Reviews the reasons a large measure of freedom is essential to the pursuit of science, and also discusses why scientists can best preserve that freedom by exercising a large measure of social responsibility. (HM)

Keith Spicer, Canada's Official Languages Commissioner from 1970 to 1977, reflects upon strengths and weaknesses in the implementation of the Official Languages Act and expresses his views on the current status of French language rights in the spheres of government administration and education. (Author)

The comparison in this article centers on a relatively neglected area in the politics of race relations, the development of national reservation systems in the U.S. and Canada. (Author)

A former school superintendent and student of that post for over three decades examines the circumstances affecting the schools' chief executive officers, suggests the nature of management skills they require, and explores new approaches to their professional preparation. (Editor)

After a review of prior educational legislation as it concerned curriculum changes, the paper looks at the proposed Elementary and Secondary Career Education Act of 1977 (H.R. 7) to establish official policy in curriculum development and discusses considerations for work in curriculum development. (MF)

Suggestions to student publications staffs deal with a variety of topics, including selection of editors, editorials, letters to the editor, sports coverage, layout, use of visuals, and selection of staff members. (GW)

A general overview is presented of this issue focusing on institution libraries. Articles are concerned with users of libraries, institutional environments, historical changes, the varying needs of adults and children, library materials, public library cooperation, and education programs for institution librarians. Correctional facilities are…

Institutions of higher education are faced with difficult decisions on the allocation of funds between decentralized minicomputers and computer centers. The Computer Policy Committee at the University of Michigan provides a useful example of policy formation and decision-making regarding the acquisition and utilization of computers. Acquisition…

Describing Bolivia's interest in encouraging Caucasian immigrants from South Africa, for purposes of settling and developing traditionally Indian lands, this article details the miserable conditions of slavery and cultural/physical genocide currently operative in Bolivia. (JC)

A loosely knit coalition of over 25 native groups, the Peruvian Amazon Peoples has prepared a statement directed at the Peruvian Constitutional Assembly for purposes of Native input into the preparation of a revised national constitution. (JC)

Summarizes five research studies about urban political structure and its relation to city policy and minority representation. See SO 506 435-439 for annotations of the five studies. (AV)

The historical roots of current child advocacy movements can be found in the period, characterized as the child-saving era, of political activities of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The historical discussion points to the contributions which developmental and social psychology can make to the study of children's rights.…

This is a brief look at the "value context" in which art programs operate. The author considers language encountered in discussions and policy statements, ideas about the relation of the individual and society, attitudes toward traditional and folk cultures, and toward cultural pluralism. (Author/RK)

A speech by Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Secretary Califano addressed the social and economic impact on the nation of the growing number of older citizens. He reviewed problems of increasing costs of federal social and health services and program inequities, suggesting some possible solutions. (MF)

The commitment on the part of the national government to provide some assistance to the elderly began in the 1930s, but in the last decade or so, this commitment has substantially increased. (Author/AM)