Editorials
William W. Purkey Betty L. Siegel	Greetings and Congratulations	2
John J. Schmidt	An Invitation	3
	Articles
William W. Purkey	An Introduction to Invitational Theory	5
William W. Purkey	A Brief History of the International Alliance for Invitational Education	17
Dean Fink	The Sixth "P" - Politics	21
Thomas Cloer, Jr. William A. Alexander, Jr.	Inviting Teacher Characteristics and Teacher Effectiveness: A Preliminary Study	31
John J. Schmidt	Particulars, Universals, and Invitations: A Reprise	43
Paula H. Stanley	A Bibliography for Invitational Theory and Practice	52
	Guidelines for Authors	70