Vignettes of contemporary high school students. (JH)

The purpose of this book was to provide background information and insight on campus tensions, and suggest ideas on how to go about reducing these tensions. The papers are divided into 5 parts. Part I, The New Situation, includes papers by Kenneth E. Boulding, William M. Birenbaum, Marcus G. Raskin, and Peter Schrag. Part II, Where the Students…

In this study the control structures of 37 academic departments at the University of Illinois were characterized in terms of (a) the total amount of control in the department, and (b) the distribution of control among tenured and nontenured faculty members. A consistent pattern of interaction effects of total control and distribution of control on…

Disaffection with the schools stems largely from a crisis of purpose. The schools' client population can be sorted into 3 main groups: the makers and the non-makers (both of whom see the schools as vehicles for attaining adequate success) and the post-makers. The post-makers take material well-being for granted and reject the traditional image of…

The Model for Predicting Early Alienation was found to have validity: that is, it was found to be a useful, if not the ultimately perfect, tool for predicting alienation in ninth-grade students. (Author)

The authors critically examine the analysis by Hull, Friedman, and Roger finding that deskilling and heightened alienation are not necessarily the outcomes of increased technology. The authors suggest that the outcome of technological change be approached as an indeterminate process shaped by prevailing relations between workers and management.…

Highlights the major parameters of current unemployment in the United States. Discusses the nature of stress, examines the stressful physical and emotional effects of being unemployed and the resulting behavior problems, and looks at the empirical and hypothetical links between unemployment, stress, and problems. (LLL)

Presents a successful program for preventing isolation and alienation in early adolescents, developed by The Quest National Center. It uses a multimodal behavior therapy approach that works to combat the delusion of uniqueness many adolescents experience. Lists 11 references. (MD)

Describes The Quest National Center that was formed a decade ago to develop "skills for successful living and learning" in adolescents. The curriculum they have developed is called "Skills for Living," a successful character education program reaching 600,000 students each year. (MD)

This research examines the relationship between a subdimension of alienation--anomie--and student unrest, and sets up a theoretical framework for predicting anomie. (Author)