This paper identifies salient features of scholarship and statesmanship that are required to bring about constructive momentum from the ferment in which today's teacher educators are operating. After brief comments on the nature of the ferment found in the general environment, the ferment in teacher education is illustrated through two examples.…

The experience of New York University after the Cambodia-Kent crisis of May 1970 when court action nullified faculty decisions on the taking of exams, and the continuation of classes is indicative of the intrusive constraints derived from external forces on effective faculty self-government. This paper discusses: (1) the natural and intrinsic…

This paper discusses three major statements on shared authority and points out that there appear to be three types: joint participation in decisionmaking, separate jurisdictions, and collective bargaining. Academic senates and campus councils are the major manifestations of the first two types and a brief discussion of the state and their…

This document reviews the concept of government within the university structure. Three phases of university government are discussed. The first section concerns the distribution of power within the university. Power competition among (a) trustees and administrators, (b) faculty, and (c) students is reviewed. The second section looks closely at the…

Some of the assumptions, conditions, and parameters which deal with power structures and rural development are briefly specified in this paper. The definitions (conceptual and operational) for power, social power, authority, influence, power structure, development, and rural are discussed. The ideological orientation under which development…

Studies of Black families in varying social classes are reviewed to determine the prevailing power relationship between spouses. In general, Black families appear to be more egalitarian than White families; the middle-class Black family is more egalitarian than any other family type. (Author)

Disagreements over budgeting are often resolved by using political power. A critique of definitions of political behavior is presented and an alternative is proposed that is applicable to groups and individuals and that addresses both the intentions and effects of political action. (Author/LBH)

Discusses the legal structure of policy boards relative to Teacher Centers and the normative processes that become institutionalized as Teacher Centers are formed and become operational, i.e., the communication patterns, linkages, ways of working. (Author/RK)

Concerns the truth in reporting and what constitutes harassment tactics toward black politicians. (Author)

Hierarchy can accommodate professionals and professional freedom and it is capable of recognizing, nuturing, and responding to its members' needs in ways that are beyond other forms of organization. (Author)

Examines some of the issues that arise for women as they learn to use their power effectively while competing for leadership in male-dominated organizations and outlines six styles of power and principles for using these strategies appropriately. (CLB)

In fighting off fundamentalists' attempts to cut off funds and change the way trustees are elected, Mercer University and moderate Baptists accomplished the first major defeat of the conservatives since they took over the Southern Baptist Convention eight years ago. (MSE)

Discusses the rise of the concept of teacher autonomy between 1925 and 1980 in England and Wales. Shows how such autonomy was associated with certain government actions aimed at moving from a system of direct control to a system of indirect control more akin to the benign rule of a colonial government. (JDH)

Harvard University has not fully divested from South Africa. Alumni Against Apartheid (AAA) is increasing the pressure by gaining a seat on the board of overseers and rallying support of students and alumni. This issue may become the spearhead of a general change in the institution's social policies. (VM)

Analyzes five rules of power that influence the debate over meeting the educational needs of Black and poor students. Concludes that all students must be taught the rules of power as a first step to a more just society. (JOW)