Gerald Lee Gutek
Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Loyola University, Chicago. Author of A History of the Educational Experience and others.
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Noteworthy educational news in 1996 concerned literacy efforts, the renovation of educational systems in Eastern Europe, the preparation of students for changing labour markets, the operation of schools by religious organizations, ways to improve students’ welfare, university enrollment changes, improved opportunities for women, and corruption in higher education. Among the persistent issues in the United States were: academic deficiencies of students in comparison with those from other industrialized nations; government support for parents to select their children’s schools; increasing costs of higher education; the need to connect schools to the information superhighway; drug abuse and violence in schools; and the need for training programs for unemployed and underemployed adults whose skills had become obsolete or dated. Primary and Secondary Education The importance of literacy education was emphasized in a study of social and economic conditions in 162 countries. The report...