Report of deliberations of fifteen scholars to explore new options and alternatives for improved institutional functioning (IR)

Advocates giving school principals more authority. The public can then identify him as responsible for decisions, and he can tailor subjects and methods to his school's clientele. (DE)

The concepts of adding" and linkage" are used suggesting a series of factors, which, when taken into account, explain the eruption of aggressive racial conflict in the 1950's and 1960's. (Author/JM)

From personal visitation, Congressional group reports on what students are saying about their concerns and frustrations. Offers ideas for consideration in hopes of alleviating problem of continual confrontation. Reprinted from Congressional Record. (CJ)

Proposes bicameral university legislature consisting of administration, faculty and student groups each given power to initiate legislation for particular areas, but requiring approval of the other group before implementation. (IR)

In this article the author describes how the bureaucratic structure of a large public agency manipulates the professional social workers to preserve the status quo. Struggling on behalf of his clients from a position of powerlessness, the social worker, burdened by large caseloads and structural restraints, is often driven from meaningful contacts…

Conclusions in the area of family sociology are difficult to draw, primarily because of methodological shortcomings. Theories will not become more valid until methodology can include the detailed study of all aspects of power from the point of view of all family members. An extensive review of the literature forms the body of this article.…

The viewpoints and findings of the seven empirical studies of organizational conflict contained in this issue are compared and contrasted. A distinction is made between conflict within a stable organization structure and conflict aimed at changing the organization structure. (Author)

The large universities and colleges must give up their bureaucratized rules in favor of a system based on trust of, and respect for, the individual. Only by doing this can they become once again the crucibles in which great ideas and human involvement meet. (CK)

Paper based on the Richard M. Elliott Lecture, delivered at the University of Minnesota on April 21, 1969, and on a colloquim presented at the Laboratory of Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, on May 21, 1969. (RJ)