This volume contains the proceedings of two conferences. One conference was concerned primarily with research on racial desegregation and integration in public education, and was highlighted by a paper by Irwin Katz, "Problems and Directions for Research in Public School Desegregation." The second conference focused on social change and the role of behavioral scientists. There were papers by (1) Martin Luther King, Jr., "The Social Activist and Social Change," (2) Lee S. Shulman, "Reconstruction in Educational Research," and (3) S.M. Miller, "Economic and Political Prospects of the Poor." Included are summaries of the discussions which followed the various presentations. Additionally, syntheses of group discussions are included in the proceedings of the conference on social change. The proceedings of the research conference were held on September 30, and October 1, 1965, at West Point Farms, Central Valley, New York. The proceedings of the invitational conference were held May 4-6, 1966, at the Dinkler Motor Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia. (NH)