Conflict intervention employs an outside party to influence the outcome of a conflict by applying negotiation, conciliation, mediation, and arbitration. Originally used in labor-management disputes, these techniques have been applied in family and neighborhood disputes, in provider-consumer disputes, and in environmental and international…

Uses data from a survey of 316 social service agencies in 17 communities to examine factors affecting the influence attributed to an organization, including the organization's centrality in a resource network, the outside constraints on its relationships with other agencies, and its strategies of relationship formation. (Author/RW)

The author discusses different social and historical factors surrounding four kinds of interracial sexual contact: (1) between Blacks from different parts of Africa; (2) between Blacks and American Indians; (3) between Black males and White females; and (4) between White males and Black females. He holds that miscegenation does nothing to solve…

Describes the Race Challenge, an exercise requiring business students to participate on cross-functional teams and compare collaborative and competitive behavior. Presents issues addressed, materials required, variations, discussion questions, and debriefing instructions. (SK)

In this article, the author describes The Button Project. It started as a dream, a need to educate future generations about the Holocaust, to teach tolerance, and to remember the past. Under the auspices of the Jewish Federation of Peoria, a small band of people joined together with the goal of teaching people about the Holocaust so that it will…

One of the most vexing problems today involves transforming colleges and universities so that they yield equitable educational outcomes for historically underrepresented students. The traditional approach to achieving equitable educational outcomes has been to focus on increasing the racial diversity of campuses by admitting a higher percentage of…

A comparative case study of integrated schools in two regions of conflict, this study addresses the potential and limitations of education to promote individual and societal processes of change and peace building. In modern societies, education is expected to play a central function in socializing young generations into their culture and the…

An investigation into student personality factors which influence student interaction and learning outcomes. (HB)

While Black Studies programs have gotten off to a poor start due to an often hurried, emotional approach with too little thought about aims, they have suffered from the mistaken notion that such programs should be primarily directed toward black students. Through Black Studies programs, white students can learn to confront their own racism and…

This manuscript explores the application of humanistic factors to administrative-staff relationships in our schools. Since the administrator is at the focal point of these human inter-relationships, his understanding of human nature is crucial to the climate and ultimate functioning of the school. (Author)

From a series on teaching Afro-American history and culture in the elementary school.