The competition among relations in nominals (CARIN) theory of conceptual combination (C. L. Gagne & E. J. Shoben, 1997) proposes that people interpret nominal compounds by selecting a relation from a pool of competing alternatives and that relation availability is influenced by the frequency with which relations have been previously associated…

How can educational leaders, human resource professionals and diversity practitioners create the dynamic strategies, structures and policies that will promote the inclusion of diverse and talented faculty and staff? What is the role of the human resource professional in the diversity change process? This article explores how to build the framework…

When the author ran into other recent graduates at the American Library Association (ALA) annual conference in New Orleans in 2006, several told her they were not happy with their jobs. After months of searching, they settled for positions in isolated rural libraries, have jobs with little responsibility, or are expected to manage their staff…

This is an elementary school guide for teaching about human rights prepared for use in the Detroit, Michigan public schools. The guide presents a number of overall goals and specific educational objectives in the area of human rights. Each of these objectives is paired with corresponding classroom activities and resource materials. Topics of study…

This is a high school guide for teaching about human rights prepared for use in the Detroit, Michigan public schools. The guide presents a number of overall goals and specific educational objectives in the area of human rights. Each of these objectives is paired with corresponding classroom activities and resource materials. Topics of study…

By exploring the extent and nature of networks used by principals and their assistants, this article provides preliminary answers to the questions of how principals communicate with each other and the topics they discuss. Newly appointed principals and assistant principals (N=151) were surveyed, as well as a sample of experienced principals…

Approaches to organizational development based on the human relations side of organizations have been emphasized so heavily that more fundamental and potentially more durable structural approaches have been neglected. This discussion, by reporting the structural perspective of Stanford's Environment for Teaching Program seeks such a remedy.…

Author examined some logical connections between the creative process and the problem of human relations and argued that though antisocial behavior among creative people is normal and expected, it is neither required nor inevitable. (Author/RK)

This article discusses three aspects of love and the need for it in today's society. (PD)

Much has been written about public relations as either a science or an art. Public relations is a phenomenon within society and has existed long before the name was first applied to the work of building relationships between social groups. Public relations deals with the very core of human experience: relationships. If art may be understood as an…

Arguing that the concept of causality in human experience is archaic, unnecessary, and misleading, particularly in the social/behavioral sciences, a new plausibility approach is proposed for understanding relationships among entities. The epistemological history of causality includes positivist, deductive-nomological, essentialist, activity or…

Written by an Oglala Sioux Indian student for a creative writing contest, this story said that all people could live in peace with one another if they would follow the lessons given in the Bible. (AH)

Article supports the concept of exchange of human resources indicating with examples how the giver as well as the receiver is strengthened in the exchange process. (Editor)