The purpose of this guide is to help study circle leaders design a study circle course and develop the reading material for the discussions. Benefits for the participants and the sponsoring organization are discussed. Three issues in planning the study circle program are addressed: goals, participants, and time frame. Key characteristics of…

A study was conducted of the social and economic costs of persistently high youth unemployment in Australia. The impact of youth unemployment and education, training, and employment policies that might help the situation were also studied. Data were obtained from 13 focus groups, involving 102 young people who were not employed or were from…

A series of four speeches on law-related topics comprise this volume. The text of each speech along with comments of invited respondents are included. The presentations include: "Justice and Sentencing" (Daniel Moylan); "Law: Obedience and Civil Disobedience" (Linda Irvin); "Liberty--The Right of Privacy" (Allan Powell); and "Punishment: The Death…

In January, 1990, a policy seminar examined problems with the foster care system and ways to encourage preventive and family-centered efforts. This document includes highlights of the seminar and a background briefing report. Seminar panelists included: Charles Gershenson, senior policy analyst, Center for the Study of Social Policy; Ann…

A speech by Chancellor Donna E. Shalala of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, is presented; it calls for a broadening university commitment to societal issues and for the university to engage in basic research on social policy issues in a fashion similar to the fundamental science and technology research currently undertaken. The lecture…

To assess the role of communication in scholarly research and writing about dual careers, a review was made of 89 articles on dual careers that were listed in the bibliographic source, "The Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature," Volumes V-IX. Articles were assessed on three dimensions. First, every article was categorized as addressing…

If U.S. foreign policy is to be prudent and effective, it must cease relying on the doctrinaire images and cold war rhetoric of the past and take into account five intactable problems, none of them specifically military, that the Soviet Union faces. These problems are: (1) unabating deficiencies in its economy; (2) a precarious battle with…

A collection of articles about the controversial use of paraquat (a toxic herbicide) in marijuana eradication programs is presented. Using a question-and-answer format, article 1 presents interviews with experts on all sides of the controversy, focusing on the legal, social, physiological, and ecological implications of the paraquat debate.…

This document provides transcripts of testimony presented in a congressional hearing held to evaluate drug abuse in high schools, with a focus on Ohio. Testimony from Ohio residents is presented, including the Mayor of Mansfield, Ohio; a principal; a teacher; a sheriff; students who have used drugs; concerned parents; and police and Ohio county…

The Manpower Division's three general sessions at the American Vocational Association's 1975 Convention offered speakers, panels, and multi-media presentations illuminating the education and employment problems encountered by Indians, Spanish-speaking, and black Americans because of white Americans' lack of cultural awareness. Successful programs…

Discussion of "Sex, Power, and Politics" course at the University of Southern California in which the videotaping of class sessions is used to reduce classroom controversy while studying controversy. (ND)

This study investigated the possible implications of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for employee expectations and satisfactions. Specifically, interest centered on the question of how perceptions of an organization's involvement in the resolution of current societal problems might relate to members' expectations of equitable job rewards and…

Future studies are an holistic approach to problem solving, examining interrelationships and interdependence of events. They establish a broad conceptual framework within which planning can occur in an extended time frame. Examples include model building, game theory, trend extrapolation, and normative planning. (BP)

A report of a panel discussion which took place at the 27th Annual Conference of The National Association of Human Rights Workers, which focused on issues of social reform, intergroup relations, and how best to organize diverse ethnic groups to work towards the achievement of common goals. (EH)

In looking more closely at the status of nontraditional study, the author concentrates on two things: the conditions of society that education can help to improve, and the diverse resources education can bring to bear on effecting such improvement. (Author/MW)