THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE INFLUENCE OF TEACHING AND RESEARCH, PRIMARILY THE WORK OF THE UNIVERSITY, ON SOCIAL CHANGE. HE STATES THAT TEACHING AND RESEARCH ARE THE FOREMOST GENERATORS OF SOCIAL CHANGE, THUS THE SUCCESS WITH WHICH WE COPE WITH PRESENT AND FUTURE PROBLEMS DEPENDS ON THE UNIVERSITY. THE UNIVERSITY IS IN A UNIQUE POSITION OF RELATIVE…

Two working papers were presented at this meeting of the World Health Organization: "Principles and Methods of Health Education in the German Democratic Republic" and "A Philosophy of Health Education in Industrialized Societies." Both papers are summarized in this report. General and group discussions are presented along with conclusions and…

This paper argues that communication is not only the essence of being human but also a vital property of life. Writers must become socially active and play an effective role in human relations through their writing. They must also have the courage to disclose their experiences and personal feelings in spite of censure, risk, and economic…

A major theme of this report is that civil rights problems of American Indians are particularly complex because Indians can claim special rights deriving from historical circumstance. Special legislation will be required to ensure their civil rights as citizens. Social change on the part of the Indian minority and white majority must also occur to…

This report describes the development of an inner-city college-community teacher education program designed at Mount St. Mary's College in Los Angeles. Originally the program recruited and trained as Spanish teachers Cuban refugee professionals who expressed an interest in teaching. The program developed further after California approved…

The authors discuss the issue of continuing education's most important audience. They state that most participants are college graduates, professionals, or high-salaried individuals, whereas those who could benefit the most from continuing education rarely participate. (CH)

This article is the seventh in a series on good citizenship. To awaken students to their duties, rights, and responsibilities as citizens, a variety of class activities is suggested. Students learn to become good citizens in the school, community, nation, and world. (JL)

Examined the conflict between school systems and their communities in a survey of 350 teachers. Results showed the issue that evoked the greatest dissension was the question of responsibility for the children of the new American underclass, suggesting that the public has no clear perception about who is responsible. (JAC)

This report is designed to help community-based organizations, youth-serving agencies, and the criminal justice and juvenile justice systems recognize their common stake in supporting healthy and positive youth development, both to revitalize their neighborhoods and to control crime. It focuses on: "The Basics: Youth, Crime and Community…

This report presents information from a national survey commissioned by the Public Education Network and Education Week of registered American voters and from focus group interviews, assessing the extent to which the public is supporting or failing public schools. Americans report having only 3 hours or less per week to help improve public…

Describes the efforts of two small, private institutions that have committed themselves to an innovative and sensitive plan for renewal which benefits the colleges and is designed to meet community needs. (Author/JN)

Argues that an implicit commitment to an autonomous morality produces a dilemma for blacks: for like all disadvantaged groups, the most strategically useful moral system is determinism; it is paradoxical for a group of people to demand the preconditions of moral autonomy by appealing to the opposing ethic of determinism. (Author/JM)

Lecture given before the Annual Conference and Course on Reading (23d, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa., July 10-21, 1967).

Despite "education bashing," schools are successful, but the educational success of many students is more dependent on external factors. Improvement requires full collaboration in a student-centered community learning approach and delivery of a moral education stressing values shared by the nation. (SK)