Neighborhood construction, new towns, and urban counterpulls are promising concepts to control haphazard urban growth, in its Phase III since the Industrial Revolution. Developing nations are facing all three phases simultaneously. Concern for the environment may lead us away from the historically conditioned separation of social costs from…

Where the traditional view urges the study of what content through what channels will produce what effects on what audiences, we should be studying how societies process information. (Author/MB)

Concern with the complexity of social problems and of public policy designed to cope with them has led to the identification of an interdisciplinary focus called the policy sciences. The concept includes both governmental and non-governmental decisions. The social sciences have provided structure with new methods such as operations research,…

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

Total Quality Management Plus (TQM) goes beyond customer satisfaction to consider quality of life, environmental conditions, crime rates, and health and well-being. Steps to integrate such concerns into the TQM process include being ready for challenges, creating a quality system to collect performance data, defining the ideal school and world…

This report describes the application of videotape recordings as an applied research technique in a project directed toward the research and development of training designs and materials for human service agency professionals. The multiple applications of VTR and the types of data collection situations in which it has been utilized are briefly…

A model curriculum in social planning at the graduate level has been developed and tested as an area of study at Florida State University (FSU). The project, which lasted from early 1967 through the summer of 1968, involved (1) a workshop to review the educational needs that should be met by the proposed curriculum, (2) a second workshop that…

The utility of Rothman's three ideal types of social action as applied to community issues and Extension agents were explored via analysis of condensed case study materials describing decisions and activities surrounding a specific issue in the target county of a Title V (Rural Development Act of 1972) Project in South Carolina. The three Rothman…

This bibliography lists publications relevant to the topic of advocacy planning, with a view toward encouraging and facilitating initial or staging research in that policy area. Entries are organized into separate sections for articles in professional journals, books, articles in contemporary periodicals and newsletters, articles in legal…

This study is designed to provide more comprehensive information on Soviet higher learning emphasizing its increasingly close alignment with Soviet national planning and economy. Following introductory material, Soviet curriculums in higher education and schools and statistics are reviewed. Highlights include: (1) A major development in Soviet…

The newsletter is not only a means of information on social and human forecasting but, moreover, a way of world intercommunication on the topic. Typical issues include current announcements and information (written primarily in English but also in other languages with English translations provided) on: 1) aims, intentions, and activities of…

Comments from community leaders in Pittsburgh concerning health issues point out some of the major examples of the kinds of concerns and suggestions for action voiced in the University-Urban Interface Program study on Pittsburgh goals. Quotations from the questionnaire administered by the goals committee also illustrate the kinds of things which…

Typically, applied social research is of much lower quality than one would like to see in light of its importance in social policy formation. It is conducted by social scientists who are not yet rewarded by high standing, and the end results are often irrelevant to the ongoing policy formation process. (Author/CTM)

Discusses the implications of a society devised according to Skinner's Behavior Modification Theory. (SB)

Knowledge of the basic elements of environmental design could perhaps add new dimensions to the services that social workers provide to their clients. A proposal is made that might open up new roles for social workers. (Authors)