The major problem confronting black people working in the television industry today is that of communicating with the black community, despite the nature of television and its system of operation. (DM)

The authors question the adequacy of the traditional response by the educational community to the needs of the unemployed and the assumptions inherent in the type of courses provided. (CT)

Provides a systematic framework for strategic counseling (as opposed to message production only) in public relations via careful study of client's social, political, and economic contexts. (SR)

Reforms are productive only when guided by fundamental educational principles: efficiency, justice, progress, and humanization. Using higher education as a political weapon and subjecting education to politics and economics undermines the nature of higher education. The present grass-roots decision-making movement for university autonomy in China…

Argues that technicism, the uncritical acceptance of the values of a modern technologically based society, leads to endemic environmental degradation. Proposes a reconceptualization of environmental literacy to include purposeful action based on a critical understanding of the social, economic, and political underpinnings of our environmental…

Political, economic, and social explanations of higher education reform, and the very definition of "reform," are the main departure points of this volume. The introduction uses the examples of Canada, Austria, Germany, and Japan to show that in all these countries, reform has meant reduced state funding and control and increased…

In multilingual Europe, visual discourse may function as a cross-culturally strategic form of communication, thanks in part to its perceptual and iconic availability. In this regard, we offer a social semiotic critique of a range of visual resources deployed in the official promotional texts of 30 of the 43 cities either nominated or competing for…

The globalization of education, with its multiple associations with the growth of the knowledge society, the increasing penetration of market forces in higher education and the treatment of education as an exportable good, supplied in different forms and by various providers, exerts the need for systematic quality assurance in higher education. In…

This book examines immigration from the Philippines to the United States, in terms of the historical, economic, political, social, military, and cultural macro and micro structures that precipitate it. Certain aspects of race and ethnic relations are explored. The study begins with conceptual and theoretical considerations on the issues of…

The paper reviews factors affecting the success of handicapped infant intervention programs. The absence of political leadership and support at the federal level, caused by changing political and economic conditions, is discussed. The practical programmatic issues affecting infant intervention which are considered include setting, staffing,…

Investigates political, historical, economic, and pseudoscientific hypotheses related to the partition of Africa by European nations between 1870 and 1914. Identifies factors which contributed to western strength, including technological skill, scientific knowledge, efficient nationalist governments, economic organization, and improved…

Explored social and psychological problems associated with male youth growing up in the 1930s. Examined how transitions to adulthood, search for identity, and role development were affected by social, economic, and political factors in the depression. It appears that the transition to adulthood has not been a smooth evolution but has been affected…

The textbook dominates curricula at the elementary, secondary, and even college levels. The ideological, political, and economic sources of its production, distribution, and reception are examined. (RM)

The author states that our economic and political environment leads us to think in terms of classes, aggregates, and submerged membership in them. He says that it is not just the quantity of our education that is at fault; it is its quality, its spirit, method, and aim. (CT)