films can be effectively used in social science curricula to focus on and dramatize social problems. Such an approach used at Everett Community College (Washington) is discussed. (NF)

The author describes a way of teaching biology that opens up discussion of societal problems after giving students the hard facts for dealing with them. (Editor)

This brief introduction sets the stage for this issue's topic of the libraries' role in social problems. (MF)

These reports were compiled as representative of the broad spectrum of socially-concerned activity that can be observed in the library profession at almost any given time. (Author/ MF)

It is the responsibility of teachers to imbue in their students the idea that settlements to today's problems are not necessarily just or permanent. In a democratic society, all segments of the populace have the right to be considered. (CK)

The challenge to Extension youth work today is programing to deal with political and value issues in a way appealing to the small group who want to make things happen" without losing the majority, who let things happen" or wonder what happened. (EB)

This is the first edition of a newly scheduled section which will appear in each future issue of the journal and which will deal with different aspects of legislation pertinent to child welfare. (CJ)

Discusses the benefits and dangers of technological developments. Emphasizes environmental problems, in particular pollution, pesticides and population problems. (EB)

Oral life histories of two drug addicts' prison experiences are used to illustrate the kinds of insights into social problems which can be obtained by this method. (AM)

Most sociological knowledge is inapplicable to the daily problems of individuals, groups, and organizations and will remain so for as long as sociologists who do become actively involved in social and political affairs are viewed as deviants, role violators, or enemies of the discipline. (Author/GC)

Defines "applied theater" as a theater work which aims to process important social issues and which takes place in non-theatrical surroundings. Follows the evolution of one particular applied theater project about Matthew Shepard and examines the issues raised for those interested in applied theater's possibilities and constraints. (PM)

Contends that alcohol educators and researchers focus on group influences and stress individual responsibility to curtail alcohol abuse, ignoring invisible economic, political, and social parameters that promote lucrative industry of alcohol production and consumption. Proposes that economic and political interventions take precedence over…

Describes the content and policies of "The Counseling Psychologist" (TCP) during the years of 1991 to 1996. Accompanying this description and relevant data is a story about the editing experience. Comments about the relationship of TCP and larger social issues are discussed. (Author/GCP)

In recent years university governance has come in from the cold, so to speak, and is now the subject of some debate in political and academic venues. The core issue for debate is the appropriateness and effectiveness of current university governance structures. This debate is particularly critical in light of the increased professionalisation of…