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Selected Issues in American Education

Synopsis

Exhaustively researched and presented in a lucid, intelligent fashion, Selected Issues in American Education, by Samuel E. Beckles, examines six topics of importance in modern education. In “Staff Development in Community Colleges,” Mr. Beckles confronts the most crucial area of concern for the community based and funded institution of higher learning, a sector of the education field whose enrollment has increased 300 percent in the past decade. Often overlooked in these days of budgetary restriction and fiscal crisis, Mr. Beckles asserts that staff development is the key factor in the continued success of the community college.

Turning to another area of educational concern in “Existential Phenomenological Considerations for Counselors of College Students,” Mr. Beckles examines the heretofore unmet counseling needs of the modern collegian. Drawing on the works of an impressive array of philosophers and psychologists, including Frankl, Fingarette, Kierkegaard, and Sartre, the author formulates methods and means by which the frequent confusion and depression of college students can be eased through techniques adopted from the existentialist philosophy.

Mr. Beckles addresses pressing and controversial subject with intelligence and sensitivity. Selected Issues in American Education is a tour de force by Beckles and a landmark in educational research and criticism.

Author Biography

Samuel E. Beckles

A native of Barbados, Samuel Beckles holds a master’s degree in adult education and student personnel administration from Teachers College, Columbia University, and has to date completed all the required course work toward a doctor of education degree in college/university administration.

Mr. Beckles, a subject of the United Kingdom, has worked as an educator in England through the Inner London Education Authority and, since becoming a resident of the U. S. in 1973, has been employed as an educator in the New York area. He is a member of the adjunct faculty at the New York Institute of Technology and has served for two years as an admissions counselor at his alma mater, Teachers College.

Away from the classroom, Mr. Beckles enjoys gardening, swimming, and conversing with his daughter, June.