication, diversifying the scholarly community, and…

Interviewed 194 Australian adult male survivors of sexual abuse. Found that victimization of boys is underrecognized and underreported, and that boys are not adequately protected by parents or child protection programs. Sexual curiosity, ignorance, sexualization of emotions, and lack of affection contribute to victimization and vulnerability.…