The New York State Education Commission proposals that are being considered by the 1972 legislature represent comprehensive sweeping changes in that State's existing education finance system. The ways in which traditional and emerging political forces affect the success and/or failure of those recommendations and the implications for revising…

The purpose of this paper is to assess the predictive utility of several measures of the overall state of societal systems, as well as to determine the degree of overlap of the different measures. Data for 74 nations representing all geographic areas of the world are presented and analyzed. The 5 measures of societal systems chosen for comparison…

The major purposes of this paper are to present (1) a summary of the major concepts and general hypotheses of the social power model, (2) the empirical findings from the operationalization of the social power model, and (3) some implications for change agents concerned with rural development. The social power model was empirically tested in 5…

Librarians and media specialists need to know how to develop a political campaign for the improvement of student learning through increased public support for school library media programs. The first step is to organize, with a steering committee and a network of people, for communication and action. Goals must be formulated, priorities…

The relationship between the study of psychology and liberal or conservative attitudes among high school students, introductory psychology college students, and psychology majors is examined. (DE)

Examines folkways devised by political leaders in general and those specifically engaged in campaigning as cues to social and policy constraints and manipulative strategies. (For availability see EA 507 214.) (Author/MLF)

This article reports the results of a study undertaken in Quebec to obtain information from students and teachers concerning second language learning, to determine the social, economic and political motivations for studying language, and to obtain opinions regarding possible improvements in language instruction. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

Describes the educational role of the Communist Party in the USSR and focuses particularly on Communist theory indoctrination among the population. Examines creativity of the masses, political socialization, assignment to party tasks as an educational experience, political awareness among workers, and transmission of the Communist world view.…

This paper examines urban and regional planning and the urban impact of welfare programs in the United States as compared to the major Northern European capitalist countries. American differences are explained in terms of class structure, ideology, and political organization. (Author/EB)

The author reviews the evolution of community development in a social work context in Hong Kong over the past decade, including riots, committees, block development, social actions, and politicization. He also comments on the role of the social worker in this context. (MF)

Traces educational developments in Germany after World War II and assesses the influence of British educational ideals on Germany's educational system. Information is based on "The British in Germany. Educational Reconstruction after 1945," by Arthur Hearnden. (DB)

Riles has had a hand in the development and adoption of historic legislation that puts California in the forefront of state efforts to reshape public education. Despite strong popular support, however, his style and his early childhood education program have been much criticized. (Author/EB)

A system of university governance with lay governing boards, similar to that in private universities in the United States, is proposed for universities in India in order to resolve difficulties caused by the present teacher-dominated system. (JMD)

Examines recent experiments and historical processes in Latin American education since the beginning of the 19th century. Topics discussed include Spanish colonial educational policies, political influences on education after independence, moves for popular education, ascent of the middle classes, and the relationship between the educational…

This article reports a study undertaken with two major purposes: to develop a profile of the ideal dean of education and to discover the impact of the Ryan Act upon the relative power of the dean of education within the higher education setting. (Author)