The authority of school boards is being eroded by teacher militancy, administrative professionalism, and technology. Boards are performing a legal rather than a deliberative function. Court decisions regarding due process are forcing important adjustments in board power. (Author/WM)

Observation of the authority structure at Xanadu, a free school, revealed that students rejected direction early in the first year of their enrollment, then discussed in evaluation papers the need for authority from the staff in averting the very problems that arose. (JB)

An inquiry into the roots of the scope of the negotiations problem among professionals in the public sector. Argues that there is embodied in the idea of professionalism a logic which imposes on those occupations which aspire to professional standards or are already characterized by them pressure for a broad and flexible approach to determination…

Reports investigation of modal personality of a colonial people evolving toward independence--Phase I of a longitudinal study of behavioral adaptation to sociopolitical change. Comparative data from Thailand and the Philippines are also presented. (RJ)

Abetted by the courts, the tide of anti-authoritarianism will not abate, and educators must devise strategies for dealing with it. Presents strategies consistent with the Madisonian concept of human rights. (Author)

The blueprint to eliminate black universities in the name of integration is in keeping with historical denial to blacks of access to power in institutions that shape and control the social uses of knowledge. (Editor)

Examines (1) the relationship of the control structure in selected schools as perceived by teachers and (2) the expressed willingness of teachers to adopt trusting attitudes. (Author/JH)

Retraces the steps taken spontaneously by a group of teachers and university professors in northern Saskatchewan to bring about specific curriculum changes in their schools. (DE)

Report of deliberations of fifteen scholars to explore new options and alternatives for improved institutional functioning (IR)

Advocates giving school principals more authority. The public can then identify him as responsible for decisions, and he can tailor subjects and methods to his school's clientele. (DE)