System-wide school decentralization is now implemented both in New York City and in Detroit. It is important, therefore, to inquire into alternative explanations of the origins of the school decentralization movement with a view to constructing models of school organizational behavior and change which may have utility either to other school…

This report is the sixteenth in the series of Reviews of National Science Policy by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. It has two purposes: first, to enable the countries concerned to appraise the political, economic, and structural aspects of the action taken to reinforce the role of scientific and technical research in…

The study discussed in this book approaches the task of understanding the interrelated effects of innovations on society by concentrating on one technological innovation--satellite communications--as it relates to three basic processes: the relation of innovations in communications technology to innovations in policy and the policy-making process,…

In this collection of essays psychotherapists, social and moral philosophers, psychiatrists, economists, novelists, journalists, and educators raise important doubts about the present-day pornography explosion. Chapters are divided into six sections: sex and love, psychological aspects of the misuse of sexuality; social aspects of pornography;…

The Johnson Administration produced a significant proliferation of programs designed specifically to aid higher education. That those programs did not represent an overall strategy of institutional aid does not lessen the clear fact that the President was deeply committed to the concept of aid. The Congress was highly receptive to the Presidential…

The increasing occupation of journals with the subject of political persuasion is briefly surveyed. A set of principles which might be utilized to reconceive an inventional theory are proposed, and means through which these principles may be applied in studies of political persuasion are suggested. The decision to shift from a speaker/message…

This guide offers teachers and senior high school students the simple facts of how he can make a difference in the operation of the two-party system in the United States at the precinct level. It also attempts to show that students, teachers, the school curriculum, and our American political structure definitely need large numbers of high school…

The City Politicians' Manual is part of a set of 21 manuals (AA 001 009-001 029) used in APEX (Air Pollution Exercise), a computerized college and professional level "real world" game simulation of a community with urban and rural problems, industrial activities, and air pollution difficulties. The first two sections, which are the same…

The County Politicians' Manual is part of a set of 21 manuals (AA 001 009-001 029) used in APEX (Air Pollution Exercise), a computerized college and professional level "real world" game simulation of a community with urban and rural problems, industrial activities, and air pollution difficulties. The first two sections, which are the…

The papers in this report fall into three focus areas: (1) new goals and objectives for educational institutions, with a stress on normative analysis of public policy alternatives and a reexamination of prior assumptions on which research is based; (2) the political education of youth, with a particular examination of directions in research on…

The New York State Education Commission proposals that are being considered by the 1972 legislature represent comprehensive sweeping changes in that State's existing education finance system. The ways in which traditional and emerging political forces affect the success and/or failure of those recommendations and the implications for revising…

In an attempt to spotlight issues of federal aid to education (including quantities, destinations, delivery mechanisms, and rationale), and their probable effects, the Institute for Educational Leadership assembled a five-person bipartisan group of policy observers for two spontaneous discussions. This edited transcript of those sessions covers…

Stanford's problems are representative of issues that face major medical centers nationwide; that is, whether to emphasize biomedical research and the training of researchers or caring for patients and the training of physicians. (BB)

Traces the increase in political participation levels of classroom teachers, examines teachers demands for more voice in the governance of the education profession, and describes the activities of the Pennsylvania Professional Standards and Practices Commission. For journal availability, see SO 506 393. (Author/DB)

The international nature of science, transcending political barriers, is essential for its progress. There is a connection between science and practical affairs, as illustrated by problems of population growth and nuclear energy; such problems can only be resolved through international cooperation in science. (AV)