Discusses the need for organizing concepts with which planners can formulate goals or policies to deal with social problems. The literature on social systems is reviewed and five models are identified. Illustrations of planning problems to which each model would apply are provided, together with a discussion of the model's relative advantages and…

This paper discussed the behavioral science perspective on human development, scientific perspective as it relates to the global area of social structure, and intentional communities as a microcosmic example of the application of behavioral science to the child rearing component necessary in any vital society. (Author/RK)

This monograph presents the findings of a study of planning and change at 80 colleges and universities, private and public, located in four separate states--California, Florida, Illinois and New York. In Chapter I, different substantive crises now facing higher education are presented and discussed. The next chapter (II), analyzes planning styles…

Florida's urbanized rural population consists of 3 segments: persons in places under 2,500 population; persons in suburbs or open country but not on farms; and persons in other urban territory. This urbanized rural population continues to grow, despite annexation and consolidation by urban communities, and the wide disparity that once existed…

Discusses the importance of the interactive dimension for the training of planners and the practice of planning. Presents a framework by which social work planners can begin to use interactional skills. (JAC)

Implications for social service planning are suggested by the findings of a survey to determine preferences in day care for children in working class families of Polish and Italian extraction. (MS)

Developing countries cannot simply pattern their social welfare programs after the programs in developed nations because their needs are quite different. Educational levels, degrees of urbanization, and wealth of the countries must be considered. Individual communities must be involved in a real sense if social welfare programs are to succeed. (AG)

Personal impressions of the results of Prime Minister Olof Palme's decision to remodel his country's school system. (Editor)

Analysis of an educator-reformer's works and his attempts to improve American society through educational reform. (RA)

Reports the results of a three-day workshop sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. Social and physical scientists discussed some of the broad questions regarding the role of science and technology in national goals. (Author/TS)

Describes a method for estimating the local elderly population with various levels of disability as part of an overall descriptive model to help local planners identify elderly housing and support service needs and appropriate programs to ameliorate those needs. This model was developed for the Illinois Department on Aging. (Author)

Shows how applied sociological work has shaped the development of the discipline of sociology since World War II. Applied sociology is interpreted as application of sociological theory and knowledge to public policy problems. (DB)

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…

Author provided a list that is a speculative outline of how the energy awareness might influence the arts in the immediate future. (Author/RK)