Describes the role that congressmen and educators have played in reducing the NSF budget so that training for teachers was discontinued. (LS)

A report on the school integration controversy in Boston by one of the coordinators of the National Student Coalition Against Racism (NASCAR), an organization that has been building national support for school desegregation in Boston, and by a former staff member of NASCAR who has toured the U. S. to explain the issues involved in the Boston…

Article concentrated on the Maoist redesign of education that took place following China's "Cultural Revolution" in 1966. (Editor/RK)

Lack of an overall strategy for change, hostile political and social environment, and a mood of hesitancy to defend themselves, have contributed to the current problems of higher education. New directions for the future are proposed which include rational decision making based upon how the university fits the purposes and problems of the times.…

Is is the function of the planner to prepare reports, position papers, and plans, not to juggle the politics of implementation. (Author/WM)

This investigation attempts a didactic analysis of Arnold Wesker's Trilogy for teaching in the 12th or 13th grade of a Modern Language Gymnasium. Here the main emphasis is said to bear on an anlysis of the relation of language and structure of the Trilogy to Wesker's conception of history as revealed in this work, as well as upon an analysis of…

The role of decentralization in fomenting ethnic exclusiveness, ending citizen estrangement from government, and providing a model of society and government for both liberals and conservatives is examined. (DE)

To conceptualize public opinion as something other than "mere aggregation" of individual opinions requires systemic models that identify component parts of public opinion and their structural/functional relationships. Operationalization requires asking respondents not only their individual opinion, but also their perception of public…

In response to the movement to declare English the official language of the United States (by state legislation/ballot initiative or federal constitutional amendment), this pamphlet addresses commonly raised issues in the debate over language legislation in the United States. The paper urges the reader to reject the Official English/English Only…

Journalists have typically employed four rhetorical traditions--information, sensationalism, feature story, and the didactic approach--in conveying news; these affect the meaning received by audiences. Journalists play a variety of roles in this persuasive atmosphere and are deeply involved in the construction of rhetorical visions about terrorism…

This paper examines the Philippine transition of power as a communication event where the role of the print and electronic media is juxtaposed to cultural and political-economic determinants. The paper attempts to describe the similarities and differences between culture and communications in the Philippines and the United States. An…

News reports regarding the relationship between Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank and a male prostitute reflect a growing willingness to hold public officials responsible for private acts. The incident triggered a classic example of apologia--a speech of self-defense. As critics have long suggested, the intangible nature of the…

The Higher Education Act of 1965 fulfilled a dream for President Lyndon Baines Johnson. To understand this president's deep interest in education, one must first understand the factors which were responsible for the development of Lyndon Johnson, the man. His family background had much to do with his veneration of education. Both his parents and…

A study examined the treatment and portrayal of political parties on Soviet and American television. The content of six newscasts of "World News Tonight" and "Vremya" during June of 1984 were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. The overall results suggest that 15 stories (24% of the total allotted time) pertaining…

Family policy remains one of the leading issues of Swedish domestic politics. All parties are agreed that families with children must be given a better deal in the wake of the economic crisis. But how is this to be done and how quickly can it be achieved? Is the expansion of day nursery facilities to be speeded up, or are parents to be given a…