Higher education in Romania, an interdependent part of the total educational system, is guided by the integration of university training and the needs of the society, so that science and material and intellectual production lie at the heart of university training. (JH)

Major proposals for national health insurance are surveyed with regard to the alternative impacts on the student health center enterprise, and suggestions are made for preparing for and directing the impact. (Author/DS)

Is social planning a specialized area of social work practice or a practice largely borrowed from other professions? The author attempts to define social planning and to explore its relationship to social work in terms of the "Working Definition of Social Work Practice." (Author)

Proposed is a model for child health practitioners based on the promotion of health rather than the treatment of psychological and social pathology in cases of child abuse. Available from: Arthur Retlaw and Associates, Inc., Suite 2080, 1603 Orrington Avenue, Evanston, Illinois 60201. (MH)

Shows that a sample of Philadelphia Negroes living in poverty do hold attitudes which can be characterized as a subculture of poverty"--yet representing only one segment of a variety of attitudes and values in this population, many of which are shared by the larger society. (DM)

The author reflects on problems of communication in our society today and makes a plea for: (1) social planning to insure the availability of gainful employment; and (2) a reduction of personal alienation to increase life's significance and value in a speech presented before the Graduate Students Organization, University of Illinois, May 1970. (BY)

Outlines Jordan's 1986-1990 Plan for Economic and Social Development, which (1) establishes a regional planning system aimed in part at rural development; (2) offers incentives to businesses outside the capital; and (3) encourages grassroots participation in the planning process. Contains 25 references. (SV)

Presents a conceptual framework for viewing social planning and social administration as one activity concerned with goal identification and the development of appropriate administrative structures for their implementation. The implication is that curriculum planning should maximize the integration of social policy, social planning, and…

In the form of a participant observation report, the author interviews a mother and son who live in the slums. They discuss social policy, which is seen as favoring the rich. (SB)

National policy makers have put forth different life cycle planning proposals for the more satisfying integration of education, work and leisure over the life course. This speech describes a decision making scheme, the Time Paradigm, for researched-based choice among various proposals. The scheme is defined in terms of a typology of time-related…

THE SELECTED READINGS WERE COMPILED TO PROVIDE SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS WITH A BROAD BACKGROUND OF DEVELOPMENTS LEADING TO THE EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1946 AND ARE CONCERNED WITH THE FORMULATION OF U.S. EMPLOYMENT POLICIES FOLLOWING WORLD WAR II. PARTS I AND II (VT 004 819) PROVIDE THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND FROM THE LATE 1920'S THROUGH THE GREAT DEPRESSION.…

Comparative analysis of educational planning in Pakistan and the United States illustrates the potential of educational planning and the one-sided approach to planning practiced in America. In Pakistan, the centralized government coordinates all planning activities, and educational planning is only one part of an integrated planning program for…

Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., executive director of the National Urban League, and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. discussed "The Evolution of the National Government As an Instrument for Attaining Social Rights" in a five-day symposium at the University of Texas. (Editor/RK)