This book examines issues of national and cultural identity in a multicultural society. It focuses on the educational aims of societies that are committed to liberal democratic principles, societies that support members of different cultural groups so that these groups may flourish. It examines the philosophical concerns raised by multicultural…

This bulletin is a compilation of a few recent addresses and papers presented by the United States Commissioner of Education. The Commissioner material pertains particularly to the public affairs forum movement. The publication is issued in order to further meet the many requests for information in this field. Included in this bulletin are the…

The false starts, failures, and potential for recidivism of public education are reviewed in an historical context. An expansion of educational opportunities within the parameters of a democracy in order to realize human intellectual capabilities is defended. (Author/KM)

Practices and products of scientific research have been threatening human privacy. Strong guidelines should be enforced by world organizations to prevent this. Practicing professionals should also resist temptations for infringing upon other's rights. (PS)

Major issue raised in this paper is whether schools are providing students with the type of programs and environment that foster the full development of interest in, and capacity for, democratic politics. (Author)

Provides a discussion of Protagorean thought noting the parallel with the modern spirit; emphasizes Protagoras' humanism and his belief in man's goodness and his susceptibility to betterment. (JF)

Changes in organization that will make education available and meaningful to people from all walks of life in both industrial and developing nations are discussed. (CK)

Beleaguered administrators and faculty who submit to student power" as a way of defusing student unrest and an indication of educational reform are compromising their authority and the future of democratic education. (IR)

A compact of universities could stimulate a coordinated effort by all higher education institutions to make a reexamination and reestablishment of our nation's goals to provide world leadership. (IR)

The threat of right-wing repression is not so dangerous as the left-wing totalitarian attacks against freedom on the campus. (Editor/IR)

Although unknown in the United States, Celestin Freinet founded in France an influential educational reform movement, Ecole Moderne, based on four principles: (1) democratic values, (2) empiricism, (3) interaction with nature and life, and (4) work as a basic human need. (SK)

This review is an attempt to understand the responsibilities of governing boards regarding decision making in academic affairs, i.e., those decisions which have a direct bearing on the educational curriculum, the quality of instruction, the instructors and the students. (Author/PN)

Considers the rational basis for participatory democracy and six ideas designed to embody that conceptual basis. Contends that the mission of speech communication scholars to the civic culture should be an activation of civic competencies and an invention of new places to practice free speech skills. (PD)

Warns against haphazard "decrementalism" as a result of retrenchment. Suggest three different stages of development in U.S. public education. Argues that a community of commitment is possible if educational leaders reformulate the purposes of public education in a tough-minded and coherent way. (Author/WD)

Considers de Tocqueville's analysis of the American character as it applies today. The author concludes that the original American democratic impetus toward individual equality of condition has spread to other developing countries who now see the United States as an aristocrat among nations and subject to the same principles. (AM)