In preparation for a National Research Council study updating Gunnar Myrdal's 1944 study, "An American Dilemma," the article discusses the following: (1) history and thrust of the original work; (2) effect of the type of questions to be raised; (3) effect of approach on results; (4) necessity for new view of the gap between the races.…

College students (N=155) who did not attend the anti-Vietnam War moratoriums in 1969 and 20 who did attend indicated their degree of liking for five groups chosen to represent authority, and five groups chosen to represent opposition to authority. The non-attenders liked the first groups more and the second groups less than did the attenders.…

The primary goal of social studies is education for political citizenship. Democratic values is the most important type of content to be included in the social studies program of the middle grades. (RM)

Introduction to special issue on school desegregation. Asserts that the desegregation debate is often more about values than facts. Emphasizes that the basic problem of school segregation is intimately related to the problems of metropolitan areas. Attributes breakthroughs in school integration to national policy decisions in the 1960s and 1970s.…

Explores attitudes toward big city problems and spending for education, welfare, and health care among Blacks of different income and educational levels. Reports a modest trend (over the 1970s) toward increased liberalism on the part of well educated Blacks, although the trend was not apparent among those with the highest income. (GC)

Presents part of the Aspen High School curriculum about the United States civil rights movement. Focuses on why Blacks were segregated and disenfranchised prior to the movement, why the movement took place, what were the results of the movement, and what is the present condition of Blacks in American society. (JDH)

Secondary students who regularly discussed controversial issues using a value analysis approach showed gains on the measures of political confidence, political interest, and social integration, but not on political trust. The value analysis discussions did not affect students' reading comprehension. (Author/RM)

Reviews Elie Wiesel's "Night," an account of his Holocaust experiences. Concludes that what is important is not that students' questions be answered, but that people continue to ask them. (EL)

Describes recent political developments that have focused national attention on education. Outlines ways in which educators can capitalize on the current interest in education and involve themselves in politics and policy making. (KH)

A statement by Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure of the American Association of University Professors on the organization "Accuracy in Academia" is presented. External monitoring of in-class statements presents the prospect that words uttered will be distorted or taken out of context and have a chilling effect. (MLW)

Compares the Social Darwinism of the 1890s with neo-conservatism of the 1980s. Discusses the ideologies of fair play versus fair shares, the theory of supply-side economics, and the implications of neo-conservatism for higher education. Argues that neo-conservatism is altering radically our conceptions of democracy, equality, and freedom. (KH)

This document examines rural education in the member nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Within these nations the range of conditions and communities that are called rural is enormous. Nevertheless, the allocation of human and financial resources to rural education has increased despite generally adverse economic…

Reports on a study of private and public school teachers' perceptions of the relative importance of ten major social problems. Concludes that public school faculties exhibit a greater concern for the spirit of the law concerning the realization of human rights than is discernible in private academies. (Author/KH)

A series of articles examines the problem of racism from various perspectives: a historical overview, Swedish children's attitudes toward immigrants, working-class racism, redefinition of racism, Turkish nationalism, multiculturalism, anti-Semitism in France, genetic manipulation, and racist political ideology. (SK)

Relates the advantages of using a political novel, "All the King's Men," to teach about the nature of the citizen's political obligation in a community college course on state and local government. (DC)