The extent to which the professional association and the journal of political scientists are representative of members of the discipline was studied. Articles in the "American Political Science Review" (APSR) from 1958 to 1979 and presidential speeches of the American Political Science Association (APSA) were classified according to…

Article investigated the serious question of whether the leadership of the Democratic Party, as currently reformed, is able to accommodate the blue-collar ethnic. (Editor/RK)

As presently conceived and implemented, some compensatory education programs appear to be intellectually, democratically, professionally, and philosophically unsound. Some program administrators seem not to have considered the possibility that their programs amount to an imposition of a middle-class value system upon a group of people who have…

The objective of this study was to obtain an overall evaluation of hotels and motels with specific emphasis on the industry's image as an employer among the general public. Findings are based on a personal interview research survey conducted among 994 men and women 18 years of age and over, and among 622 teenagers living in private households in…

How as a result of the mass media the American public often develops false images of their presidential candidates and presidents is examined. Politics in the age of television has created an illusion of intimacy and a false familiarity that makes it easy to mistake media image for presidential character. (RM)

Argues that consumers of public education are more satisfied with it than is the public at large. Both groups agree, however, that the major problems in the schools are a result of broad social change. (CMG)

Profiles the disabled population and raises questions concerning discrepancies in education, income, and treatment of disabled and nondisabled populations. Shows how social-psychological theories explain these circumstances; concludes that answers to questions are obtainable through psychological research that views disabilities from a civil…

Notes that the paper by Williams et al (Social Forces, 55(2), 1976) establishes the reliability of Stouffer's tolerance scale in 1954 and 1973, but that it seriously distorts rather than illuminates understanding of political tolerance. (Author/AM)

Refutes the criticisms made by Harry Crockett (Social Forces 55(2), 1976) and conclude that there is no evidence in his criticisms that the interpretations of the origins of tolerance previously expressed are wrong. (AM)

Blacks should strive to adopt sound and collectively progressive practices which are in direct opposition to the blatant and neo-colonialist academic brainwashing of black minds by white educational imposters. (DM)

Urges that any new system: insure the right to health care; make care accessible to all; and, be oriented toward prevention of illness as well as toward restoration of health. (DM)

This essay is a brief synthesis of the experiences of a broad variety of minority groups in American education. (MM)

Public attitudes toward blindness are shaped by limited contacts with visually impaired people and unrealistic portrayals of blind people in the media. Proactive efforts including national and local public education programs are needed to change stereotyped thinking, humanize blindness, and lead to greater opportunities for fuller participation in…

Discusses popular culture as instrument of social change and as perpetuator of distortions of American Indian history. Examines the mission of Native American studies in the context of the 1960s' radicalization of academic thought, and argues that this mission is to contribute to the continuation of Indian Nations. (SV)