Describes the purpose of establishing the task force on teaching responsibilities, and outlines the recommended guidelines which called for clear definitions of conditions and components necessary for high quality physics programs. (GA)

The current practice of reinspecting approved law schools every seven years permits some schools to operate outside American Bar Association standards of substantial periods. Annual review is recommended, and the proposed questionnaire is appended. (Journal availability: Dennis & Co., Inc., 251 Main St., Buffalo, NY 14203, $6.00.) (MSE)

Reports the outcome of a plagiarism suit against organic chemistry professor T. W. Graham Solomons by two emeritus professors at New York University. The ruling of not guilty leaves the way open for Solomons' counterclaim that he lost sales of the book because of the suit. (Author/SA)

Tests are described as either instruments of diagnosis and accountability or as barriers to opportunity. It is predicted that there will be continued attacks on testing, sorting, classifying, and ranking--anything that identifies differences in competence that might deprive someone access to the ladder of success. (Author/MLW)

Enrollments, test scores, employment--all down. A grim picture for teacher training programs and people attracted to the field. But there are some signs of revitalization. (Editor)

Examined are the various aspects of recruitment and training at both the Civil Service College in Britain and the Ecole Nationale d'Administration in France. Although they differ widely, their aims converge towards the same need for an educated, capable, and efficient administrative class. (Author/KC)

The most significant change brought about by teacher bargaining has been to enlist the massive participation of educators in politics. But the kind of political and educational leadership that will be necessary to preserve and promote public education has not yet developed. (Author/SJL)

The author examines claims that progressive teaching methods are one cause of declining standards and looks at national monitoring systems developed as a political and administrative response to this issue. Finding these bureaucratic procedures inconsistent with the ideals of progressive education, he proposes an alternative school-based…

The self-study has been increasingly used as an aid to accrediting reviews but has rarely been used as a tool for ongoing systematic internal quality assurance. Attention to the purposes and functions, the processes, and the dynamics of self-studies so used can yield great benefit for modest cost. (Author/MLW)

A major effort by higher education institutions to raise standards is required. Changes in accrediting, in informing consumers more effectively, and in the internal processes of self-monitoring will be needed to support the press toward improved teaching and learning. (Author/MLW)

The relationship between the decline of value-centered education in the 1960s and 1970s and the decline of academic standards is discussed. The question of the moral dimensions of learning and how values and the transfer of knowledge are irrevocably linked are explored. (Author/MLW)

Higher education continues to segregate minority students by letting students force things to happen that are illegal, immoral, and unethical. If there is a special program for minority students on campus, all minority students tend to be identified with the program and individual achievement and motivation are frustrated. (Author/MLW)

The liberal mood of the 1960s has given way to a conservatism reminiscent of the gray flannel thinking of the 1950s. Today's young people are cautious, cynical, and dead serious about personal survival. Innovation and liberalism in education are being replaced by fiscal conservatism and emphasis on standards. (Author/SJL)

Schools of education need to broaden their mission to open up realistic new career options in education in order to attract the kinds of talented persons who entered education in the 1960s. While the demand for schoolteachers has declined, the overall demand for learning in this society has vastly expanded. (Author/IRT)

The study reported indicates that despite the fact that undergraduate majors in elementary education could demonstrate attainment of a minimum standard on science content knowledge at one time, many were not able to demonstrate competence at the minimum standard at graduation time. (MK)