Higher Education and Civic Engagement provides an original and challenging contribution to contemporary debates on the civic purpose of higher education. It explores teaching and learning, research, and service in a range of international contexts. This book is essential reading for higher education leaders, faculty, administrators, and members of…

"Do nothing and all things will be done," or "Wait, time heals all wounds" may have been sound advice of the past for some distant, sparsely populated island. But failing to address economic issues and not providing health care for the sick were putting America on the verge of financial collapse and making it a land where people had to choose…

Presents an interview with Hungarian historians Attila Pok and Peter Hanak. Explains the role of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Reveals how teachers and researchers functioned under Hungary's former socialist government. Discusses the shortage of educational resources in Hungary. Examines why intellectuals govern Hungary today. (SG)

This Primer is intended to help individual citizens and community leaders and organizers (1) better understand the complex nature of decision making in democracy and (2) identify strategies for having a larger voice and impact. This publication is predicated and draws upon the author's 40 years of extensive and hands-on experiences in varied…

Offers an interview with Radim Palous, rector of Prague's (Czechoslovakia) Charles University. Explores the development of the university's social sciences department. Identifies the influence of the former Marxist-Leninist regime on the university. Reviews Palous' experiences as a dissident philosopher and teacher. Examines the role of the…

Recently collected data from a survey of the attitudes of 1,843 elite members of both traditional and new institutions towards abortion indicate that, barring a major religious revival, a relatively permissive abortion policy will probably continue whether or not the Supreme Court curtails or overturns Roe vs. Wade. (FMW)

Adapted from a speech given at the 1985 conference of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, this discussion addresses issues concerning the formation of a national child care policy and describes factors contributing to "child carelessness" in the conception and delivery of child care services. (KS)

Joining Forces helps create a broad-based collaboration among the education, welfare, and child welfare systems to serve as a catalyst for change in public policy and practice on behalf of disadvantaged children and their families. An alarming number of children and adults face situations that threaten their immediate well-being and put them…

Argues that culture change or modification of the social structure is necessary for effective health promotion because health behavior is closely tied to basic group structures and processes. Examines the health attitudes of Mormons, low income and minority groups, and developing Islamic nations, emphasizing attitudes towards education and women.…

This booklet is a guide and model for parents, educators, religious institutions, social service agencies, community centers, and other organizations that interact with African American males. The guide begins with the introduction of the African American Male Development Model, six criteria that, if internalized by males, would place them in a…

Intended to help child care advocates understand and use the concept of comparable worth, this guide book defines "comparable worth" as a movement to get wages in any one workplace to reflect a just assessment of the skills and responsibilities demanded by a job rather than false assumptions about the financial needs of the worker or…

A structural approach which focuses on social and economic conditions under which poverty exists and which de-personalizes causes is used to study the extent and trends of poverty in general and Maine in particular. The 1980 Census reported that 13% of Maine's population was poor, but since income in Maine is generally low many people fall in and…

Since videotex and teletext information retrieval systems are likely to become as widespread as television, their impact--personal, social, physical or psychological--should be examined before widespread implementation to insure "the greatest good for the greatest number." Transmitted by television signal, teletext information will probably be…

This compilation of articles, photographs, commentaries, diagrams, and political cartoons presents positive, practical, and action-oriented core ideas on which to base future-oriented thinking and creative activity. The first of 10 parts presents articles on traditional American principles, ways of facing the future, America's character and…

The Old Order Amish, or Mennonites, are a religious sect that represents both a traditional and changing culture. Their conservatism is evidenced in their rural way of life, large families of 8 to 12 children, use of horse drawn farm machinery and transportation, nonuse of electricity, and uniformity of dress. The Old Order Amish also present a…