The purpose of this study is to measure community and student perceptions regarding College of the Mainland (COM). A survey of the literature provides background on sociopolitical forces in the community, the distribution of power and influence in the community, the relationship of the community to the larger society, the relationship of the…

During the hearings of the Subcommittee on Migratory Labor, various statements prepared for the Subcommittee on Monopoly of the Senate Select Committee on Small Business hearing on the role of giant corporations in the American and world economies were included. This appendix includes some of those statements. The statements given cover: (1)…

The Federal Communications Commission requires that applicants for new broadcast licenses and for changes in existing licenses must demonstrate that they have attempted to ascertain the problems, needs, and interests of the residents of their community of license and of other areas they undertake to serve, and must propose broadcast matter…

A significant increase in the number of petitions to deny broadcast license renewal applications has led the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reexamine its license renewal procedures. This notice of inquiry and proposed rule making sets out proposed changes in and additions to renewal procedures designed to ensure that a licensee will…

The social and cultural distance between the schools serving American Indian children and their communities has been viewed as the source of many of the basic problems in Indian education. In 1968 the Hopi Indian Tribe of Arizona instituted a Follow Through Program to provide for such parental involvement in their schools' educational processes.…

In examining the relationships among various educational institutions, one must bear in mind a set of concepts that (1) take into account the organization of educative institutions as well as the ways in which individuals move through different educational settings and (2) focuses on the processes by which the individuals select from and transform…

Article described new programs in preservice teacher education and inservice programs designed to usher in open education. (Editor/RK)

Discusses the nature of the movement to include scientific creationism in the school curriculum and science textbooks, explains the extent of scientists' acceptance of evolution, and describes actions being taken to counteract creationist efforts in an organized and effective manner. (PGD)

Examines the relationship of family structure, peer group affiliation, social class, and sex with five dependent variables concerned with attitudes toward dating values, marriage, romanticism, premarital pregnancy, and premarital sexual permissiveness among 85 rural, Black adolescent males and females. Findings suggest general community norms and…

The attempts of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) to implant mandatory alcohol and tobacco instruction in Alberta's public schools is traced. These efforts are compared with the group's simultaneous efforts at temperance reform in the United States. (SJL)

The thesis here is that the process whereby parents lost control of education began well before the current dispute over bussing. Views the process of parental political disenfranchisement in four phases: the period of "maximum feasible participation" (1835-1900); the period of "reform" and "efficiency" (1900-54); the school as change agent…

This column, the last in a series of articles dealing with partnerships in educating young children, focuses on partnerships developed with communities. Examples of the importance of community partnerships--including provision of comprehensive services to meet student interests--welfare reform issues, and the need to be politically active are…

Examination of superintendent turnover rates in Nebraska's K-12 and high school-only districts during a 10-year period revealed that average tenure for a school superintendent was almost a year less than the national average and that average tenures in both the largest and smallest school districts were shorter than national and Nebraska averages.…

Factors that contribute to teen misbehavior include those in self, home, school, and community. The Calgary School System has successfully integrated troubled teens into the regular public school classroom by developing mutual respect; pinpointing problems; making mutual agreements about which problems to solve; sharing responsibility for change;…

The traditional model of multicultural education views the child as the product of culture. Proposes an alternate model that focuses on the unique set of experiences each child brings to school. The alternate model includes factors (race, culture, gender, and disability) considered in traditional multicultural models plus several additional…