The supply of materials in a technological society depends not so much on the resource base as on the interrelationship of human institutions. Material usage requires agencies of exploration, development, supply, and financing regulated and assisted by government, educational, and scientific institutions. A balance among institutions insures…

Roach and Roach complain that separatist organizing, particularly in regard to the Black movement, is harmful. This sort of complaint, however, ignores the historically specific circumstances in which social movements emerge and in which strategies and goals and the potential for societal transformation are formed. (Author/EB)

Mainstream research has looked traditionally at the Black family to explain its overall difficulty in society, while dissenting studies have emphasized the effects of societal factors on the Black conjugal unit's function and structure. The dualistic nature of Black family research captures society's divergent impression of the Afro-American…

"Whether advancing technology had been a primary determinant of educational expansion is assessed by looking at the following: the relation between changes in the technical skill requirements of jobs and changes in the educational attainment and job performance; the kinds of training workers use; and a simulated longitudinal analysis of the…

The societal paradox of abundant opportunities and numerous constraints affects black people's expectations, frustrations, and anger. Specific questions that this paper examines are: What are some possible causes of anger? How have black people reacted to anger-provoking situations? And what are future prospects for black people? (Author/JM)

Three different principles and ideologies by which the division of labor can be organized are sketched, along with their consequences for variation in structure and content. It is noted that the reality of the division of labor lies in the social interaction of its participants. (Author/AM)

The focus of this article is on the contextual nature of structure and its influence on organizational assessment and learning. Assessment mechanisms are part of the organization's learning system, whereby it reflects on its actions and alters its notions of how the internal and external world work. (Author/LMO)

Argues that the integration of computers into English departments will have an immediate and significant impact on the social systems and communications within those academic communities. Suggests ways of responsibly distributing and using computer resources. (MM)

Proposes an integration of critical theory and humanistic education. Strengths and limitations of each are discussed, and a model for liberatory education is proposed. The model is illustrated with an example from a fifth grade classroom. Further dialogue among humanistic educators and critical theorists is recommended. (Author/VM)

Describes power structure of corporations functioning under Theory W in which single leaders, in partnership with trusted followers, achieve corporate success. Basis of this industrial structure is attributed to social and developmental structures of prehistoric man and city states. Dimensions of W, X, Y, and Z theories are discussed. (MBR)

Analyzes effects of social structure changes on Latin American educational systems and investigates the segmentation and problems of the university system and higher education. Suggests innovation can be achieved by building up a new form of economic, social, and cultural organization for which education can pave the way. (TRS)

Discusses illiteracy in social structural terms, that is, as a predictable consequence of the routine workings of basic institutions in a class-based society. Shows how, in this context, illiteracy can be seen as a "rational" achievement. (CMG)

The current debate over the size and distribution of government patronage obscures a complexity of government influences in the cultural life of the nation. Various programs of the different departments of government foster and inhibit specific high-brow and popular forms. The most distant and yet most fundamental influence of government is in…

Argues that whether one refers to chicano institutions, Chicano programs, Chicano personnel or students they are all on the periphery of the overall academic enterprise, in terms of participation in governance, academic credibility, recognition and status, resource allocation, permanence and facilities: the role of higher education vis-a-vis…

A theoretical framework is presented which places psychological pathology in a context of human reciprocity. Reciprocity is described as a social dialectic circumscribing the way that the experiences of persons develop relative to one another. It includes, therefore, dimensions of individual development and interactive development. (Author/MS)