Examines many issues in the debate concerning mandatory licensing of engineers. Political, safety, and financial considerations are discussed. (CP)

Reports on the industrialization of Puerto Rico--the social, political, and economic influences, the past failures, recent developments, and the plans for the future. (BB)

Argues that the routinized procedures governing delivery of local public services influence distribution of services to citizens by three municipal agencies in Detroit. Agencies are the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Sanitation Division, and the Environmental Enforcement Division of the Environmental Protection and Maintenance Department.…

Characterizes adult education in the Soviet Union. Topics discussed include educational objectives, the place of adult education in the general education system, social influences, standards, structure of evening schools, and teacher training. (Author/DB)

Looks at some of the ways sets of television news messages educate the public and influence the publics' judgment of political events, leadership and institutions. (MH)

Indicates that, although the impact of the black press may only be able to be assessed in the context of existing social attitudes, from a holistic perspective, the large-circulation black papers seem to have been positive for the black movement. (KS)

Discusses the responsibility of the university to research and teach about uses of language by doctors, lawyers, government bureaucrats, and others in order to control rather than communicate. (DD)

The several campuses face enrollment and financial problems as well as strained relationships between students and administrators and between the public and the university itself. As a result, the higher education institutions are becoming more doubtful of their missions. (LBH)

Several recent decisions addressing the issue of aliens' right to work indicate that the suspect class status of alienage is slowly eroding and that state action against them will no longer be strictly scrutinized. These developments and efforts of the courts to develop a standard for reviewing the rights of aliens are discussed. For journal…

As a result of a UNESCO declaration on the use of the mass media in strengthening peace and international understanding, this newspaper editor discusses the role of the news media from an American viewpoint. (LBH)

Finds little interaction between political information level, strength of party identification, and voting defection (not voting according to the "party line"). Concludes that the decision to defect from party affiliation is largely related to the specific issues in a political campaign. (RL)

Discusses two ways of enhancing the ability of clients of local educational services to contribute to policy decisions; first, by developing public policies which support private, voluntary citizen organizations to influence educational policies and, second, by strengthening mandated advisory councils. Briefly describes five means of implementing…

Evaluates the extent to which political self-interest motivates Chinese scholars who oppose the work of the Chinese Communist Party's Committee for Writing Reform. Concludes that those opposed to writing reform are wrongfully using the issue to incite intellectuals to oppose the Communist Party and the Chinese government. (Author/DB)

Schools teach much more than the traditional curriculum. They also teach a "hidden curriculum"--those unstated norms, values, and beliefs promoting hierarchic and authoritarian social relations that are transmitted to students through the underlying educational structure. Discusses the effects of the "hidden curriculum" on the…

Reviews and comments upon educational and philosophical literature relevant to morals in advanced capitalist society. Concludes that changing attitudes are accompanying social change and that people are becoming increasingly committed to a new ethical order. Implications for values education are unclear. (Author/DB)