To examine the congruency between voters' personal agendas and the perceived agendas of candidates, 160 college students interviewed repeatedly during the 1980 presidential campaign were asked to rate both the importance they assigned and the importance they felt each candidate assigned to eight major campaign issues. The influence of the election…

Activities in this elementary school unit about the 1980 presidential election can easily be adapted to any election. Fact sheets list the main functions of the president, 10 steps in becoming president, qualifications for the presidency, qualifications and duties of the vice president, election vocabulary, an explanation of the electoral college,…

Prepared by educators and researchers involved in argumentation and debate, the articles in this special journal issue are based upon the assumptions that presidential debates are important, are likely to continue, and are of unique interest to students, scholars, and practitioners of argument. The first two articles in the issue provide overviews…

Notes that to the extent to which solutions to major worldwide distributive problems require a cooperative-communal orientation, such solutions will not be achieved as long as the economic sphere and socializing agents persist in viewing agency-equity-competition as the natural state of mankind. (Author/AM)

The article recounts the personal and professional history of John Alexander Gunn, Director of Extension in the University of Melbourne 1923-38. Gunn died in a home for the aged, penniless and friendless, in 1975. His successor examines the political issues and the personal factors which led to Gunn's downfall. (AJ)

Describes the controversy in the House of Representatives concerning National Science Foundation's (NSF) educational programs in general, and specifically, the NSF-supported behavioral science course for fifth graders called Man: A Course of Study. Describes the political pressure being placed on NSF to assume greater responsibility for…

Based on a case study of the formulation and enactment of the Education Amendments of 1972, an analysis of the federal policy-making process for higher education is presented to provide the academic community a realistic perspective on federal action. Includes discussion of the policy arena, sources of policy options, and pluralistic…

Considers some pitfalls of major black ideological thrusts in order to understand better the need to arrive at a new synthesis, focuses on the role of Womans' Liberation, and suggests that many "instant" black Marxists are products of the process of conversion, although the convert personality is nowhere more prevalent than among black…

Describes the political process that resulted in passage of a comprehensive state school aid equalization formula by the 1974 New Mexico legislature. Compares New Mexico's experience with various findings and concepts from the educational literature, particularly Berke's study of successful finance reform efforts. (JG)

Examines current federal legislation and current attitudes in Congress regarding aid to education, discusses the impact of educational spending on the overall economy, and considers prospects for a major increase in federal education aid in the near future. (JG)

Describes the educational aid formula for allocating federal funds under Title I of the Elementary Secondary Education Act of 1965, discusses a number of problems inherent in that formula, and examines some alternative formulas recently considered by Congress in an effort to improve the allocation of Title I funds. (JG)

Concludes that the press may not be successful in telling people what to think, but it is successful in telling its readers what to think about. (RB)

The issue contains the second group of four studies exploring current relations between trade unions and political parties in Western Europe; all eight studies were originally prepared for a 1973 symposium at Cornell University. In an overview of the studies, the author cites a widening gap between unions and parties. (Author/AJ)

France's three major trade union federations, which do not encompass all organized French workers, espouse quite different styles of relations with political parties. The author relates these to the three main traditions of French trade-unionism: the communist-leninist, the social democratic, and the syndicalist models, but finds them changing.…