Looks at a group of politically knowledgeable college students and assesses changes in perceptions to the messages of Ford and Carter during the course of the 1976 Presidential pre-election debates. Notes statistically significant differences between pre-debate, post-debate, and delayed post-debate ratings on sets of semantic differential-like…

The effect of frequency of news about a foreign country on high school students' perception of its size and population was examined. Statistical analysis of survey results showed that the news media does distort students' perceptions of size of political units. For journal availability, see SO 506 245. (Author/AV)

An interview with the president of the three-year-old Hispanic-American Journalists Association of New York. A summary of the aims and activities of the association and of the strides made in securing the rights of the Spanish-speaking population is given. (Text is in Spanish.) (AMH)

The potentials of space communication, including the prospects and problems of direct broadcast TV satellites, are examined. Considered are future visions, internal and international goals, economic factors, political constraints, prior consent, U.S. and U.N. positions, and free flow of information. (LBH)

Examines the impact of court litigation and various political influences on the integration of post secondary schools in the United States, with particular attention to the experience of North Carolina. (JG)

Higher education in India has returned to normal after cessation of the declared Emergency by Indira Gandhi, with increased student and faculty militancy as well as the emergence of strong pressures for increased governmental control over the university. (LBH)

Historians, philosophers, and teachers of history should try to be aware of and accurately identify the causes of historical events. The author proposes a theory of causation and presents a model for developing the theory in terms of the outbreak of World War I. (AV)

Surveys leading positions in political education in Western Germany and outlines the main aspects of neo-conservative, liberal, and socialist thought. For journal availability, see SO 505 820. (Author/DB)

Suggests eight criteria for developing instructional materials and approaches to political education in elementary schools. These criteria include enabling children to see political influences in their daily lives, reflecting the diversity which is characteristic of American society, and reflecting the fact that children are becoming citizens of a…

Outlines approaches for introducing science and engineering students to a social choice interpretation of politics relating to their own environment. (JR)

The school as a political entity is described as a center of power relations between persons in authority and persons under authority. The process of education for independent thinking is seen to continually initiate alienation from existing authority and tradition. (AV)

Asserts that Wright's importance emerges out of his literary identification with a specific sociological vision of the life and destiny of black people in particular and human kind in general. Examines this vision interpretatively as a philosophy, as a historical trend in American culture, and as a personal and ideological commitment forming the…

Proposes new economic and political philosophies to turn the college-graduate surplus into a trained manpower shortage and calls for a new partnership in policy making between educators, employers, and the community at large for interrelating education and work. (JT)

From the limited data, the authors are able to show that approval of incumbent performance is an important (but not sole) determinant of diffuse support for the institution. (Author/AM)