Presents information, statistical and anecdotal, on the disproportionate involvement of Black youth in crime. Describes the existence of a large, alienated underclass of Black youth, composed of drug pushers and users. Examines political, social, and familial causes of this problem and suggests some solutions. (KH)

To solve societal problems, both local and global, a global approach is needed. Serious diseases that are crippling present-day problem solving and planning are discussed, and the characteristics of a healthy, effective planning approach are described. (RM)

Proposes that the Black Studies curriculum move toward a greater emphasis on understanding how other countries and peoples have struggled for social justice. Suggests that a "general systems theory" would, among other advantages, produce greater cooperation between different minority groups and academic disciplines. (KH)

Highlights psychologists' roles and contributions to policy development in the areas of employment, deinstitutionalization, family violence, science and technology, and education. Focuses on psychologists' participation in creating policies that respond to the realities of women's changing social roles. (KH)

Certain fundamental perspectives on social issues have become conventions in the way society is represented in school curricula, distorting the kind of social understanding needed by young people. Among these distorting conventions are functionalism, determinism, and individualism. These approaches to social education are analyzed; alternative…

The immediate future of human services and information technology is examined. Changes in professional training will incorporate high skill levels in the use and application of information technology, while changes in the problems people experience are addressed in four areas: intellect intensive society; human services; sex bias technology; and…

Hyperintelligence--a dramatic extension of the power of the brain--will be made possible by global computer networks. Hyperintelligence will help to create a new and better global society. Other consequences of computer networks are also discussed. (RM)

Reviews the medical and social risks of teenage pregnancy and describes two successful programs dealing with pregnancy and parenting: the St. Paul Maternal and Infant Care Project in Minnesota and the Teenage Pregnancy and Parenting Project in San Francisco. (SK)

Defends Blume's works by presenting internal evidence displaying the honesty and lack of exaggeration that make her books popular with adolescents and unpopular with critics. (CRH)

Describes a series of lectures that deplore the current state of English instruction in England under Prime Minister Thatcher. (CRH)

Details how England is reworking its secondary school examination system, replacing the GCE and the CSE with one examination system. (CRH)

Covers the activities of the Social Impact Junto at the National Adult Education Conference (November 1984), which considered several questions related to (1) adult education's contributions to societal change, (2) social implications of its content, (3) investigating and resolving problems of mutual concern, and (4) the public's apathy toward a…

Analyzes the environmental content of a number of general and specialized magazines for the period 1966-1975. (FL)

This article, the sixth installment in Environment's "Looking Back" series, traces the woes of America's industrialized cities to the movement that developed cities primarily as centers for industrial enterprise rather than as places for people to live. Today's social ills, from pollution to poverty, developed from that movement. (BT)

A discussion of both theory and practice of social work points out two problems: (1) social service departments are seen as a residual service and (2) public anxiety exists about nonaccidental injury to children. (ND)