A review of a report based upon replies from a questionnaire sent to 78 countries regarding the access of females to education in the context of rural development is presented. Rural conditions, women as agents of development, their accessibility to education, and suggested types of training are discussed. (LH)

Evaluates the achievement, intelligence, and personality characteristics of students in the Street Academy, whose basic goal is to provide educational and education related services to school drop-outs, to increase their employment potential. (Author/AM)

Excerpted here from an address presented to the Indiana Association of Secondary School Principals, this article focuses on how community education programs can help solve some of the crises schools face today as they search for relevancy and meaning. (Editor)

Districts with declining enrollments spent about $200 more per student than the growing districts, had about three fewer students per teacher, averaged about $500 less in average teacher salaries, had a lower dropout rate, and had higher achievement scores. (Author/IRT)

Discusses a survey of the techniques used by 29 engineering colleges to recruit and keep women engineering students. (MLH)

Described are the opportunities for postsecondary education for aurally handicapped students, especially programs at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf and Gallaudet College. (BD)

The speech, delivered 1 June 1978 at the Western Roundup Regional Conference on Rural Home Services (University of Montana, Missoula), indicates that rural America has suffered from neglect, disorganization, and the lack of a federal rural development policy. (B R)

Increased automation, inflation, and a worsening labor market are among the factors involved in lower employment prospects for mildly mentally retarded school leavers. (CL)

From two different conferences, (1) presents conclusions and recommendations from an international forum on integrated rural development and workers' education, and (2) gives some idea of the problems of workers' education in a time of change, specifically in Ireland. The latter is from the author's paper at an international conference of workers'…

Describes a study on the relationship between reading deficiency and disciplinary problems; relates the original data to the same student population's status with regard to high school graduation four years later. (MAI)

The areas of attachment, dependence, conscience, aggressiveness and sex-role identity are examined in relation to developmental problems and educational implications. (BP)

The article presents (1) a theoretical perspective describing rural development in the People's Republic of China which allows for generalization and comparison to the other developing rural settings, and (2) four conceptual systematic variables, a concrete policy variable, and a series of illustrative propositions linking them. (NQ)

Social network, an interesting theoretical concept, has suffered through difficulties in developing from it any operational devices suitable for use in ordinary social survey research. Here one such device is presented, and its utility is examined in the contrasting urban contexts of Hull and Los Angeles. Also, the role of kinship in the social…

This brief article cites reports on Puerto Rican education including higher education. (JP)

Reviews current efforts in the movement for providing parents and students school selection choices. Benefits resulting from school choice include: dropout reduction, increased achievement, more parental involvement, racial integration, and improved morale. Outlines the features of a desirable choice plan and the prospects for development of…