American society has been and is beset by contradictions and the best that can be said for it is that it has manifested good intentions and poor performance. Merit and money, education and success - in short, all the keys to advancement in American society until recently - have been closely guarded from those citizens who lacked the proper…

The Social Issues Series (SIRS) is a set of volumes with each one addressed to a different social issue. Each volume consists of articles which have been reproduced from newspapers, magazines, journals and government publications representing the prevailing spectrum of opinion, emphasis and complexity. Each volume is in loose-leaf notebook format,…

THIS DOCUMENT PRESENTS AN OUTLINE OF THE GOALS, PERSONNEL STRUCTURE, AND FUNCTION OF THE OAKLAND AMERICAN INDIAN ASSOCIATION. THE REPORT IS A STATISTICAL TREATMENT OF INFORMATION STATING WHICH INDIANS USED THE ASSOCIATION'S COUNSELING SERVICE, AND TO WHAT ORGANIZATIONS THE INDIANS WERE REFERRED. (JH)

The emphasis of this NIMH report is to improve our understanding of the origins of violence and to suggest ways of acting on that knowledge to reduce the incidence of crime and violence in American society. Also included in this volume are details of work aimed at reducing the toll of such problems as alcoholism and suicide among our citizens; a…

This ERIC information analysis paper provides high school debaters and their teachers with guidelines for research on the debate resolutions selected by the National University Extension Association's Committee on Discussion and Debate. Focusing on the problem of health care of U.S. citizens, the material included in this paper is divided into…

The PEACESAT project is discussed which was undertaken to apply the inherent capacity of communications satellites for global communications to the task of social problem solving. (JY)

Reviews the literature regarding desegregation planning and implementation programs. Also discusses the literature regarding the supposed differences educationally between low and middle income children and the quality of education these groups receive. (DEP)

Presents the methodology and evaluation of a course prepared by an interdisciplinary team of faculty members and aimed at developing an awareness, in engineering students, of the need for an interdisciplinary approach to societal problems. (MLH)

Fergus reviews TM 503 787, adding that the evaluator of the future should be knowledgeable about the social problem and service delivery being examined, in addition to having expertise in the methods of evaluation. The evaluator should make contributions to the creation of alternative solutions and take leadership in performing experiments.…

Specifying and clarifying educators' responsibilities to the students are first steps toward achieving real accountability. Educators must also insist that responsibility for social ills be shared with other institutions, that parents assume a central responsibility in the education of their children, and that infinite demands should not be made…

There is no way to do juveniles justice in a radically unjust society; nevertheless, we should do the best we can. (MJB)

Three children's books which deal with the theme of school integration are reviewed. Though these books attempt to address the issue in a positive way, the treatment of such a complex social problem as school integration is naive and underlying racist attitudes are present. Librarians, educators, and parents need to critically review their…

Attempts to delineate and show the relevance for education of some ideas espoused by recent writers in economics. These ideas form a new philosophical base which ultimately must have an effect on the educational system in the United States. (Author/RK)

The author discusses the state of unemployment in the 1970s among teenagers, some reasons for its existence, the long-term consequences, and the net impact of the teenage experience on joblessness. (RK)

In 1823, a series of events, centering around a slave rebellion in Demerara, had a significant impact on the developing rhetoric of anti-slavery in England. This impact and the Parliamentary debates which resulted from the uprising are examined. (JF)