Author bases this discussion on personal experience of the last 25 years with educational programs and educational changes in Puerto Rico but which may have wider relevance. (Author/MB)

The thesis of this discussion is that a vital system of universities and colleges comes forth and endures when it achieves and maintains a balance between institutional and academic autonomy and societal relevance. (Author)

This paper offers a framework for the sociological study of formal education, with particular reference to the social history of the United States

Charges that the field of sociology fails: (i) to emphasize the common characteristics of deviants and nondeviants; (ii) to give due attention to undramatic" forms of deviance; and, (iii) to explore the role of power in defining deviance." (JM)

Author maintains that educational testing is based on conservative and established norms of existing social structure. Test scoring is unbiased, but the bases underlying the interpretation of scores are contaminated by prejudices which operate to keep competence from obstructing the social process. (AD)

Contends that if issues are articulated, work is done, are communities developed with sensitivity--without hardening of organizational forms or premature alliances between fearful groups--then the ethnic factor in working-class life can be an important tool for creating both individual fulfillment and social unity. (RJ)

Author comments briefly on articles on compensatory education which appeared in the January 1972 issue. (SP)

A discussion of the legal and other steps taken in India from about 1950 to approximately 1970 for implementing educational discrimination in favor of certain weaker sections of the people," and an examination of the various problems which have arisen in the wake of this governmental policy of positive discrimination. (Author/RY)

Four models of public education conflicted during the first half of the 19th century; paternalistic and corporate voluntarism, democratic localism, and incipient bureaucracy. The models and underlying value conflicts are analyzed, revealing a growing role for schools--mediating between social change and social structure. (Author/DB)