Suggests that the process of saving the cities must not be a process of driving out the poor to house the middle class, but a process of helping the poor to become middle income. The ultimate future of our cities and of our nation may depend upon the success of that effort. (Author)

Discussed are Communist China's relationship to Russia, socialist innovations, treatment of minority groups, foreign relations, standard of living, life-style, and culture. The author concludes that western nations should normalize relations with China. Available from: American-Asian Educational Exchange, 88 Morningside Drive, New York, NY 10027.…

Long-distance contact throughout prehistoric times and European exploration in North America had a pronounced influence upon Native cultures. The convergence of cultures in many regions across wide areas was the result of long-term relations among selected groups for specific social, economic, or political benefits. (JC)

Notes that those individuals wishing to emigrate are likely to be critical of and marginal to the American political system. Specifically, potential emigrants are likely to identify with a minor party or to say that they are independents. (Author/AM)

Though American attitudes and beliefs have held remarkably constant over 200 years, inconsistencies are now chipping away at the old profile, giving it a new look for the third century. Political, social, and moral changes are discussed. (Editor/LBH)

Examines political ramifications and problems at the mass communications program of the University of West Indies at Mona, Jamaica. (KS)

Analyzes problems that have accompanied the growth of the citizen participation and public interest movements, and suggests that public participation that is not carefully ordered and constrained by administrators can lead to poorly conceived decisions. (Author/JG)

A comparison of the similar economic but different political outcomes of retrenchment strategies at McGill University and the University of Montreal suggests that the key to success is matching the content of the strategy with an implementation process consistent with the particular institutional context. (Author/MSE)

Aggressive campaigns by small groups of citizens have made it nearly impossible to close or merge public colleges, with the result that parochial interests often triumph over the needs of the state as a whole and higher education planning is becoming more political and less logical. (Author/MSE)

Claims that most television research ignores the connections between its symbolic and economic influences. Argues for an integrated approach that views television as both a commodity and an artifact. Describes five analytical categories that researchers could use to provide information illuminating these relations to the public. (JD)

Traces 25 years of freshman composition courses, highlighting "the expulsion of literature from the Garden of Composition,""the diluting of intellectual expectations and of the principles upon which programs were established," today's better management and writing teachers, and personal changes in instruction. Offers reflections on the future of…

The literary and personal relationship of Theodore Dreiser and H. L. Mencken as it appears in their correspondence with each other is traced and examined. (MSE)

In North Carolina, a legislative researcher recommended the removal of occupation-specific courses from high schools. Sixteen hundred people attended the hearings and legislators heard almost unanimous testimony against the recommendation. The recommendation was shelved. This article describes how the response came about. (JOW)

Examines some of the geographical elements that influenced the creation of the U.S. Constitution, such as sectionalism, the Piedmont, and the Atlantic Coastal Plain. Focusing on aspects of geography that underlie the thinking, writing, and ratification of the document, the authors explore geography as environment, image-maker, and explicit…

Tests the functionalist and class-reproduction explanations of community college expansion against the experiences of four states where community colleges have proliferated and one state where they have failed to develop. Finds that both explanations have missed the key role of autonomous government officials. (FMW)