This book constitutes the proceedings of a symposium ("Science, Deviance, and Society") designed to provide a constructive response to the social problem of deviance in science (departures from the prescribed and proscribed norms of science). Individual papers are presented in five parts. These papers are (in part one) "The Games of Science:…

At the annual meeting of the Association for General and Liberal Studies, scholars suggested that higher education--liberal arts in particular--should address broad social issues, encourage student activism, and stop pretending that teaching is not a political act. 'Empowerment' of students through collaborative classroom experiences was urged.…

The 33 papers presented at this conference are, as follows: "Child Participation in an Everyday Adult Practice" (Andrew Brent Andressen); "Education for Sustainable Development in Southern Philippines" (Caridad Bernardino); "Distance Education and Instructional Technologies: Cultural Transmission or Cultural Erosion"…

This final report from the symposium on shut out youth concentrates on the problems of homeless young people in European cities. Remarks and recommendations of the symposium are reviewed. Homelessness is a growing trend among young people in Europe and most governments show little recognition of the problem. There is little social policy and…

This book presents material from a symposium on television violence that was organized by the Canadian Radio-Television Commission. Part 1, "The Public Issue," discusses the social effects of mass media and violence as a dramatic convention. Part 2, "The Social Effects of Television Violence," provides experiments, research,…

To report on the Conference on Values in the Community Colleges, it was decided to publish the major portions of the tape-recorded proceedings verbatim, with few excisions. The theme of the conference was "The Community College in Social Revolution: Purposes and Priorities for the Seventies." The speeches followed by audience discussion…

As far back as the 1960s, research and statistics began to demonstrate what appeared to be an inequality in the criminal justice system in that minorities, particularly black males, were being arrested and confined in numbers far greater than their proportion to the general population. The Coalition for Juvenile Justice, in conjunction with…

This document is an edited transcript of the addresses given at a symposium on violence at Brown University. The "Foreword" (Lewis P. Lipsitt) calls for better methodologies or "path analyses" to show the courses of development that conduce to criminal careers, family destruction, and community insouciance. Keynote speeches…

Large numbers of persons of African and Asiatic descent have immigrated to the countries of Western Europe in recent decades, and their presence has raised significant problems in terms of racial and cultural relations for European leaders. This document features the general report from a conference sponsored by the Council of Europe's Council for…

The first five papers in these proceedings focus on the organization and process of the International League for Social Commitment in Adult Education (ILSCAE). They are "Product into Process: The International League, Its Background, Organization, and Structure" (Anette Svensson, Alan Tuckett); "The Language Question" (John Payne); "Gender Issues"…

This volume presents nine papers read at a conference on affirmative action, sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation and held at Columbia University in August 1982; a preface, summary paper, and list of participants are also included. Each paper addresses the issue of affirmative action within a different country and describes: (1) the policies…

This document reports the 1975 proceedings of the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) convention held in Washington, D.C., April 16-18. The contents include a list of officers and directors, past presidents of the society, and a copy of the ASNE Code of Ethics. Also contained in the document are reports on such individual sessions as…

This booklet discusses the present state of environmental adult education and its major difficulties and shortcomings and develops recommendations for further development of this field. Section 1 discusses linking environmental and social issues and locating environmental problems within the context of one's daily life and action. Section 2…

This publication is an edited record of a series of public seminars held between June and October of 1983. The seminars, entitled "Community Based Services for Children and Families," were based on two policy background papers commissioned by the Institute of Family Studies (ISF) on the topics of family support and children's services.…

This document contains final papers presented at an International Committee on Family Research (CFR) seminar; included are key, discussant, and free papers as well as closing and farewell addresses. Key papers covered (1) worldwide trends in administrating family policy and (2) work, economic policies, and welfare consequences and…