Approaches suggested for school superintendents in mediating between an intellectual profession and a non-intellectual, sometimes anti-intellectual, community. (Author)

The eruption on college campuses last spring caused many members of the academyto re-examine themselves and the truths they had so long lived by. (Editor)

In this article the author discussed students' rejection of materialism and their role in a society that provides no function for the adolescent. Amidst campus disorder, the cooperation of administration, faculty, and students during recent strikes is seen as having a positive effect on future understanding and communication. (BY)

This article discusses through the use of three case studies, the possible problems caused by pressure placed on high achievers to excell academically. Perhaps the maximization of academic achievement may well be accomplished at some crucial personal or social cost for the individual. (Author/KJ)

Discusses Black student alienation on white campuses, the inadequacies and racial bias of social science courses, and the debilitating effect of token integration on the Black community as a whole. (KG)

School and home are causative factors in contributing to young people's rebellious and lawless conduct. (JL)

Teachers should recognize that a wide range of ability and academic achievement in a classroom is normal, always present, and desirable. Such a range will not discourage or humiliate the slow-learner, but encourage him to proceed at his own pace. (NH)

Statement presented to President Nixon by a delegation of fifteen presidents of predominantly Negro colleges on May 20, 1970. (JM)

Part of a series of articles entitled "Environment and the Child.

Predictors of adolescent loneliness were investigated in two samples of high school students (n=92) and college undergraduates (n=192). Results were similar across samples and in agreement with previous research, suggesting that loneliness develops as a consequence of disruptions in relationships with significant others (i.e., inadequate social…

Examined the relationship between alienation and cheating in a sample of 120 college freshmen. The study concluded that alienated students are more likely to cheat as a survival technique. Found males more likely to cheat than females although females had a very slight tendency to feel more alienation. (Author/JAC)

Describes how being alone, physically and socially, and having personal autonomy can enhance creativity. By understanding the forms and functions of aloneness, art teachers can facilitate the creative process for students who believe that some form of aloneness is essential for their artmaking. (AM)

Describes an art program for preschool children that includes four social dimensions of art in order to heighten aesthetic perception, improve artistic creativity, and nurture self-esteem. The social dimensions are children having power, children acting on norms legitimate in their own eyes, children functioning "nonestrangedly," and children…