Herbert London

The culmination of student freedom

Editors Note: The findings set forth in the previous article indicate a profound change in what students are given to learn in the American university and the way that knowledge is packaged. The study by the National Association of Scholars neither attempts to supply reasons for the relaxation it identified in the systematic approach to education, nor does it necessarily make any judgment about the wider consequences of the trend. Such inferences are for others to draw and, to that end, Academic Questions presents this interpretation of the studys results, followed by the opposing views of Nelson W. Polsby.

Book Review: An Issue of People: Population and Australian SocietyAn Issue of People: Population and Australian Society. By BirrellRobert and BirrellTanya, Melbourne: Longman Cheshire, 1981. Pp. 277.

tat ions based on data might be modified. Of greater concern is the need for a more integrated overall concluding explanation: also, while the book consciously avoids focusing on events of the past few decades, the effects of things such as recent government social and economic pol icies do need to be examined. However, none of the above really minimizes the significance of Liebersons efforts. A Piece of the Pie is unquestionably a substantial contribution to the literature on American race and ethnic relations.