This report, applicable to all American cities, demonstrates how an environment has been created in the Nation's schools that is hostile to education, and that it is time to seek alternatives to additional millions of dollars to solve people problems. (Author)

Fifteen pilot districts in California are using a planning, programing, budgeting system (PPBS) to bring the logic of systems analysis to their educational procedures. (Author)

Advice is offered to school health educators facing pressure from the back-to-basics movement and budget cutbacks. Health education teachers should: (1) develop a sound, defensible educational philosophy; (2) be able to explain why health education is a "basic"; (3) generate student, parent, and community support; and (4) be more active…

Describes the Man and the Biosphere (MAB) project in a mountain region in Switzerland, which is trying to halt depopulation and preserve the environment. Fourteen research units analyze relationships within and among the ecosystem, the economy, and the socio-cultural system. (KC)

Discusses the impact of public opinion (views and images held by the general public which political leaders find prudent) on science policy, defined as government decisions affecting where, how, and with what resources science is practiced in the United States. Includes discussions of scientific literacy and scientific attitudes. (Author/SK)

Examines the economic, social, educational, and political justifications for public subsidies for the arts. The author finds that each argument reflects a utilitarian bias. Support for the arts for their own intrinsic aesthetic value is not used as a justification. (AM)

Described briefly is a course on arts advocacy designed so that guest speakers representing a broad base of organizations and/or legislative oriented groups could create action and movement to enhance arts education through networking and other sophisticated strategies. The course became a consciousness-raising event. (KC)

Notes that library support kept pace with inflation during 1980 and indicates a continuing sex bias with respect to women library directors. Women are neither proportionately represented nor paid as well as their male counterparts and their libraries suffer from lower per capita financial support. Data and references are provided. (RAA)

Without additional public support, the 1500 private colleges and universities in America will drop to 170 in the next 30 years, according to a forecast by Donald A. Pyke, coordinator of academic planning, University of Southern California. (Author)

Considers several components of the relationship between science, society, and science education. Discusses and draws conclusions regarding data gathered in these areas: public perceptions about science, science-related social problems, scientific methods and values, confidence in science, and support for science research. (CS)

Discusses the efforts of St. Gregory the Great Parish to build new school facilities for its K-8 school. Describes the efforts of volunteers to contact every family in the parish. Indicates that donations ranged from $25 to $1 million per parishioner. Discusses fund raising ideas, such as auctions and Walk-A-Thons. (AJL)