A two-phase study was conducted to compare individuals' perceptions of American life with their perceptions of Robert Frank's "The Americans," a book of photographs. In the first phase, a projective technique was used to elicit verbal responses about a sample of Frank's photographs. In the second phase, a representative sample of opinion…

The effectiveness of sex research models which measure adolescents' feelings of political alienation is investigated and discussed and a new model is formulated. The six models include life dissatisfaction, personal depreciation, critical perceptions of political reality, irrational beliefs, perceptions of political threat, and cognitive…

Responses of over 300 teachers to a survey examining their perceived role in the implementation of Public Law 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) and their job satisfaction are reported. Results showed that about 50% of the respondents said they had not been told what responsibilities they had in the mainstreaming process and…

A bibliographic compilation on student activism and higher education is preceded by two introductory essays dealing with (1) student activism as an American phenomenon, and (2) academic reaction to the growth of violent student movements on university campuses. Included in the bibliography are readings in the following areas: (1) overviews on…

Several studies in media viewing have examined the hypothesis that alienation correlates with the consumption of escape-type content from the mass media. In order to interpret this result, alienation was considered as a process beginning with difficiulties in situation definitions. It was assumed in this study that heavy information of the mass…

The study measured Mexican American secondary students' perceptions of racial/ethnic isolation in their educational environment. Utilizing the input from a committee of five adult Mexican Americans and five adult Anglo Americans, a 25-item questionnaire was constructed. Each item consisted of a statement describing a condition that may or may not…

This study was undertaken to test the authenticity of an earlier study by Olmsted, Blackington, and Houston which devised a way of categorizing teachers according to their responses on a number of scales having to do with their attitudes about the profession. The previous study used 60 preservice teacher interns, mostly female, from Michigan State…

The focus of this bibliography is on the role of students in society and in higher education throughout the world. Material on the US is omitted because of the large number of publications on US students and higher education. The 1800 listings are drawn mainly from English, French, Spanish, and German language publications. The introduction…

This study examines the relationship between professional and political orientations as they emerge under specific educational and environmental conditions existing within the Universidad de Oriente, an experimental university in Venezuela. Based on a thorough review of available relevant theoretical propositions, and employing highly…

Descriptive material about the process of, and reasons for, dropping out of high school is presented in this working paper. The data were collected through personal interviews with 207 young male dropouts. This report is limited to univariate response distributions. The most frequently-mentioned type of reason for leaving school is one which…

College and university response to the sense of anomie experienced by students --especially those attending large, complex institutions-- has been to implement several plans for reducing the students' feelings of impersonality and estrangement. In one of these plans, based on the "ombudsman" concept, students register complaints to 1 individual,…

To determine whether there has been a deterioration of idealism and a growth of anxiety and cynicism in college students, seven of the ten freshman classes entering the same college between 1959 and 1968 were administered either the Philosophies of Human Nature Scale (PHN), the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale (TMA), or both during the first week on…

This paper is an attempt to discuss in sociological perspective the natural history of the developing ideology that allows and permits unmarried liaisons. Six topics are discussed. First, institutional disruption or dissatisfaction with the institution of marriage in whole or part seems quite prevalent among college students. Secondly, since this…

Little definitive data exist about what happens to the large numbers of students who drop out of nursing programs. This study examined the reasons for withdrawal, level of alienation, and alternative career choices of 140 first year dropouts from six nursing programs in Tennessee. The results show that the dropouts are not alienated from nursing.…

Offering a variety of thoughts and courses for consideration, the theme for this particular issue is electives. Chapters include "How Can They Hear You When They're Snoring? An English Elective for Non-Motivated Students,""'The Literature of Alienation': An English Elective,""Elective Courses in English; A Giant Step toward Individualization and…