The role Senator Claiborne Pell has played in developing influential educational legislation is discussed. Consideration is given to the personal characteristics that make him effective. (LBH)

The concept of classrooms as self-determining communities may be a hindrance to democratic education, since, typically, the main impediment to freedom for the young comes not from external interference but rather from the child's own limitations as to skill and knowledge. (MB)

Author feels that teachers should start delegating responsibilities early to help students develop good judgement. (GB)

The research reported in this article examines the accuracy of outside observers in perceiving emergent leadership in small groups. The level of precision reflected in the average of all subjects, indicated that the observers were generally accurate in knowing how group members were rated by their group. (Author/KM)

Social engineering is defined as a process whereby intellectual experts would determine the goals to be pursued for man; the implications are discussed and highly criticized, with the author pointing out the negative effects on human dignity, self development, and education. (JB)

Author feels educational change can best be effected by reorganizing schools into a changing series of problem solving groups'' and deemphasizing the department structure.'' (Author/SP)

The corporate planner must be a motivator and an agent of change. The most elaborate planning system is useless if the people who will have to supply the necessary data and who should cooperate to attain the objectives are not fully motivated. In short, the corporate planner is required to be a good politician. (Author)

The purpose of the study is to build upon previous theory and research on the concept of authority and to relate this knowledge to current practice in the public schools. (Author/RK)

Strategy involved in procuring support for environmental issues and action is highlighted. To accomplish this, it is essential the public know the underlying attitudes of those whom they seek to influence, the sources of information which shape these attitudes, and the sources on which they rely for forming policy. (BL)

Traditional society, viewed as static with little differentiation or specialization as well as low levels of urbanization and literacy, and modern society, characterized as having thorough differentiation, urbanization, literacy, and exposure to mass media, are examined in situations of change as different models of social and political order…

Compares university governance in the U.S., Great Britain and Australia. (HS)

This paper focuses on a comparison of two models, with special attention to the ways in which authority and peer relations are viewed. The need for theoretical and technical amalgamation to advance our understanding of group phenomena is stressed. A comment by James Crowfoot, University of Michigan follows. (Author)

Taken from address given at fifty-seventh annual meeting of the American Association of University Professors in Philadelphia, April 16, 1971. (IR)

Discusses two kinds of power, position power and personal power, then examines the use of both in varying situations. Examines various levels of change, from knowledge and attitude, to individual behavior and organizational performance, which are then analyzed in terms of two change cycles-participative and coerced. (Author)