A LIST OF FILMS, TAPES, RECORDINGS, AND ART REPRODUCTIONS IS PRESENTED. EMPHASIS IS ON IDEAS RATHER THAN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. SELECTIONS FROM THE DIFFERENT MEDIA MAY BE INCORPORATED INTO LEARNING ACTIVITIES AS CHILDREN SEEK TO EXTEND THEIR INFORMATION, DEEPEN THEIR UNDERSTANDINGS AND PERCEIVE THE VALUES HELD IN OUR SOCIETY. EACH SECTION OF THE…

A FEW OF THE DYNAMIC FORCES OF CHANGE THAT HAVE BROUGHT ABOUT A NEW SITUATION FOR THE AMERICAN NEGRO ARE PRESENTED. THESE FORCES HAVE OCCURRED WITHOUT A VIOLENT REVOLUTION AND WITHIN MANY INSTITUTIONS, THE FORCES WERE MOST COMPLETE IN THE ECONOMIC SPHERES, LESS SO IN THE LEGAL AND POLITICAL SPHERES, AND LEAST IN THE SPHERE OF SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP.…

Political and social issues surrounding the evaluation of a campus learning center are examined and discussed. Issues with which the program evaluator should be aware when attempting to objectively evaluate special service programs for minorities are outlined. Special emphasis is placed on methodology and skills needed to select, as well as…

This research study investigated the personal hopes and aspirations, personal worries and fears of black students in a predominantly black college in the South. It also determined their attitudes toward the social problems of their respective backgrounds. A sample of 220 students from a student population of 2000 answered a questionnaire…

This book attempts to show how the relationship between the American daily press and other social institutions determines the press's definition of news, where it seeks news, and how that news is presented. Chapter 1 discusses news as a force of information, examines news as a sociological problem, and describes the difficulty of defining news.…

African universities have a critical role to play in the improvement of the African social fabric. There is no necessary conflict between scholarly and social concern. Tasks facing African universities involve the design and operation of the educational system, especially in regard to entrance qualifications and their relationship to academic…

In an attempt to prevent drug abuse, the U.S. Army developed drug education programs (DEP) at all its installations to inform soldiers about the dynamics and consequences of drug use. This paper presents the findings of the recently completed evaluation of Army DEP. The study surveyed 1,716 enlisted men at 16 posts about exposure to the DEP and…

This bibliography lists major sociological and social-psychological works on social movements in general. Reports of specific movements or episodes have been excluded, except where they have broad sociological implications. The citations are listed alphabetically by author. (Author/JG)

The author examines specific manifestations of violence in relation to sexuality: (1) forcible rape rate; (2) war atrocities; (3) sexual violence in prisons; and (4) pornography. Drawing much from Hannah Arendt's book on violence, he views sexual violence as symptomatic of a lack of sexual power, not a sign of its possession. The causes are seen…

Projecting future school enrollments seems to be a relatively simple mathematical procedure using current population figures, birth rates, migration rates, and grade progression ratios. Resource allocations and education facilities planning are based on these projections. In most American cities, the political power of various interest groups…

The social and legal policies that control or prevent the use of mind-altering drugs are the main cause of the social problems arising from their use. The existing policies are ineffective; the wrong drugs receive the most attention and laws are directed at the wrong phase of the cycle of promotion, distribution and use. The following reforms are…

A questionnaire dealing with several aspects of teaching social issues in the classroom was mailed to 682 biology, English, and social studies teachers in a probability sample of public and private secondary schools in Michigan. Chi square and analysis of variance tests were used in analyzing the 493 (73%) responses. Included in the questionnaire…

The Workshop on Regional Drug Abuse Programming was called to investigate the need for a Federally-supported model, stressing inter-agency coordination, to be employed by states as a guide for establishing substate area programs, and to explore other questions related to programs for drug abuse prevention and treatment. The organization of state…

This brief pamphlet reports on a study of teenage delinquency outside cities. For seven years, the author followed the careers of all boys who were sophomores in 1964 in 14 high schools in one of Oregon's nonmetropolitan counties to see what patterns of delinquency developed in the group. By correlating his findings with those of a slightly later…

A course at the University of Minnesota entitled "Perspectives on Computers and Society" explores the social significance of computers. Topics covered include public perceptions of computers, biological and artificial information processing, the economics and technology of hardware, computer networks and software, data banks and the…