public agencies and private institutions
"Public and Private High Schools: The Impact of Communities."
Basic Books, 10 East 53rd St., New York, N.Y. 10022. 243 pp. $21.95.
Authors: James S. Coleman and Thomas Hoffer
What makes a high school successful?
Coleman, a sociologist at the University of Chicago, and Hoffer, a research asso-ciate at Northern Illinois University's Pub- lic Opinion Laboratory, conducted a four- year study of 1,015 private and public high schools. They conclude t...
William W. Lammers and David Klingman, in Publius: The Journal of Federalism (Spring 1986), Institute for Public Affairs, North Tex. State Univ., Denton, Tex. 76203-5338.
The presidency is the top U.S. elective office, but most governors can do one thing that a chief executive cannot: serve more than two terms.
Nelson Rockefeller's 14-year reign in New York, the modem record for continuous gubernatorial service, easily exceeded the record 12-year presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The mark...
William W. Lammers and David Klingman, in Publius: The Journal of Federalism (Spring 1986), Institute for Public Affairs, North Tex. State Univ., Denton, Tex. 76203-5338.
The presidency is the top U.S. elective office, but most governors can do one thing that a chief executive cannot: serve more than two terms.
Nelson Rockefeller's 14-year reign in New York, the modem record for continuous gubernatorial service, easily exceeded the record 12-year presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The mark...
in The National Journal (Oct. 25, 1986). 1730 M St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.
"Switching political parties can be embarrassing," said the narrator of a television pitch used Nevada Democrat Harry M. Reid in his 1986 campaign for the U.S. Senate. "Just ask Jim Santini."
Ex-Democrat Santini had switched to the G.O.P. in 1985. Reid re- minded voters of the old days, when Santini's new Republican friends denounced him. (Reid won last November's election handily.)
Party switching...