The power-to-the-people, as evidenced by the increase in self-help groups, is a force that the social work profession must reckon with. This article discusses the nature of the challenge and its implications for professional practice. (Author)

A review of Value Change and Power Conflict in Higher Education," edited by W. John Minter and Patricia O. Snyder. (MB)

Reprinted from the April 1969 issue of "The New Mexico Journal for Social Studies . (AP)

Faculty participation in policy-making decisions at institutions of higher learning is examined in depth. (CK)

Excerpts from a statement before the American Board of Professional Psychologists, September 3, 1971.

This case study discusses assumptions and objectives of organizational development (OD) in general, some background of a school which recently participated in a very brief taste of OD, some essential features of the package itself and some results, and some implications. Comments follow by Gilbert D. Moore, State University of New York, Buffalo,…

This study examines the relationship patterns among families with wives who have a high work commitment (HWC) and those who have a low commitment (LWC). The former perceive themselves as having more freedom in and out of the home, and being the major decision maker. The latter feel more restricted, and make decisions jointly with their spouses.…

Author feels that ombudsman function should properly be performed by dean of students and his staff. If they are not, changes should be made in organization, personnel, and process of school - not by addition of another bureaucrat. (Author/CJ)

Argues that administrative team management tends to produce a united effort in governing schools, is compatible with the best concepts of collaborative management, and allows educators to deal as a group with complex issues. (FL)

Power dependence theory and anticompetitive theory/sex strategy research were used to study a power v a socialization perspective. Results indicate that neither theory adequately explains perceptions or behavior in mixed sex groups. A sex stratification perspective can illuminate societal reasons for sex differences. (Author/GC)

Examines trends in participatory research and the need for clarification of it as a process of "disindoctrination" to the status quo and a means of bringing about the structural transformation of society. Issues of popular organization and strategies for increasing viability are discussed. (SK)

Responding to Woodward (Journal of Educational Thought; v12 n3 p190-96 Dec 1978), the author disagrees that youth's cynicism is traceable solely to the skepticism evoked by modern science. Rather, he finds it expicable in the unchallenged sway of empiricism--the dominant interpretation of science under capitalism. (Author/SJL)