The recurring theme of this volume is that centralized control of education has failed and control of education should be returned to parents and the local community. Five papers are presented that clarify the conservative stance on public education and describe specific measures that could replace liberal concepts and programs: (1) "The Demise of…

Argues that the demise of the Urban Leadership Training Program, which was designed to reach hard-core delinquents, exemplifies the fact that programs which best serve institutional or political ends often poorly serve the needs of the participants in whose interests they were originally conceived. (Author/JM)

Argues that the mood of today's racial climate, the ideological demands of many minority social scientists, and the governmental research and funding policies all come together and suggest a racial change in the search for knowledge, and in the methodology and values of social science research. (Author/JM)

A description is offered of the way in which, against long odds, three prisoners taught themselves the technical skills to put together an award-winning weekly radio program which brings the news to their fellow inmates and gives their fellows a legitimate voice for their concerns, achievements, and interests. (AJ)

This bibliography on urban sociology cites studies which discuss the structures and processes of urban society from an historical and comparative perspective. Although it includes studies that discuss population growth, decline, size, and density, the prime concern of this bibliography is not with urban demography. After a brief look at some…

This document describes and analyzes an experiment in "social issue communication and involvement" which took place at the 1975 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Data were gathered through the use of a Feedback Ballot consisting of 10 questions about science and society issues, 4 questions…

Sixteen newspaper articles comprise this document, which served as the basis for a course by newspaper about oceans in 1976. United Press International and the National Newspaper Association helped distribute the articles to participating newspapers throughout the country. The articles, written by journalists, marine professors, oceanographic…

Describes a method of effecting a nationwide dialogue network via a communication hierarchy. Includes illustrations of the functions and structures of this mode of mass participatory democracy. (MH)

Asserts that the probable reason for a lack of a black political ideology is the failure of blacks in America to realize who they are and what they must be about, and proposes that only two instruments can penetrate the present socioeconomic system -- (1) strong economic power (which blacks will not in the foreseeable future obtain, it is stated…

The social and political consequences of inflation throughout European and American history are analyzed. Under examination are Europe in the 16th century, France and America in the 18th century, the United States during and after the Civil War, Germany in the 1920's, and contemporary society. (DE)

An educational performance contracting project illustrates difficulties of satisfactory implementation as intended when examining climate for the experiment, its design and results, and problems of carrying out the project. (Author/ND)

Among the topics discussed in the testimony before a public hearing of the New York City Commission on Human Rights in May 1974 of a member of the United States House of Representatives are the status of amendments to educational legislation restricting the use of busing as an integration method and the concerns of the House Education and Labor…

Argues that although the nature of community problems requires the address of all of higher education, black colleges are selective as a group to bring a systems approach to the resolution of many societal issues, and examines six aspects of higher education: legal, political, programmatic, economic, administrative, and dialectical. (Author/JM)

Discusses the antecedents of the innovations of the sixties in Indian education -cross-cultural and bilingual education and vocational training for reservation living - in the innovations in the thirties, during the Indian New Deal, noting that the reason the innovations of the thirties were short-lived was that they had never really belonged to…

A response by Professor John Walton of Johns Hopkins University, Former President of the Board of School Commissioners of Baltimore, to the article by Antero Pietila of the Baltimore Sun which was published in "Integrateducation" for November-December 1974. (Author/JM)