While the forces impinging upon academic freedom are both varied and diverse, at least three seem especially significant: these three--unionization of the faculty; politicization of the university; and certain forms of governmental activity--are prophetic indicators for the future course of higher education and for those who teach in it. (Author)

The fundamental emphasis in filing civil suits against the public schools has switched from seeking relief or redress of an alleged wrong to establishing and creating new law. A significant number of lawsuits now filed are designed to put the judiciary in the position of creating new legal rights affecting public education. (Author)

Reports on an investigation of the involvement of parents in the demands for decentralization, and parental attitudes about the nature and extent of their contact with the school system. (DM)

For the first time since the Emancipation Proclamation, the legislative and executive branches of the Federal government are seriously entertaining action to limit the rights of racial minorities to unqualified equality of opportunity. (DM)

Foresees another encounter between the courts and the political system of the democracy over the issue of equalizing educational expenditure. (DM)

Detailed account of problems and progress in implementing the Emergency Employment Act in New York City. (DM)

Stresses the need for educating the general public to ecological and environmental concern. Discusses the limitations of a purely ecological approach to environmental problems. Identifies other imPortant factors including legal, political and social structures, and Western Man's perceptions of nature and of himself. (EB)

Relates how this university changed from a relatively autonomous institution to an extension of an authoritarian government. (HS)

Chinese Education teaches what it means to be proletarian. Workers learn the honor of work, and others are provided a way to reintegrate the social base. (Editor)