Examines virtual reality (VR), and discusses the dilemma of defining VR, the limitations of the current technology, and the implications of VR for education. Highlights include a VR experience; human factors and the interface; and altered reality versus VR. (Author/AEF)

Nine short stories and excerpts are presented relating to 18th-Century French History. The purpose of the readings are to: 1) increase student sensitivity to conditions in 18th-Century France; 2) add to their appreciation of the variety of human experiences; and 3) strengthen student insight into the nature of human beings. (Author/JR)

A college teacher explains how she and her students organized and taught humanistic psychology in a humanistic fashion. An evaluation of the course is also provided. (Author/RM)

Program development is dependent upon people development. To make continuing education work, off-campus programs must be palatable to a diverse group of people upon whom the program is totally dependent for teaching resources. (Author/MW)

Besides the material contained in this journal, a review of recent literature on community college student personnel programs is supplied by the ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges. (Editor)

In making the transition between the research and theory on goal structures and the literature on open education, five of the more pervasive themes of open education were discussed. (Author/RK)

This response to recent criticisms of the new social studies deals with some of the problems in areas of inquiry, value clarification, humanization, current events, and conflict resolution found in social studies texts. (JR)

The report details ways in which work is being organized to make it more pleasant and rewarding but warns that success depends on the cooperation of workers and the general public. (Author)

Describes a cross age tutoring program which improves the reading skills of all students involved and makes the learning process more humanistic. (RB)

An analysis of some of the diversions (preoccupations with topics such as feelings, internal thought processes, inner life, the individual as a creative agent) which have delayed better understanding of human behavior and the formation of a science based on the relationship of the behavior of the organism to the environment. (EH)

In a companion article, Robert F. Bundy criticized accountability as being a contrived smokescreen to confuse the public and district attention from the real issues facing American schools. He called for a deschooling and deprofessionalization of American education. Critiques his views. (Author/JF)

The professional preparation of principals requires three equally important components: knowledge/theory, experience, and a disciplined knowledge of self. The omission of any one component does damage to the others. (Author/WM)

Only by having a well-educated and competent problem-solving infrastructure throughout society is it reasonable to expect that democracy will remain adequate to challenge it faces. (Author)

Authors attempted to outline some of the problems and issues inherent in the crime of rape, as well as some of the programs and methods currently attempting to deal with them. (Author/RK)