Cooperative education can have a broader and more profound effect upon human resource development in business and industry if it changes in response to political, economic, and education realities in the 1990s. Opportunities for cooperative education are limited only by imagination, ability, and resourcefulness. (Author)

Attempts to redefine sexuality by new parameters for understanding male and female roles constitute a search for a new American ideology. The core issue is how the American nation will respond to a replay of the class war as a war of the sexes. (SLD)

Describes the attempts of the West Whitesburg school council to implement reforms in accordance with Kentucky's Education Reform Act. Highlights one parent's frustration with the board of education, which fought parental involvement, resulting in the principal's resignation. Although some reforms have been implemented, 1991-92 test scores for…

Introduces this theme issue by suggesting that the problems teen parents present for school and society cannot be adequately addressed without an understanding of the cultural and social frameworks that have led to their prominence in national political discourse. Argues that successful prevention programs cannot be developed without this same…

Considers imperialism in Taiwan because the model of Japanese colonial rule was developed here. Focuses on basic assumptions and structures associated with this model, including: (1) Japanese ideology and culture; (2) legal and political relationships between colony and metropolis; (3) educational policy in Taiwan; and (4) imperial education…

Describes the role played by people's movements and nongovernmental organizations, including educational programs, in empowering citizens and combating injustice in the Philippines. The authors argue that this type of education can play an important role in challenging the materialist vision of progress and awakening people to deeper values.…

Examined the relationships among group inequality, cultural ideologies, and social dominance orientation (SDO) in Canada, Taiwan, Israel, and China. Survey data indicated that SDO was reliably measurable in these four cultures, with many legitimizing ideologies existing regarding SDO and sexism, SDO and ethnic prejudice, SDO and conservatism, and…

The proposed merger of the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers would create the nation's largest union and allow a united front for college faculty, increasing pressure for collective bargaining in more states. Opponents fear the merger would dilute concerns about education, particularly higher education, and that…

Observes that there is a broad common purpose to environmental education in Hong Kong and neighboring Guangzhou, but the development is occurring in different social contexts. Compares and contrasts the two systems and examines factors leading to convergence or divergence as the two areas become politically and administratively interlinked. (DSK)

Over the past century, American public schools have changed according to educators' initiative to establish and refine a system of public schooling. Change has been driven by social and political influences, and most recently, by an ill-defined sense of economic progress. Educators seem dedicated to change without understanding what constitutes a…

Reviews litigation and legislation regarding religious influences in public education in the areas of student-led prayer, silent prayer, religious displays, holiday observances, religious exemptions, and challenges to the curriculum. (SK)

The 1996 presidential elections will be, in part, a referendum on affirmative action, with partisan battle lines drawn. When the issue is framed for the voter as a choice between group equality or individual merit, affirmative action loses. Recent history suggests that a majority of Americans reject explicit group preferences. (SLD)

Uses the developmental-contextual perspective to examine the extent to which contextual and individual factors dynamically interact in the career development of black South African adolescents. Provides examples of interventions that may assist their career development, and discusses implications for counselors. (JPS)

Discusses the lack of a comprehensive family policy in the United States and how it affects family therapy and social services. Although ideas about what constitutes a family has changed, what exists of U.S. family policy has not. Argues that family policy and family therapy are becoming mutually exclusive concepts. (JPS)

Discussion of the university in post-apartheid South Africa finds: (1) English universities re-creating themselves as slightly modernized versions of the old elite academy; (2) Afrikaans universities and private sector institutions demonstrating entrepreneurial commitment to professional qualifications and flexible delivery systems; and (3) black…