This paper offers suggestions for changing high school microeconomics courses so that they might better reflect new thinking and new uncertainties in economics. Included is a section on goals for teaching economics in secondary schools. (JDH)

This article offers an analysis of Strober's paper (see SO516707) on the scope of microeconomics. It concludes that useful suggestions are made regarding modifications needed in the Joint Council's "Framework" and "Master Curriculum Guide." (JDH)

Presents challenges for gerontological education, in light of the policy environment of retrenchment and cutbacks. Discusses the demographics of an aging society in terms of future need for trained professionals and an adequate research base. Argues for a firm commitment to aging research and education. Urges political action and involvement with…

Higher education must tell legislatures how the state should raise the money the colleges want to spend--even if it means higher taxes--and then lobby on behalf of those proposals. This also means addressing new and potentially controversial issues about the role of colleges in state politics. (MLW)

Provides advice to help school districts pass bond referenda. Includes lists of why referenda fail and win and ways to develop a successful bond campaign including a referendum timeline. (MD)

Discusses the belief system approach to foreign policy analysis which recognizes that individual, national, and international attributes contribute to a group's world-view. Identifies three U.S. belief systems and states that the geopolitical view, which aligns the world into zones of U.S.-USSR influence, has been predominant toward the Pacific…

Presented at the National Council for the Social Studies annual meeting in Dallas on November 16, 1987, this article discusses issues such as military spending, peaceful competition with other nations, and minority group affairs, which face the United States and its students as the year 2000 approaches. (GEA)

Shows that on a majority of issues on which the 1984 platforms of the two major political parties differed, even papers that endorsed the Republican candidate for president supported the Democratic position in editorials. (FL)

The outcome of the election of March 6, 1983, will not be without its consequences for higher education. In this interview the Federal Minister of Education and the coalition partner FDP, the BPD opposition, and the Green Party discuss their parties' views concerning post-secondary education. (RM)

The Black churches must both advocate and teach an "ethic of primary responsibilty." This ethic calls for focusing resources on the family, the faith, the education of Black children, full political participation, and economic responsibility. (Author/GC)

Describes the student revolt that began at Berkeley in September 1964, as observed, experienced, and interpreted by the author. (Author)

Economic elitism cripples democracy. Political rights without the material conditions necessary for citizens to exercise their rights are meaningless. Education should empower students to recognize that economic rights are linked with political rights and both are grounded in basic humanity. (MD)

Reveals a trend toward more emphasis on images and less on issues in political advertising and news. (FL)

Concludes that the ads of winners in state contests in Alabama developed issues more than did the ads of losers, but that in federal races, there was less difference in the use of issues. (FL)

The role of supervising art education must include leadership and advocacy as well as supervision. If art education is to be an important part of education, art educators must understand the political process which allocates support to educational programs and develops the leadership necessary for effective political action. (IS)