For teachers, in particular, the importance of early retirement investing has never been more critical. The reality is that, decades from now, when teachers arrive at retirement age, their current state teacher retirement plan may have changed substantially. As a result, they do not want to reach retirement and regret that they never considered…

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…

It is a special characteristic of all modern societies that people consciously decide on and plan projects designed to improve their social systems. It is their universal predicament that their projects do not always have their intended effects. It seems inevitable that in most countries this common set of problems, combined with the obvious…

The paper develops a descriptive model of different aspects of involvement by academic staff in social planning; for example, involvement in different stages of planning, level of influencing decision-making processes, and involvement in development and action roles for promoting change. Using a structured questionnaire, research conducted in…

An annotated bibliography of the most significant and general sources available on central planning for social change in the Soviet Union is presented. This bibliography concentrates on sources dealing with planning and change and includes a few works on forces and institutions of change, such as education, collective farms, trade unions, etc.,…

A social science approach to language planning is contrasted with a language management approach to language planning. It is suggested that students of language planning need to go beyond discourse management and the social sciences if the task is to explain that language is the fundamental institution of society because to plan language is to…

The author reflects on problems of communication in our society today and makes a plea for: (1) social planning to insure the availability of gainful employment; and (2) a reduction of personal alienation to increase life's significance and value in a speech presented before the Graduate Students Organization, University of Illinois, May 1970. (BY)

Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., executive director of the National Urban League, and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. discussed "The Evolution of the National Government As an Instrument for Attaining Social Rights" in a five-day symposium at the University of Texas. (Editor/RK)

American patterns of cultural growth are sometimes said to be characterized by "crash programs"--indifference or neglect followed by a crash emphasis on air and water pollution, urban decay and ghettos, population growth, etc. Considers the neglect-and-crash approach as it relates to three areas within the field of education. (Author/RK)

Locality development, social planning, and social action are three types of social change models examined in terms of how they might better serve the elderly as a political force. Political education and political action for and by the elderly are recommended as appropriate areas for social welfare agency involvement. (LH)

In order to explore the status of technology and its relationships with areas of social concern, nearly 50 leading authorities in social organization, automation technology, education, and business met for this symposium. Among the 12 articles in this report are position papers prepared for each of the four areas, in advance of the conference by…

Any effort to change a complex social system should begin by constructing models and simulations of the problem and its social context. These will increase the likelihood of long-term success, decrease the chance of unexpected negative side effects, and help conserve scarce national resources. Models may be of three types: (1) prose models--which…

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)

A philosophical critique of H. S. Bhola's models of planned change is presented. Questions are raised about the categorical status of the models, and about the lack of attention to the descriptive-normative division in the function of models. The works of John Dewey and other philosophers are cited. (PP)