A 1979 reputational survey, duplicating a 1977 study, sought to identify the most influential educational decision makers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas. Both studies found that a top policy maker is likely to be a white male noneducator from certain policy-making or policy-impacting institutions. (Author/SJL)

The slow evolution toward "unbundling" education, or making it readily available without the traditional class and campus structures, has begun. The ultimate stage is granting of degree credit based on examinations only, with no requirements to buy any instruction. Intermediate steps in the process take a variety of innovative forms. (MSE)

Argues that naturalistic researchers in education who wish to effect change must switch their power base from the bureaucratized educational administration to special interest and pressure groups at the grass roots level. (APM)

Explanations for the inferior socioeconomic status of Blacks are examined and strategies for improving the status of Blacks are discussed. It is concluded that changes in the distribution of wealth will require changes in the structure of the economic system itself. (Author/MC)

Integration of women into the existing international economic and technological order promises only further loss of autonomy and increased marginalization. Women's groups should explore human-centered development which will generate new social structures and new approaches to human productivity and welfare. (SK)

Discusses failure of the civil war prison at Andersonville in terms of administrative problems. Failure is blamed on lack of clear channels of authority and communications. Correction of these organizational problems laid the groundwork for a system that would meet its goals. A flowchart is presented. (JAC)

A survey of trends in administrative structure in Western Europe examines patterns of authority and decision making at the state, institutional, administrative, and faculty levels, and the interaction of these levels. The roles of state ministries and administrators are described. (MSE)

Three issues are addressed that bear on the integration of education and development within communities: the need for models, the power structure and how to use it, and values and ideologies to be applied in creating such community education and development programs. (MSE)

Examining the involvement of women in rural community decision making in terms of the personal and social characteristics of women participants in two power actor pools, this study reveals two female profiles: that of a good companion female model and that of a resource model. (JC)

The issues of academic freedom, institutional autonomy, government involvement in higher education, and students' part in the power structure are analyzed for several European countries. Recent influences, political and economic, are reviewed. (MSE)

The Bakongo tribe resides in Lower Zaire. The aging intervene in all important life situations: marriage, witchcraft, magic, native palavers, etc. They have authority and represent the tribe. Although the youth subscribe to modern western ideas, they still unconsciously fear the authority and power of the aging. (Author)

Results of a European survey of trends in institutional administration are summarized. Issues addressed include personnel problems, institutional flexibility, government decision making, balance of administrative power, and provision of administrative services. (MSE)

A Project of "oral history" research into Scottish educational policymaking is described. Changes in the functions performed by governmental and public bodies in the 1950s and 1960s are discussed in terms of models and theories of policymaking. (Author)

Student affairs professionals were surveyed for opinions regarding the changing role of women in student affairs. Title changes representative of power-prestige changes are noted. Changes in job descriptions have resulted in increasingly specialized positions. Women are more visible in top leadership positions. (RC)

Community is defined and several methods, ranging from formal research to informal observation, that can be used by a college or university to learn about the community are described. Identifying the influentials in the community is seen as essential. (Author/MLW)