Two models having important consequences for blacks in the North and South are developed; the case for similarity encourages indifference to public policy measures to raise the position of blacks. (JM)

Second article by same author in this issue on student activism. Notes philosophical differences regarding power structure, decision making, at the college level which are probably manifestations of deeper discontent over social issues which students cannot directly control. Followed by seven critical reviews. (CJ)

C. Herman Pritchett's Ten Years of Supreme Court Voting", 1943, was selected and reprinted because of its pronounced impact on subsequent political science research in judicial politics or public law. Other key articles are mentioned and, a comment by Pritchett is included. (SE)

Author regards the disruption and violence on campus last spring as an end to passivity and a first step toward depoliticization of the American university. (IR)

The eruption on college campuses last spring caused many members of the academyto re-examine themselves and the truths they had so long lived by. (Editor)

Report of an interview with Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, president of the Atlanta, Georgia, Board of Education. (RJ)

Compares ideas of community, authority, and governmental purpose among Whites and Swedish immigrants in Rockford, Illinois, and Blacks and South and East European immigrants in Gary, Indiana. Examines the content of public political discourse in the two cities, and suggests that public discourse reflects political beliefs of a city's dominant…

By involving teachers in the process of materials selection, the British Columbia Ministry of Education took into account the interests and expertise of those who would have to live with the decisions made. By providing feedback to publishers and by generating quite rigorous selection criteria, better quality materials may evolve. (RM)

The procedures the New Right is using to bring about the restoration of an America which once existed not only repudiate traditional conservative ways but also threaten the fragile structure of American politics. Issues, methods, and goals of the New Right are discussed. (CJ)

Historical scholarship on race and sex advanced significantly in the 1970s, but Black and women's studies today face problems of inadequate funding, small enrollments, disproportionately little focus on women and Blacks in college curricula, and history instructors' failure to incorporate the new scholarship on race and sex into their teaching.…

The assistance of professionals in measurement is called for to help schools deal with controversial issues in standardized testing by increasing public understanding of test uses and limitations. Schools' representation on the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) and the dissemination of NCME-published information to schools is…

Applies the Gerbner, et al, theory of television "mainstreaming" to political orientations. Analyzes survey data to show the political attitudes of heavy, medium, and light TV viewers. Suggests new ways of thinking about television and the formation of political perspectives. (PD)