Not only did voter power contribute meaningfully to local control behavior regardless of the exact shape of the relations between state aid and local control, but the hypothesized inverse relationship between state aid and local control did not receive support. Journal availability: see EA 511 898. (Author/IRT)

Examines the attitudes of Irish secondary school students toward political parties and the influence of the parties on the students. Results showed high student awareness of party differences, parental disposition to be an important influence, and party attitude to be an important influence on certain issues. (Author/CK)

An abstract of a study to discover the political interaction leading to policy decisions for the management of underutilized school facilities, to determine the actual policies that resulted from those activities, and to investigate the satisfaction level of participants. (Author/MLF)

Argues that the spread of public education, especially in the North and West, took place through a series of nation-building social, political, and religious movements. Data show the absence of positive effects of urban industrialism on enrollments. (Author/KC)

Reports that seeing the film "All the President's Men" had more influence on college students' attitudes toward the press than on their political attitudes; notes that party affiliation was a significant predictor for some of the variables investigated. (GT)

Investigates the language choice and code switching behavior of the councilors and officials in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong during 1991-95, within the context of the upcoming transfer of sovereignty in 1997 and the challenges to the old political power relationship. Points out that code switching behavior is part of the negotiation…

Explores what it means to do research intended to be relevant for public policy. Argues against perception of policy research as politically neutral technical exercise. Discusses political implications of methodology. Discusses research examples to illustrate point. Discusses implications for how research might be used in political process.…

Uses a typical Lorenz-curve framework to measure inequality of resource allocation in South African education. Although improvements have been achieved over the past two decades, substantial inequalities remain. The current distribution of educational resources is much more unequal than that for developed countries but not as inequitable as that…

Examined whether the former East Germany has produced authoritarian personalities and whether there is age and gender variation on authoritarianism regardless of culture. Subjects were 552 West German, 320 East German, and 619 American adolescents. Found that all three cultures have similar proclivities to exhibit an authoritarian character…

This survey of 331 institutions of higher education found that attributes of the postindustrial environment--scarcity of resources, competitiveness, and turbulence--are negatively associated with the effectiveness of four-year colleges and universities. Participative decision making, domain offense strategies, and political decision processes…

Statistics on college students in Czechoslovakia before November 1989 are presented, and a survey of 320 students after the massive political upheaval is reported. The survey assessed student views on the new social, economic, and political situation, the status and changes in higher education, changes in higher education funding, and future…

Examines the development of mass media in China since 1949. Suggests that the rapid growth of television at a time when China is experiencing its fastest economic growth may indicate a mutual reinforcing relationship. Argues that television and entertainment may play an important role in economic growth since they may help build consensus and…

Compares news content in China Central Television's National Network News and "People's Daily" newspaper for a one-month period in 1992 with content from 15 years ago. Suggests that news in China provides Chinese society and people with the baseline knowledge needed for the building of a forced consensus, the basis of Communist rule, and…

Asks how the Chinese Communist party's education policy can achieve the goal of socialist higher education. Examines a series of surveys of college graduates, dropouts, and current undergraduates taken April to October of 1986, and reports on survey results at various institutions on student attitudes, values, and commitment to party ideologies.…

Studies university students' job-selection criteria as an indicator of how socioeconomic forces have deconstructed the state-supported value system in China during 1990 to 1995. Suggests the increasing importance of income as a criteria and explains the resulting decreases in the effectiveness of political-moral education. (DSK)