This article explores John Dewey's Depression-era analysis of "liberalism" in an effort to clarify our own neoliberal moment. As Dewey argues, liberalism is a term used in the 1930s to signify diverse and often contradictory meanings. It variously refers to a minimalist state aimed at unbinding markets (laissez-faire liberalism) or…

Comparative analysis of educational planning in Pakistan and the United States illustrates the potential of educational planning and the one-sided approach to planning practiced in America. In Pakistan, the centralized government coordinates all planning activities, and educational planning is only one part of an integrated planning program for…

Examines the plight of migrant workers who travel from developing to developed nations in search of jobs and a higher standard of living. Maintains that migrants, especially when they are a visible minority, are often victims of individual and institutional prejudice. Identifies Sweden as a country which has developed widespread government aid…

Criticism of the education section of the City of New York Master Plan. (LR)

These 15 conference papers discuss exemplary practices and key issues faced by local human services managers and elected officials. The issues include understanding the local government role in managing human services, coordinating human service delivery, non-service approaches to governing human services, public-private sector cooperation, and…

This is a brief look at the "value context" in which art programs operate. The author considers language encountered in discussions and policy statements, ideas about the relation of the individual and society, attitudes toward traditional and folk cultures, and toward cultural pluralism. (Author/RK)

A speech by Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Secretary Califano addressed the social and economic impact on the nation of the growing number of older citizens. He reviewed problems of increasing costs of federal social and health services and program inequities, suggesting some possible solutions. (MF)

Notes that to one degree or another, every city in America faces an exodus by middle-class, largely white citizens, but there is a black middle class flight also. (Author/AM)

An interview by Irving Louis Horowitz conducted at Princeton University, Horowitz seminar on Social Science and Public Policy, February 11, 1976. Eli Ginzberg is a Barton Hepburn Professor of Economics at Columbia University and director of the Conservation of Human Resources Project, Chairman of the National Commission for Manpower Policy. (JM)

Looks at the 1980 White House Conference on Families and at implications some of the Conference recommendations have for Catholic schools. (SJL)

Proposes an indirect approach to describing educational planning in the United States by comparing it with that of Pakistan, whose centralized government has a systematic planning program. (JF)

Forum 14 advocates the development of flexible policies for variant family forms and legislative programs which are responsive to family needs whether the family is a single parent, nuclear family, or some other form. Human service systems must be built around people; families should not be expected to fit into mass produced formal systems based…

This report examines the origins and implications of social reporting and accounting and defines the problems related to finding measurable indicators of social change. The development of scholarly and governmental interest in these concepts and the interest in the conceptual differences among approaches on how to manage society are discussed. In…

The Institute for the Future has been conducting research in technological and societal forecasting, social indicators, value change, and simulation gaming. This paper describes an effort to bring together parts of that research into a simulation game ("State Policy," or STAPOL) for analysis of the impact of government policy, social values, and…

Discusses the role of language planning in national development of nonindustrial countries, with emphasis on educational development. Problems of language planning discussed include colonial inheritance, language diversity, development of indigenous languages, and the ability of the national authority to bear the cost of language planning.…