This article seeks to answer the following questions: Who can decide what nonprocurement objectives may be furthered by contract clause? Are there substantive limits on what may be demanded of government contractors? How may the government enforce compliance with national goals requirements? (Author)

Description of development of a team model for school social work and its testing on a social work student scale, demonstrating that this approach has considerable potential for the early identification and solution of broad-ranging problems affecting many school youngsters. (Author/CS)

Our department has redesigned its electrical and computer engineering programs by adopting a learning methodology based on competence development, problem solving, and the realization of design projects. In this article, we show how this pedagogical approach has been successfully used for learning probabilities and their application to computer…

The medical director of the Kibbutz Child and Family Clinic (Tel Aviv, Israel) reviews developmental patterns as well as the incidence and nature of emotional disorders of 3,000 3-to 18-year-old Kibbutz children referred to the clinic during 20 years. (MC)

This report on the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) identifies several problems concerning the act and its administration. It has been found that some program funds have been used for general educational rather than desegregation assistance because the administration allowed funding of school districts with planned desegregation efforts which were…

This issue reports on 19 research studies on Mexican American and Puerto Rican children. Research interest in Mexican American life and history is rising especially among Mexican American researchers. Seven separate research areas are discussed in this report; (1) history, (2) social mobility and assimilation, (3) community power, (4) reading…

This study examines the differences between staff personnel and adjudicated delinquents at an Ohio Youth Commission (OYC) facility on the Continuum of Criminal Offenses instrument, Juvenile Version (CCOJV). The CCOJV (Klein, 1975) measures perceptions of seriousness of criminal offenses and how raters would handle offenders. Subjects were high…

This book poses fundamental questions about telecommunications as a resource of limited supply increasingly in demand. Topics that are discussed include the expanding needs of and the resources available for visual literacy; the technical, economic, and social issues that relate to the expansion of communication frequencies; the legal problems…

In this investigation of children's unacceptable classroom behaviors and how teachers deal with them 114 female K-3 grade teachers with three or more years of classroom experience were asked: (1) to list and describe in descending order no more than three behaviors each perceived to be most unacceptable in the classroom (only those behaviors…

The Sunseed Repertory Collective, a touring theatre company, was formed to deal seriously with contemporary--often controversial--social and political issues. The group uses unconventional production techniques, plays in a variety of settings to a wide range of audiences, charges no admission (relying on donations after performances), and prefers…

A psychologist offers teachers helpful suggestions for coping with disruptive young children and integrating them into the group. Basic skills in diagnosis, interpretation and therapeutic strategies (using a typical case study are discussed.) (ED)

This article, adapted from a speech made before a state wide meeting of Human Rights workers in Denver, December 1974 asserts that agencies fighting for Human Rights must continually advocate social reform, and argues that in considering the role of Human Rights Agencies in today's atmosphere, attention must be focused on evolutionary social…

The era of educational expansion is now past. Educators must cut back their programs, but at the same time not ignore severely pressing educational issues. (PB)