Professor off to US

Professor R. H. Brookes. head of the School of Political Science and Public Administraton. will leave in August

Awarded an international Fellowship in American studies by the American Council of Learned Societies, he will pursue research into voting behaviour at the University of Michigan and expects to be away till mid-1969.

Professor Brookes said the main purpose of his journey was to be in on surveys of voting in the 1968 federal elections.

This experience would then be applied to a nation-wide survey of New Zealand voting behaviour in 1969 to be carried out by the Victoria University Political Science Department Co-ordination with A.N.U. and the University of Michigan will ensure internationally comparable results