Reviews literature stressing the need for rural networking, especially between formal and informal helping systems. Describes seven rural networking situations to explain networking as a means of rural service coordination. Notes four major obstacles to network development and 12 principles that can enhance the use of networking resources. (SB)

Authority-task problems are organizational problems created by inconsistencies between the task process system and both the authority system and the formal hierarchy of offices. A new theory is used to develop a model that predicts how an administrator responds to an authority-task problem. (Author/IRT)

While graded schools are the most common form of pupil organization, expanded knowledge about how pupils develop and learn and increased demands by society on educators will lead to changes in the organization of pupils in the schools. (JD)

Several issues concerning rural workers' organizations and workers' education are discussed: motivation for self-organization, workers' education needs of rural workers, workers' education methods and techniques, training institutions and training personnel, financial resources, and the role of the International Labor Organization workers'…

Investigates the role of the black sorority at a large, integrated state university. Results indicate that its role is often an adaptation to marginality in that it represents a partial retreat from the marginal situation. (Author)

The American Association of University Professors' response to adversity is addressed with regard to the political atmosphere in the U.S., court decisions, and collective bargaining. (LBH)

The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prohibits both state-sponsored religion and state censorship of expression. In the waning days of June 1995, the U.S. Supreme Court released its landmark decision in "Rosenberger v. University of Virginia," in which it ruled as unconstitutional student organization funding systems in which…

Nearly a decade after ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), more information is needed about how it is being used to advance children's rights. The Yemen CRC Impact Study is part of the International CRC Impact Study, a project of Radda Barnen/Swedish Save the Children. The study's focus is on how and whether the Yemeni…

Traces the development of the NSA, places it in the context of the 1950s, in which it developed into a major national organization, evaluates its role on campus, and fills in some historical gaps in the growth of student activism and politics in the U.S., since NSA has received little analytic attention. (Author/JM)

Explores the role of education organizations in maintaining the sexist status quo. (Author/DN)

Community college faculty will support one or another national, state, or local association depending on their own interests and association policies on professionalism and collective bargaining. (Editor)

Suggests that the major determinant of ghetto behavior and social organization is the relationship between the local population and higher level institutions; explores the failure of an organization in a ghetto area set up to destroy abandoned houses. (Author/JM)

Explains a methodology students may use in making rhetorical analyses of social movements. (SW)