Describes the process of relating science to the normative process of representative government, including steps taken to overcome the recent communication problems between scientists and lawyers who serve in politics. (MLH)

Analyzes the higher education lobby conceptual framework (based on constituent interests) and political framework (based on lobby resources and interorganizational relationships) concluding that while the interest groups have unique characteristics, the associations reflect the decentralized, fragmented, and nonideological character of the…

The economics curriculum developed to fit Dominican College's new urban-international focus is outlined. Eight courses in the sequence are the nature of economics in a political context, comparative decision making systems, current issues, political economy in your experience, international political economics, economic development, macroeconomic…

Presents a conceptual overview of black social development, reviews some historical developments within social work education and practice, and suggests a beginning framework for reconceptualizing the nature of social work education. (Editor/PG)

Examines intellectual change within the discipline of political science. (PMP)

Is is the function of the planner to prepare reports, position papers, and plans, not to juggle the politics of implementation. (Author/WM)

Studies in several relatively low-population, rural states in the 1970s show few differences in the types of state legislative races in which men and women are nominated and how well they do at the ballot box. This study increases knowledge of the role of gender in state legislative campaigns, geographically and over time, by exploring the…

The Higher Education Act of 1965 fulfilled a dream for President Lyndon Baines Johnson. To understand this president's deep interest in education, one must first understand the factors which were responsible for the development of Lyndon Johnson, the man. His family background had much to do with his veneration of education. Both his parents and…

Drawing from political science, sociology, and communication literature, this paper provides a review of research dealing with political candidate image to show the various ways this concept has been treated by scholars. The paper begins with an examination of the rationales offered by researchers for the study of image, then addresses the…

The managing director of The Netherlands' National Foundation for Educational Research (Stichting Voor Onderzoek van het Onderwijs, or SVO) delineates the SVO's role in promoting educational research and describes the conditions affecting the SVO's effectiveness in pursuing its mission. Among the factors considered are financial constraints,…

A study reexamined survey data collected in late October 1984 in order to test the validity of the generalization that people are influenced more by television ads than they are by television news. Sampling was based on random digit dialing in Dane County, Wisconsin, and 416 interviews conducted by telephone. Data analysis indicated that the…

Seven school superintendents in the state of Washington with varying levels of exposure to Iannacone and Lutz's dissatisfaction theory of democracy as well as varying degrees of experience with electoral conflict in their careers were interviewed to determine the level of their understanding of the theory, their acceptance of it, their ability to…

The structure of U.S. congressional support for college student financial aid during the 96th and 97th Congresses was assessed. Senators' roll call votes on student aid legislation were analyzed, using factor and discriminant analysis. Using a content-free classification scheme, attention was directed to whether voting patterns were…

To examine how knowledge of history and politics informs the early education and child care field, this paper identifies sources of historical knowledge and unexamined underlying presuppositions frequently held by early childhood professionals which, if allowed to remain unchallenged, contribute to professional burn-out, repeated frustration at…

A decline in the daily reading of newspapers has been observed in the United States since World War II. In the decade from the late 1960s to the late 1970s, most daily newspapers employed market research to document and diagnose trends in readership, to estimate their present and future audiences' composition, and to assess the audiences'…