Investigates effects of participation training and agreement or disagreement among teachers and principals on teachers' desires for participation in decision making, and their perceptions that participation would increase decision effectiveness. Teachers who received such training liked participating more when there was teacher-principal agreement…

The American Association of University Professors, the leading agency in higher education in developing the principles and standards governing the relationships of academic life, has also assumed responsibility for implementing these principles and standards in specific situations. The Association turns to formal investigation and censure only if…

Increased self-regulation is seen as the most promising means to bridge the present gap between government requirements and campus compliance. Academic institutions need to develop new self-directed methods for resolving conflict. Building a mediation component into grievance procedures is one solution. (MLW)

A review of the emergence of the neutral function in the context of collective bargaining to determine whether it might have application to higher education impasses of the l980s is outlined. A history of mediation and arbitration in labor disputes in the United States is provided. (MLW)

Explores reasons for the conflicts that arise in participative decision making and, based on concepts concerning types of human behavior and group effectiveness, develops guidelines for determining the appropriateness of participation in various types of decisions. (Author/IRT)

Strategies for reducing classroom stress include: (1) decode, label, accept feelings; (2) redirect feelings into acceptable behavior; (3) lower school pressure; (4) suggest student do one task at a time; (5) help student accept disappointment; (6) remove student from the stressful setting; (7) suggest student help other students; (8) help the…

To investigate the validity of three methods of dealing with anger--calm, rational discussion, "fair fighting," and sharing of hurt and of fear of hurt--two studies were performed. Results suggest that intimacy may be found in sharing of hurt feelings. (Author)

The results of two experiments showed that five year olds can learn to solve class-inclusion problems if they are forced to consider the contradiction between their incorrect answers and their correct counting of the superordinate and subordinate classes. (JMB)

When managed effectively, conflict can lead to goal satisfaction, more creative solutions, and enhanced commitment to relationships. Approaches to conflict management are discussed and categorized. Similarities and contributions of widely used models are presented. Models that convert conflicts into problems to which problem-solving techniques can…

Focusing on the impact of socialism on majority-minority relations, the article examines the recent experiences of the People's Republic of China. (NQ)

Secondary teachers can involve students in a mock trial based on a 1975 New Jersey Superior Court case involving "thermal pollution." Article provides teachers' instructions; background data for plaintiff, defense, and witnesses; debriefing questions; and capstone activity. Available from: Law in American Society Foundation, 33 North LaSalle…

Presents a number of conflict resolution skills and strategies which can be effective in handling the conflicts arising from the predictable differences--indeed hostilities--associated with Title IX. (Author/RK)

Administrators who have survived a teacher's strike know that communication plays the single most vital role in the complexities and emotions of an employee strike against a school district. Discusses guidelines for a planned program of communications that can be set into motion the instant a strike begins. (Author/RK)

Highlights what the literature says about conflict and its resolution. (IRT)

The telecommunication agreement reached by the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1997 will accelerate the global trend toward increased market access, competition, and deregulation. Examines opportunities for marketing and operations, dispute resolution and enforcement, profitability, and the exclusion of Russia and China. Includes the WTO…