This article outlines an innovative selection program to hire politically responsible social studies teachers. The objective is to produce aware and active citizens who know how to participate in the political process. (Editor)

The search for a viable, consistent rationale in patterns of educational governance has been matched by a growing demand for a defensible conceptualization of preparation programs in educational administration. This article promotes the policy science approach to training, both as a logical extension of past preparation emphases, and as a means of…

This research replicated earlier research done in nonpartisan school district elections, concerning the effect of school board member incumbent defeat on nonvoluntary superintendent turnover. (Author)

Argues against the French government's recent attempt to legally delete certain English words from the French language; correct language is that which is commonly used and understood. (DD)

Discussion is on the potential value of historical data for American Indians, anthropologists, and the dominant society in general. (FF)

The study identified the general conceptions students have of politics and political science. Two instruments involved students in 1) choosing key words which they felt best described politics, and 2) rating politics'' along a scale. General findings show that students have a fairly positive attitude toward politics and although politics are…

Article describes two efforts that have been made to increase nurses' knowledge and understanding of the Legislative Process. (Author/CB)

The corporate planner must be a motivator and an agent of change. The most elaborate planning system is useless if the people who will have to supply the necessary data and who should cooperate to attain the objectives are not fully motivated. In short, the corporate planner is required to be a good politician. (Author)

Data from a sample of UCLA students indicate that demonstrators are much more involved in conventional party politics than non-demonstrating respondents; the notion that student activism constitutes structurally isolated and noninstrumental behavior seems not to be supported. (Author/JB)

This account of the creation of the Compact for Education and the Education Commission of the States, may cast some light upon an aspect of the politics of education which is not always highly visible but which may not be entirely atypical, either. (Author/MB)

Many politicians have been indifferent or hostile to the application of the social sciences to social problems. Corrective steps include forging stronger links between politicians and social and behavioral scientists, expanding educational efforts to convey a better understanding of the social sciences, increasing lobbying activities, and…

Voter participation in Florida school board elections is much higher than in states where reforms were instituted in the early twentieth century to depoliticize local educational governance. These reforms served to repress participation in local elections. (Author/IS)

Explores problems concerning operation of Chinese libraries from 1949 to present, discussing library services in four periods--1949-57, 1958-65, 1966-76, and 1976-81--to illustrate how development of Chinese libraries has been affected by political, economic, and cultural conditions. A brief chronological context and 72 references are included.…