Examines how mass media exposure to election campaigns influences beliefs about the closeness of the election race, as well as how these beliefs influence the degree of involvement in the election. Data from the 1968 and 1972 presidential elections are analyzed and indicate that no such relationships exist. (JMF)

Six articles focus on processes, problems, and objectives related to extended day and boarding school educational programs in the USSR. Topics discussed include school organization, extracurricular activities, teaching problems, health problems, rural/urban differences, and ideological education. (DB)

Discusses the implications for adult education from six influences: (1) increase in the median age of the population, (2) inflation, (3) consumerism, (4) status of women, (5) political conservatism, and (6) public disenchantment with the current state of education. (SK)

Policies in Chinese education, especially higher education, have undergone major shifts since 1949 in response to general swings in Chinese policy, ideological debates, and leaders. The shifts have been between education as a party device to sustain revolutionary values and education as a government instrument to promote modernization. (MSE)

The lessons of state tax reform learned in California are that education systems need to establish working relationships with all constituencies, work closely with other groups with similar interests, build public faith in education, and encourage and support intelligent and courageous educational leadership. (MSE)

States that revolutionary regimes are conducive to successful mass literacy campaigns, citing examples of Russia, China, and Cuba, and describes the eradication of illiteracy in Vietnam--in North Vietnam by 1958 and in South Vietnam in 1978. Attributes success to the Communist party, the government, and the people. (MF)

Not only did voter power contribute meaningfully to local control behavior regardless of the exact shape of the relations between state aid and local control, but the hypothesized inverse relationship between state aid and local control did not receive support. Journal availability: see EA 511 898. (Author/IRT)

In an interview, Professor David Cohen discusses the lack of political accountability of nonpublic institutions which influence education, such as the testing industry. Strategies for increasing citizen participation in educational policy formulation are also illustrated. (MH)

Examines the attitudes of Irish secondary school students toward political parties and the influence of the parties on the students. Results showed high student awareness of party differences, parental disposition to be an important influence, and party attitude to be an important influence on certain issues. (Author/CK)

Although presented by the press as a new phenomenon, the presence of undocumented Mexican workers in the United States is deeply rooted in history. While current policies tend to view illegal immigration as a social problem, the phenomenon persists because it benefits, politically and economically, both Mexico and the U.S. (Author/GC)

Emphasizes the increasing importance of international political and economic concerns in shaping the national political climate. Predicts destructive consequences for the Black community as a result of deterioration in the economy and in international relations, and discusses Black leaders' future roles in shaping constructive foreign and domestic…

An abstract of a study to discover the political interaction leading to policy decisions for the management of underutilized school facilities, to determine the actual policies that resulted from those activities, and to investigate the satisfaction level of participants. (Author/MLF)

The relative calm among students in France in the 1970s is explained in terms of the institutionalization of politics within the university, increased diversity on campus, and the relatively increasing returns of higher education. Conflicts of the 1970s are characterized as corporalistic-particularistic-materialistic. (JMF)

Examines political, social, and economic developments in Southeast Asia under Communist forces which conquered Southeast Asia after the American disengagement. Topics discussed include refugees, Vietnamese who have chosen to live in exile, civil administration in Vietnam, Sino-Soviet relations, and predictions about the future of Southeast Asia.…

A large number of potential army recruits were rejected during the Boer War as physically unfit. The health of school children became a matter of wide public concern, and out of this debate a new role emerged for physical education in State schools. (Author/SJL)