An assessment of UNESCO's achievements and potential on its 25th birthday. (Author)

In this article the author describes how the bureaucratic structure of a large public agency manipulates the professional social workers to preserve the status quo. Struggling on behalf of his clients from a position of powerlessness, the social worker, burdened by large caseloads and structural restraints, is often driven from meaningful contacts…

This article suggests that students have experienced impersonality" because of their failure to discover the unique purpose of the university, and that the superficial impersonality" that does exist is a guarantee of equality of treatment. (Author)

The economic, organizational, and political conditions that encourage a systematic and equitable resolution of conflict are considered in this study of conflict within the automobile distribution system. (Author)

Study describes the development and testing of questionnaire measures of role conflict and ambiguity. Analyses of responses of managers show these two constructs to be factorially identifiable and independent. (Author/KJ)

Describes experiences of the Latin American Educational Documentation Network (REDUC) since 1972, providing details of its objectives and strategies for disseminating information and its products, and organization of the network and its plan for expansion. Addresses of 15 national centers in the REDUC network and 7 references are appended. (EJS)

Discusses the advantages of centralized services (including materials selection, acquisitions, cataloguing, processing, loan of expensive and unique materials, and production of local materials) as practiced by the Calgary Board of Education. Notes how costs savings should be measured. Stresses the essential cooperation between school-based…

Large corporations are in a unique position to employ the disabled, but they sometimes lack the motivation to do so. The author discusses elements of a corporate policy for the disabled, ways of formulating and disseminating it, assignment of responsibility, changes in management attitudes, and the special case of the multinational company.…

The author takes a critical look at the development, organization, personnel, and objectives of the Assessment of Performance Unit of England's Department of Education and Science. (SJL)

Small western boomtowns typically respond to increased social problems by placing greater demands on existing formal service systems rather than taking advantage of the potential of utilizing informal sources of help as part of a coordinated and comprehensive approach to meeting community needs. (Author/SB)

The author gives an account of comparative education in Europe, using professional comparative education societies as the main unit of description. He states that the intellectual definition of European comparative education (focus on higher education and teacher education) is sharply different from that of American comparative education (focus on…

Outlines the structures of the national organizations involved in negotiating teachers' salaries in Scotland. (SJL)

School administrators need to devise a study of administration that can investigate the manner in which fundamental structures influence social relations. Administrators must understand cultural and social conditions and develop a value position to determine and defend their actions. (JN)

A summary-review strategy for use in mathematics classes is presented. Specific objectives attainable through use of this strategy are outlined and two procedures for using the small-group strategy are given. (MK)