Defines war as symptom rather than cause. Identifies the root cause of the Middle East crisis as destruction of the regional balance of power through foreign augmentation of Iraqi power. Criticizes the tendency to see world problems as a fight between good and evil. Defines realism as the ability to see political realities as a balance of power.…

A study analyzed teachers' perceptions about shared decision making for school improvement, surveying teachers in School Improvement Councils regarding their attitudes about decision making and values inherent in their attitudes. Teachers felt satisfied that they shared the decision-making power. Parents and citizens actively participated in…

Although academic seminars offered on homecoming weekend have always been popular at Colorado College, the centerpiece of the alumni continuing education program is a course on "Freedom and Authority." Registrants for the two-hour class receive reading materials through the mail, a faculty member leads small-group discussion of the…

Responds to three reviews of "Preparing School Administrators for Democratic Authority" by Richard A. Quantz et al. Discusses issues relating to the Ph.D. program in educational administration at Miami University (Ohio), including relating theory to practice and encouraging graduates to continue to reflect and reconstruct after leaving.…

It is argued that traditional notions of state-local relations as a zero-sum game need recasting. It appears that local effects of state policy are greater than those predicted on the basis of state capacity and that localities often gain, rather than lose, influence as a result of state policymaking. (TJH)

Notes that much research in telecommunication and development continues to treat technology as neutral and neglects its impact on the powerless. Argues that the view of development as desirable often goes uncontested. Calls for a paradigm which places power in the center of the analysis. (SG)

A regional survey of 141 higher education institutional research offices investigated the following aspects of program administration: research and analysis staff size; educational preparation and experience; location in the organizational hierarchy; functions and tasks; and role in assessment. Four different types of offices are described.…

Explores ethical issues of cultural diversity, power, and influence embedded in leadership and school practices. Explores ethical criteria suggested by various perspectives (functionalism, interpretivism, and critical theory), arguing that ethical issues can be more thoroughly addressed by using criteria from multiple perspectives. Single-lens…

Uncritically accepted assumptions of adult education are it has humanistic goals; it narrows the gap in educational attainment; it is learner centered and empowering; (and it advances equality. The reality of practice must be confronted through critical pedagogy and participatory research. (SK)

Examines collaborative pedagogy in English departments in the United States in two contrasting decades, the 1930s and the 1950s. Focuses on the practices discussed in three English journals: "English Journal,""College English," and "College Composition and Communication." (HB)

The National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) new administrative structure, which allows each of its three divisions to operate independently, is criticized by some as having an unnecessarily complex legislative process. Others find the structure gives divisions flexibility to address timely issues and more control over their own affairs.…

Examines the dilemmas of mid-career feminist professors, including: escalating demands on their time; pressures of work and family; high casualty rates among women hired; friction between generations and among feminists; and doubts about what professionalism means to the collective participants in the feminist venture. Discusses strains of this…

The author, formerly a principal, examines her experience as a research subject to demonstrate the harmful potential of qualitative research that tries too hard to "emancipate" participants. She herself became a casualty of invasive inquiry, defined as a violation of self. Personalization of study findings is ill-advised. (24 references)…

Addresses questions related to whether the U.S. interest-group system is biased toward the wealthy and privileged and, if so, how they obtain influence. Finds that privileged groups such as business have more influence than groups representing minorities, women, and the poor, but do not have better access to policymakers. (DSK)

Reintroduces the ethological concept of social dominance, and interprets it from a strategy-based perspective. Maintains that, by adopting this approach to social dominance and explicitly incorporating developmental processes and uniquely human capacities, human social-dominance patterns appear to be more similar to primate patterns than commonly…