This book focuses on gun violence and gun control, presenting both sides of arguments about firearms ownership and gun control. Each of five chapters poses a question about gun control and provides answers for both sides of the question. The following essays are included: (1) "Gun Violence Is Becoming an Epidemic" (Bob Herbert); (2) "Gun Violence…

At the University of Delaware, urban community service is an integral part of the curriculum. (PG)

An attempt to bridge the gap that exists between public users of technology and the producers of technology is being made by an agency designed to act as a research arm of local government bodies. (DF)

Surveys the events that have occurred since the appointment of four radicals to the City Council in Berkeley, California, and concludes that the hope that Berkeley might serve as a model for effecting radical change within the system has ended in disappointment for many people in the city. (RJ)

Digest of papers of the Forty-Seventh Annual Meeting American Orthopsychiatry Association (San Francisco, California, March 23-26, 1970). (RD)

A report on the pre-conference institute sponsored by the Social Responsibilities Round Table at the ALA Confernce in Detroit. (Author)

Details the charge that America's public schools fail to provide minority and poor children with the knowledge and skills needed to earn a decent living and to participate in the life of the nation. (Author)

The traditional interdisciplinary team approach to planning problems is critically analyzed. A new approach, involving existing specialists in both the hard" and soft" socioeconomic aspects of urban and regional development, is suggested for dealing with most planning situations. (Author)

Presents a physics course for social scientists. Physics problems are presented within the context of several urban and environmental case studies. The problems considered include transportation, air pollution, thermal pollution of water, and scarcity of resources. (LS)

Speech given before the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (22nd, Chicago, Ill., Feb. 1969)

Discusses the relationship of the economic conditions of cities to the national economy. A national urban policy is needed which would promote cooperation between business and government, increase investment in public facilities--roads, bridges, ports, etc.--and channel more resources to local governments. (AM)

Discusses how recent changes in federal policies have adversely affected cities. Modifications of the state block grant system, tax laws, reductions in federal support for welfare programs, and a massive federal debt have all hurt urban economies. (AM)

Enrollment shifts create several planning and financial problems for school districts accustomed to continued growth and rising budgets; however they can also signal new possibilities for quality integrated education both in cities and metropolitan areas. (Author/AM)