Public affairs instructors must routinely contend with the reality that stressing the importance of political knowledge is challenging in an era of declining student interest in politics and political institutions. Yet enhancing students' knowledge about public affairs can stimulate more interest and engagement in public affairs, particularly if…

This paper summarizes class size research conducted primarily since 1970. The paper discusses various relevant issues for use in policy, in schools, and in additional research. Several studies over the years have focused on: the issue of small being better and less being more and emphasized the STAR (Student Teacher Achievement Ratio) education…

This report summarizes changes to existing federal education programs contained in the Improving America's Schools Act, the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, and the School-to-Work Opportunities Act. The publication looks at various programs that serve the broad educational priorities set forth in the Department of Education's Strategic Plan. The…

Part and parcel of a charter school authorizer's oversight responsibility is the unenviable task of closing a school that fails to pass muster. As with most challenges that authorizers face, closing a charter school can be a complex task; executing a closure decision can entail a web of issues that the prudent authorizer must unravel carefully.…

A 10 percent random sample survey which elicited the political attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors, as well as the social backgrounds, of students at the University of Chicago, in 1970, produced data indicating that there is very little direct effect on activism by social background. (Author/JM)

A history of community involvement in the educational planning process reflects scrutiny of building projects, involvement in passage of bond issues and participation in the decision-making process. (KM)

Outlined are measures for improving the instructional methods and materials used in the training of leaders within the Communist Party. (JB)

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that the educational system in Nigeria could not have contributed to the integration of the Nigerian legislative elite. (Author)

Author describes unit he taught to his high school classes prior to the 1964 elections. (SP)

College level American government textbooks used in introductory courses give limited treatment to religion in their analyses of the political system. Reasons for this are discussed. The relation of religion and politics ought to be both a theoretical and a practical aspect of studies in politics. (RM)

The ways that institutional researchers can analyze the political nature of their institutions and better understand the role institutional research plays in that environment are suggested. The major strength of an institutional research office is information and the analysis of information. (Author/MLW)

The role of institutional research and the relationships between institutional researchers and state agencies from the perspective of state agency staff is reviewed. The statutory and pragmatic roles and responsibilities of institutions, state higher education agencies, and legislative and executive agencies are considered. (MLW)

Trends in Australian higher education indicating increased government intrusion into the decision-making structure are outlined. Suggestions for action include coordinated efforts with state agencies to forestall national intrusion, united action among faculty and administrator associations, increased political sophistication within universities,…