Increasingly, education systems are being privatized through various changes to organizational structures, to school management, and to funding mechanisms. Yet education remains publicly funded and therefore accountable to taxpayer preferences through voting mandates. This paper investigates the determinants of political support for the…

Reports a study examining the political advertising in the media and relates the findings to the voters' perception of the salience of the issues in the campaign. (TO)

This article outlines an innovative selection program to hire politically responsible social studies teachers. The objective is to produce aware and active citizens who know how to participate in the political process. (Editor)

The search for a viable, consistent rationale in patterns of educational governance has been matched by a growing demand for a defensible conceptualization of preparation programs in educational administration. This article promotes the policy science approach to training, both as a logical extension of past preparation emphases, and as a means of…

This research replicated earlier research done in nonpartisan school district elections, concerning the effect of school board member incumbent defeat on nonvoluntary superintendent turnover. (Author)

Argues against the French government's recent attempt to legally delete certain English words from the French language; correct language is that which is commonly used and understood. (DD)

Discussion is on the potential value of historical data for American Indians, anthropologists, and the dominant society in general. (FF)

The study identified the general conceptions students have of politics and political science. Two instruments involved students in 1) choosing key words which they felt best described politics, and 2) rating politics'' along a scale. General findings show that students have a fairly positive attitude toward politics and although politics are…

Article describes two efforts that have been made to increase nurses' knowledge and understanding of the Legislative Process. (Author/CB)

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)

Data from a sample of UCLA students indicate that demonstrators are much more involved in conventional party politics than non-demonstrating respondents; the notion that student activism constitutes structurally isolated and noninstrumental behavior seems not to be supported. (Author/JB)

This account of the creation of the Compact for Education and the Education Commission of the States, may cast some light upon an aspect of the politics of education which is not always highly visible but which may not be entirely atypical, either. (Author/MB)

Many politicians have been indifferent or hostile to the application of the social sciences to social problems. Corrective steps include forging stronger links between politicians and social and behavioral scientists, expanding educational efforts to convey a better understanding of the social sciences, increasing lobbying activities, and…