A review of the literature base on competency-based education (CBE) as it relates to vocational education (competency-based vocational education or CBVE) is presented in this information analysis paper. The following topics are discussed: differences between traditional and competency-based education; growth and breadth of CBVE (including…

The managerial mystique is built around a core that is mathematical in rationale, steeped in business jargon, male in orientation, and predicated on assumptions about power relationships. To the extent that it is all of these, it is an obstacle to women. Tracing the history of managerial inroads into education and reviewing recent research related…

A comprehensive assessment of the career education programs offered in the school districts in Michigan was conducted, based on the assumption that the lack of systematically organized needs data for appropriate decisionmaking groups may be an obstruction to the statewide implementation of career education. A questionnaire instrument was…

The volume focuses on topics discussed at a symposium on research methodology in special education, with emphasis on the special educator's perspective. Following an introductory section (three chapters), are three sections with 17 chapters which cover the following topics: design of educational prescriptions--behavioral objectives and criterion…

Changes that higher education is experiencing and forecasting and approaches to improve higher education management are considered. In addition to declining enrollment, rising costs, and diminishing financial resources, colleges are faced with the task of managing these changes under the pressures of new constraints and new constituencies.…

Issues of ethics in higher education, along with a broad overview on the field of ethics, are considered. Ethical concerns include: charges of unfair practices in the recruitment of college students, especially minority athletes; reducing admission requirements to the extent that classroom and even graduation standards may deteriorate; grade…

College teaching is examined in the context of the institution and the society that has changed socially and economically. Patterns typically followed by academics are noted, and the following influences are addressed: inflation, declining enrollments, the age distribution of faculty members, the notion of autonomy of faculty members, faculty…

This paper examines the politics of public school closings and suggests strategies for effective management of school closings by administrators. Issues which are covered include: (1) the effects of public school closings on students, teachers, parents, and the community; (2) the trend of declining enrollment; (3) management approaches to closings…

A brief concerning the "Preliminary Report of the Committee on the Future Role of Universities in Ontario" is presented. The following objectives of Ontario universities are endorsed: developing a more educated populace, education and training for the professions, providing for study at the highest intellectual level and for development…

Literature concerning the relationship between higher education and politics is reviewed. Attention is directed to federal, state, and local levels of government and to institutional politics. Federal involvement in higher education, governmental regulation, higher education lobbying, and the emergence of the new Department of Education are…

A 1979 study conducted by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education to develop a plan for assessing and increasing faculty productivity is described. The central issue was the demand for individual faculty, departmental, and institutional autonomy versus demand by the political system for evidence that the faculty it funds produces adequate…

One of a 12-volume set, this guide in language arts offers general program and specific course goals intended to clarify the purposes of education for students, teachers, parents, and the community. These goals provide explicit learning statements, define the nature and function of communication, and describe the values related to language arts.…

Transcripts of weekly programs broadcast by National Public Radio on bilingual education are presented with Wendy Blair and John Merrow. Contents are as follows: (1) Introduction; (2) "History of Bilingual Education" by Noel Epstein; (3) "Passamaquoddy Language Instruction in Maine" with Wayne Newall, Robert Leavitt, and Anna…

This report, submitted to the president of the College Entrance Examination Board, recommends ways the organization could both involve students in its ongoing affairs and become more responsive to the needs and concerns of the students who use, pay for, and are affected by the College Board's programs and services. Recommendations are made…

Written for the prospective student of a nontraditional educational institution as well as the prospective member institution, this handbook presents an overview of the concept of nontraditional education and the ways the National Association of Private, Nontraditional Schools and Colleges attempts to preserve the quality of that concept through…