Recent evidence suggests that the 1982 American Psychological Association nuclear freeze resolution is reflective of a consensus among psychologists. The evidence also suggests that while the expressed attitudes of psychologists are supportive of the freeze, the attending demonstrative behaviors are not present. To facilitate overcoming this…

Based on commencement address, Keuka College, Keuka Park, N.Y., June 1968.

In order to ascertain to what degree educational researchers are concerned with and involved in social issues, a questionnaire on social attitudes, activism, political attitudes, attitudes toward AERA, and research activities was mailed to 672 members of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). When demographic characteristics of the…

Anecdotal evidence suggests that college faculty members are highly involved in student protests but there is little systematic data available to support or refute this contention. The current study was undertaken to document and assess the participation of faculty in student unrest phenomena. This report contains a summary of administrators'…

Student unrest has always been a concomitant of student life, going as far back as 1200 and 1229 when students were killed in Paris during town-gown battles. Much of the student unrest in early America was simply a matter of youthful high spirits, though there were some serious cases often involving mass rebellion. The greatest single cause for…

These papers seek to present a collective view of campus law enforcement in the seventies, incorporating new ideas and tested formulas for meeting the demands of a post-riot generation of students. Written primarily by practitioners concerned with current unrest and its implications for the future of higher education, the papers express a belief…

Origins and details of various women's caucuses in chemistry, mathematical sciences, biological sciences, physics, engineering, and geosciences are provided. In addition, their collective aims and activities are appendixed. (Author/KR)

Examines the act of protest suicide as a form of rhetoric, and studies three representative cases of protest suicide for insight into the act. Claims that viewing protest suicide as a form of "symbolic inducement," reveals it to be a rhetorical act whose motivation, form, and impact can be understood. (SKC)

The following three factors explain how the U.S. Filipino community became a base for the movement against the Marcos dictatorship: (1) the immigrant character of the community, (2) the presence of a broad anti-Marcos movement, and (3) the role of the Filipino left in the community. (LHW)