The societal paradox of abundant opportunities and numerous constraints affects black people's expectations, frustrations, and anger. Specific questions that this paper examines are: What are some possible causes of anger? How have black people reacted to anger-provoking situations? And what are future prospects for black people? (Author/JM)

An increase in literacy among Third World countries will reduce unjust class distinctions, provide farmers and industrial workers with useful knowledge and understanding of their economic role, increase opportunities for women and youth, and raise social and individual values. (AV)

Notes that blacks should not insist on affirmative action in all areas, but rather should be selective. Applied technology and social planning and analysis professions should be primary targets along with the computer, communications, aerospace, and bio-medical industries. (Author/AM)

Notes that the major prerequisite for successful implementation of a model for African educational institutions in America is organization. (Author/AM)

Notes that a woman is independent to the extent that she enjoys security, and can choose her life style, she is equal to the extent that she enjoys equal rights, opportunities, and achievement, and she is powerful to the extent that she can impose her will on others. (Author/AM)

Provides a description and brief history of "Beyond War." Analyzes its messages, discussing their requirements, strategies, and reception. Examines the organizational components impinging on rhetorical decision-making. Identifies key rhetorical dilemmas. (JD)

This case study describes the development of a game in Nigeria used to support the government's social reform campaign called War Against Indiscipline (WAI). The importance of designing low cost instructional materials for use in developing countries is emphasized. (LRW)

Critically evaluates the theory of patronage and professional social movement organizations (SMOs) in interpreting the development of black insurgency between 1953 and 1980. Findings support and contradict the social contract theory. Professionalization was only one of many reasons for the movement's decline. (Author/PS)

The implications of recent social changes for the social responsibility of higher education institutions are examined, and it is argued that institutions should initiate change rather than have it forced on them, but must find a balance between social responsibility and educational values. (MSE)

The 13 higher education institutions having sold or withdrawn all investments in South Africa and the 29 having made partial divestments are listed. The approximate value of the investments involved and the year(s) of divestment are provided. (MSE)

Developments in the fields of medicine and education, in conjunction with social conditions and intellectual climate, influenced the promotion of school based sex education in the late nineteenth century and on into the twentieth century. The complexity of the relationship between education and society is illustrated through an examination of how…

Describes the Skyline Farms Project in Appalachian Alabama, a largely unsuccessful attempt to transform ex-tenant farmers into independent landowners. Traces the history of Skyline Farms from the 1930s to the early 1940s. Describes community attitudes and social services (education, health, recreation, home economics). Discusses reasons for the…

This essay examining the developing educational system in the United States focuses on five interlocking subsystems: childhood education; schooling and education; postsecondary, collegiate, and university education; education in the workplace; and lifelong adult education. Social reform, educational reform, and curriculum are discussed. (EJS)

This article explores child and youth organizations created as a Socialist supplement to formal schooling in the early twentieth century. An examination of the Socialist party's views of educational policies is given. (DF)

Suggests that during the next 100 years, progress for women, blacks, the Spanish surnamed, American Indians, and all other minorities--including the poor and the elderly--will depend on how willing they are to coalesce with each other. (Author)