Describes a grass-roots organization open to all educational administrators, however junior, in the member countries of the Commonwealth of Nations. (Editor/RK)

One cannot gauge or understand the performance of an educational system by examining the output of that system alone. Presents and discusses four constructs--effectiveness, efficiency, responsiveness, and fidelity--which relate the output of an educational system to the important educational, economic, political and social factors which influence…

This research is an effort to analyze the process of organizational change as it takes place within one segment of the public administration mechanism in Venezuela--The Ministry of Education. (Editor/RK)

In Wales, the issues of language, land, and community are inextricably intertwined in a resurgence of Welsh identity. Nowhere are these issues more the focus of attention than in the newly formed Welsh-medium schools. Concentrates on the school's task in identity building and on the interplay between the schools and rising elites. (Editor/RK)

Reviews the similarities and differences relating to access to higher education in Germany and the United States and current problems and policies relating to access in both countries. (Author/RK)

A short survey of the admissions procedures in the Federal Republic of Germany and the United States is made, gives a few points of reference for comparing both systems of education, and poses the question of the possibility of transporting elements of the American admission procedure to the German university system. (Author/RK)

Describes the composition of the migrant worker population in the countries of Western Europe and traces developments in government policies regarding control and stabilization of immigration, provision for education and granting of political rights. (Editor)

Paper examined how geographic patterns in distribution of immigrants' residences facilitate or constrain educational opportunities for their children. Some effects of a policy of cultural pluralism were also identified, and particular emphasis is given to how cultural diversity within each immigrant group modifies the effects of cultural…

Article summarizes an extended study carried out by Oberlin College, Ohio. Bright thirteen-year old black pupils were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. Comparisons between the two groups showed that nearly all students--from backgrounds where completing secondary school and attending college are both unexpected--entered…

The author deals with the education of Turkish migrants' children and the handicaps existing for equal access to all educational opportunities. (Editor)

Britain is a multi-cultural society which now includes some 1 1/2 million people of Asian and Afro-caribbean origin, over 40 percent of whom were born in the U. K. This paper examines whether teacher training institutions have responded to this new situation and suggests as to how such training can be provided. (Editor)

Current research emphasizes the importance of the mother tongue in second language teaching. This paper describes a longitudinal project which studies 4 groups of Finnish children in Malmo, Sweden, who are receiving a bilingual education starting from the pre-school. (Editor)

The focus of this article is on children of migrant workers and immigrants in the schools of West Germany, Sweden and England. One central problem, that of language, is considered both as it is dealt with in policy, i. e., in curricula, and as it is actually implemented in some programs, which are typical for the actions in these countries.…

Article examined the objectives and methods used in continuing education and paid special attention to the need for developing programs for adults rather than including them in the general educational format. (RK)

This paper attempted to give a survey based largely on unpublished American material (research and conference reports, working papers, etc.), of efforts made in the US to throw light on the demand for higher education and to find criteria for university planning. (Author/RK)