Differences between West Bank Palestinian college students and their peers of the same age group are explored. The study finds that students and nonstudents differ substantially because of educational, class, social, religious, and political factors. However, student political attitudes and activism are seen as likely to influence the general…

Examines the hypothesis that college has a substantial effect on political interest, awareness, and knowledge by comparing college students with a control group of noncollege cohorts. Finds that the effect of the passage of four years increases the awareness and knowledge of youth regardless of whether or not those years are spent in college.…

Analyzes critically the two major perspectives on high school student politics, attempting to explicate and clarify both the empirical and normative implications of: (1) schools being considered not only hierarchical structures that process children but also basically bureaucracies and hence non-political institutions; and (2) high schools being…