The causes, conditions, symptoms, and treatment of teacher burnout are discussed. The remediation of teacher burnout requires change strategies that consider psychological and social factors of the educational environment. (CJ)

Court decisions enlarging the rights of pupils are eroding legitimate adult authority in the schools. (Author)

Identifies ways in which adjustment styles of disadvantaged youth might or might not influence how these youth respond to employment surveys. (PR)

Identifies negative aspects of recent educational initiatives as they affect teachers, emphasizes resulting teacher "burnout," and offers suggestions for making teaching more exciting and effective. (Author/RH)

Contemporary literature treats old age pessimistically. Literary portrayals emphasize the difficulty of living a meaningful life when self-worth and the will to live are undermined by the way the old are treated. The isolated elderly live lives without pleasure or hope. (Author)

Describes a guidance program that functions within a classroom format. It is designed to help alienated students expose their innermost feelings and thoughts and to develop the most rigorous requirements for personal responsibility and individual accountability. (Author/IRT)

Cynicism of prison guards was examined as an outcome of interaction with others in the institution. Findings indicate that as a prison guard's work relations with inmates, fellow officers, and administrators deteriorate, his level of cynicism increases. (Author)

Discusses Frederick Wiseman's film "High School" in terms of the audience's perspective of the following themes: power, authority, identity, alienation, sexuality, and boredom. Illustrates how these themes relate to each other to form a structure that invites rhetorical response. (JMF)

Cites statistics on such adolescent problems as pregnancy, drugs, and obesity as evidence of the serious neglect and alienation of this age group in an era of family instability and declining social roles for youth. Urges educators to give concerted attention to the physical, mental, and health needs of adolescents. (SJL)

Because of his mixed blood and his war experiences, Tayo feels displaced and estranged. Reoccurring bad memories have impaired his ability to function. He has forgotten the old stories which serve as guides to growth. His eventual recollection of the old stories is instrumental in effecting his healing. (CM)

This exploratory investigation of stigma showed that handicapped students sense that stigmatization exists on the college campus but that they are not contributing to the problem. (Author)

A little over ten years ago, Herbert Marcuse found himself in the cross fire of the student movement. The radical right saw in Marcuse an incitement to revolutionary action, but individualism distinguished him from doctrinaire Marxists. He upheld the importance of pure contemplation and theory. (MLW)

This article summarizes college and precollege explanations of alienation and indicates how they intertwine in the case of Black college students. A multivariate analysis of Black students is then used to control for precollege experiences and isolate the independent impact of college life on Black students at a predominantly White university.…

Suggestions are made for reducing teacher and student alienation in urban schools by encouraging cooperative planning by all concerned individuals. (JD)

This study examined 15- and 16-year-old youths' (Midteens') feelings of anomie and rebellion in relation to family and situational factors. Only parents' formal education level and midteens' approval of the way they were being reared correlated significantly with midteens' scores on the Anomia and Rebellion Scales. (Author/SJL)