This paper focuses on the concerns associated with the use of systems analysis in higher education. One fear is that systems analysis will increase the need for centralized authority and highly structured activity, thus contributing to further alienation and dehumanization. A second objection pertains to the increased requirement for specifying…

Recognizing the need for more manpower in preventive mental health, this project sought to demonstrate the feasibility of training police in techniques of intervention in family disturbances, in order to improve mental health and reduce violence. After 2 months of preparation, including a 160-hour on-campus course, the 18 police volunteers were…

The problems which youth face in the transition from school to work are complex and challenging. Such problems have been conceptualized into a model which relates specific problems to dimensions of self and environment in three developmental stages: (1) pretransitional--the life period before an individual is activated to seeking his first…

This report summarizes the preliminary findings of the Educational Policy Research Center in the area of alternative future histories and analyzes the implications for educational policy. The analysis is based on the overall finding of the study that "of some 40 feasible future histories, there are very few that manage to avoid a period of serious…

"National militarism" is fearfully costly, terribly wasteful and horribly dangerous. The revolt of youth is a major concern of adults today. Yet guidance people as well as other adult leaders seem to be largely unaware of the difficult position in which we have placed our youth. Institutions extoll the value of freedom and concern for people and…

The project detailed in this document was for the planning of an operational proposal which would allow the testing, in public school classrooms, of selected elements of the Tennessee Re-Education Institute's residential program designed for work with students having learning and behavior problems. The material in this document includes a…

Feedback is discussed in relation to measuring the change process, a three-step procedure of dialogue, decision-making, and action-taking. Measurement problems resulting from feedback are presented. (AG)

The point of view taken is that an open admissions program does not exist, but that existing programs aim at expanding the basis of admission. Nine aspects of the program are discussed: (1) the question of "open admissions" or "expanded admissions" and the problem that economic forces remain powerful barriers to higher education; (2) the…

A course titled "Interdisciplinary Research in Mass Communication," drawing on law, business, economics, and communication, was offered at Stanford. This syllabus presents the seven topics considered in the course: the citizen's need to know, the new communication media, privacy, media concentration, access, advertising and consumerism,…

Nine reports published in this volume reflect a few of the challenges that must be faced by city dwellers in the tasks of controlling the erosion of the quality of city living and saving the urban environment from a final crisis. Reforms necessary to meet the changed conditions are discussed through the following topics: population growth and…

The author attempts to determine the value of psychometric measures of impulsiveness and anxiety for predicting potential disciplinary problems among high school males. A secondary purpose is to relate these personality factors to academic achievement. Approximately 320 sophomores were administered a psychometric battery which included: (1) an…

This paper describes the Parent Effectiveness Training (PET) Program and points out its specific implications for foster parents. The role of a foster parent is extremely difficult, and there is a need for training foster parents to become more effective which, in turn, will have positive effects upon foster children. The PET program, developed in…

This document presents a report and recommendations of the conference on institutions of higher education as a resource in the solution of national problems. The report presents a summary for the discussions and deliberations of the conference with regard to 4 specific issues: (1) the university as a public resource; (2) internal organization of…

Five segments of the Self-Paced Physics Course materials are presented in this problems and solutions book for use as the first part of student course work. The subject-matter topics are related to significant digits, vectors, dimensions, dot and cross products, speeds, velocities, problem solving procedures, projectiles, Newton's laws, and…

Five segments of the Self-Paced Physics Course materials are presented in this problems and solutions book for use as the second part of student course work. The subject-matter topics are related to circular motion, work, power, kinetic energy, potential energy, conservative forces, conservation of energy, spring problems, center of mass, and…