In less than a year a geographic district of the American Home Economics Association (AHEA) lobbied county government officials to establish a consumer affairs office. This program is a model for political activism attempts among AHEA members. (CH)

Women are making successful bids for the power of public office. Their success at the polls is a result of the political groups and coalitions they formed as they attempted to get the Equal Rights Amendment ratified. The article concludes with a discussion of the impact of women on politics. (Author/RM)

Assesses the relationship between the United States and South Africa. Examines the educational inequalities in South Africa and the contradictions of recent reforms. Concludes that United States policies reinforce the strategies of the White minority government of Pretoria. (JOW)

Urges academic researchers to improve the quality of education research, give some attention to making research efforts produce demonstrably useful changes in education, and learn to communicate with the people who must carry it out. (Author/IRT)

Comments on President Ford's veto of HR 9803, which would have provided states with money to help fund day care centers. (IRT)

This investigation was conducted to explore contemporary critiques that challenge the growing body of scholarly research that would reveal and support diverse understandings of the world. Principal methods for this deconstruction of contemporary critiques include document analysis of writing that examines content and author location and context…

This paper draws on four perspectives on power and its exercise in organizations to analyze the practice of governing colleges and universities. The exploration uses political theories (particularly those assessing the legitimacy and effectiveness of stable political entities), leadership studies, analyses of how formal and informal organizations…

Describes the political situation in Great Britain during the mid-1930's to mid-1940's and the role played by Lord Butler in the formulation and passage of the Education Act of 1944. (AN)

Involvement of individual systematists and their professional organizations in the development of meaningful environmental curricula" at all levels is seen as essential, for systematics is immensely relevant to the solution of environmental problems." (Author/AL)

The early goals of the Extension Service were to increase agricultural productivity and maintain a rural way of life. Extension has been unable to fulfill both goals; increasing agricultural production has led to the liquidation of the rural way of life and to the development of corporate farms. (DM)

The author concludes that while at present many feminists are trying to create a female culture, they would be better advised to aim for power bases instead. (Author)

Discusses the failure of high schools to educate newly enfranchized voters and suggests remedies. (JF)

Describes the emergence of the New Left movement from a recent and rapidly growing class, the intelligentsia. Discusses reasons for trend toward a possible major transformation of the political landscape by the second half of the seventies. (RJ)