One of a series of works aimed at presenting contemporary critical opinion on major authors, this collection includes essays by Edith Kern, Claude-Edmonde Magny, Henri Peyre, Kenneth Douglas, Edmund Wilson, Theophil Spoerri, Jacques Guicharnaud, Eric Bentley, Robert Champigny, Oreste F. Pucciani, Frederic Jameson, Rene Girard, Guido…

The politics of higher education during the Nixon administration are reviewed in chronological sequence of the most relevant events of this period. Significant political aspects and policy initiatives of the 1972 legislation are indicated. Policy initiatives are discussed in relation to student aid, institutional aid, and innovation and reform.…

The politics of education is a new field of research specialization both in education and in political science. As with any new field, the politics of education faces a number of problems. On the other hand, it shows promise of being able to make important contributions both in increasing our understanding of educational and political systems and…

This collection of essays, originally published in the 1950's, discusses South African literature from a perspective which emphasizes writers who resisted the society of the colonizers. All of the essays were written by a native black South African scholar. The essays deal with (1) the people and their languages; (2) traditional poetry; (3) the…

This is an up-to-date, although not exhaustive, bibliography of the books, newspapers, and reference periodicals maintained in Farrell Library at Kansas State University. A supplement will be added to keep it current. The literature is categorized as follows: (1) reference sources; (2) biographies; (3) civil rights; (4) cultural life; (5) economic…

The objectives of this report are to briefly synthesize the communication approaches used by legislative bodies in the acquisition of scientific information, to describe the practices of the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress and the Office of Technology Assessment, to describe the present and proposed communication systems…

The rationale, structure, and content of the American Political Science Association's "Comparing Political Experiences" course is outlined. (DE)

Describes two projects which involve college students in political science courses on American politics in doing research and giving class reports on proposals for reforming the electoral college and the electoral process. Findings indicate that students participating in the projects become more aware of political realities and learn how to use…

Several new radical and Marxist journals, all nonpartisan and produced primarily by academics, have appeared over the past ten years. These journals--which cover nearly every aspect of the humanities and social sciences--are discussed, and it is suggested that their weaknesses are the expression of theory without a movement. (JMD)

A cross-cultural analysis of institutional interrelationships and social structure formation. Discusses the growth of higher education in relation to developing governmental policies designed to maintain a socioeconomic elite in a dominant position. Available from: Black Studies Program, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309. (Author/BC)

This research is based on a study of 19 interest groups in a four-year period of intensive activity, 1968-1972, in New York City. It is focused on the tactics of the interest groups operating in different arenas and on efforts to ascertain the effectiveness of these groups in reaching their goals. (Author/RK)

Considers the transformed societal environment within which educational policy making occurs, the selection to and composition of the school board, and the school-board administrator relationship. (Author/RK)

This paper examines the political outlooks of high school teachers and parents of a randomly selected national sample of 1965 high school seniors. Correlations between teacher-parent pairs show very modest strength or direct agreement between the two socialization agents, although there are negative relationships on any measure. (Author/RM)

Community and professional support for anti-censorship guidelines was vital to passage of those guidelines by the Los Angeles School Board in January 1977. (MKM)

Like so many issues in a democratic society, bilingual programs have become entangled in a series of related problems, from other schooling policies to economics and, even, political squabbles. As a result, the whole subject of bilingual schooling seems to be dimly seen and easily misunderstood. Adding to the difficulties, the national media have…