The issue of control by parties concerned of the process of health care for their families is discussed. A review of the literature is presented in which recent studies which identify some of the sociopsychological, strategic, and structural determinants of the rate at which citizens participate and their effectiveness is presented. A discussion…

The influence of three types of evaluation information was studied in simulated decision-making situations within a community mental health center setting. Administrators reviewed decision problems and were then presented political, cost/benefit, and statistical information one at a time. After each presentation, subjects rated the importance they…

Discusses racial integration, school finance, minority teachers and administrators, training urban school teachers and administrators, the politics of education, educational employee organizations, community control, Title 1, and educational research and evaluation. (AM)

Discussion of issues involved in water planning of the upper basin of the Colorado River: attitudes toward water planning, agricultural leisure and environmental issues, pollution, and energy issues. Various sections are devoted to Indian interests and the interests of Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico. Final section discusses the future of…

Analysis of the voting patterns in six states on the 1976 initiatives for a moratorium on nuclear power plants. Demographic characteristics were found to be unimportant variables, while percentage of people enrolled in colleges and universities, percentage of land in farms, and relative cost of electricity were found to be important. Stresses…

Stanford's problems are representative of issues that face major medical centers nationwide; that is, whether to emphasize biomedical research and the training of researchers or caring for patients and the training of physicians. (BB)

Examines methods of teaching high school social studies students about the Cold War. Commonly used textbooks are analyzed for their treatment of the Cold War. (DB)

Recommends use of cartoons by political science teachers to stimulate student interest in political, social, and economic issues. Reviews cartoons from 18th century America through the present and gives an annotated bibliography of 24 sources political cartoons. (AV)

Describes an analytical approach to making judgments about public issues which can be used in critical reading and decision making. (MKM)

This article includes a report from the Select Committee to the NCAI Convention, summarizing their activities to date, the Senate floor debate on whether to continue the committee, and the statements of Kirke Kickingbird and Charles Trimble at a hearing before the Rules Committee in support of S. Res. 405 to continue the committee. (RTS)

Provides a teacher's personal reminiscences of the Jewish holocaust during World War II. Recommends that social studies teachers teach about the holocaust for the benefit of students who have no personal experience with it. (Author/DB)

A geography project involved students in (1) identifying public attitudes on environmental issues and (2) determining political and administrative reasons why certain environmental decisions are or are not made. The project studied a marsh-like wildlife refuge and recreation area which was being altered by industrial and agricultural drainage…

The patterns of decision-making regarding student petitions are analyzed within a theoretical framework. The greatest difficulties in making decisions occur when compromise must be achieved between conflicting values about education. This study suggests that different notions of equity are involved. (Editor/LBH)

Suggests that the relationship between policy outputs and community power may be more fruitfully conceived as variable, depending on the type and characteristics of the policy in question. (Author/AM)

Offers a response to Culbertson's paper (SO516710). Devotes particular attention to the difficulty of teaching Culbertson's alternative view. Offers five recommendations for improving high school and college economic instruction on international economics. (JDH)