Differences in political attitudes, opinions, and responses toward the counter culture exist among educators of the right, the new and old left, and conservative, liberal and radical outlooks. Differences in response to student radicalism and dissent involve the function of the school system and its teachers, the nature of the students' role in…

Educational leaders have a continuing need to know the legal parameters within which decisions may be made concerning student behavior. In times past, administrative decisions could be made without fear of judicial review. Today this is no longer the case, as courts are ready to come to the rescue of constitutional rights of not only students but…

College and university administrators in the past few years have not found their job an easy one. The very nature of higher education makes it difficult to organize and administrate a university. This document presents several essays that are designed to clarify options open to an educational administrator. The topics are: "The University…

Longitudinal relationships between protest participation and attitude toward the female role are examined in data from a 1967-71 national panel of college students. No evidence is found for expected three-variable interactions involving gender, sex-role attitude, and protest participation. These findings suggest a need for reinterpretation of…

Assesses the long-term effects of the May 1968 student riots which took place in Paris on student life in England and in other countries. Interviews two prominent leaders of the period, Rudi Dutschke and Daniel Cohn-Bendit. (Editor/RK)

Poses a tension between a political and a historical interpretation of the exoneration of the Ohio National Guard in the killing of Kent State University students on May 4, 1970. (Author/RK)

Refers to critical issues marking the debate about political violence and the mass media in a democracy and in South Africa. Attempts to situate the political violence and mass media inquiry within recent calls for consensus journalism in South Africa. Suggests that the mass media needs to promote rational discourse in South Africa. (SKC)

Outlines culturally based political and legal strategies used by the indigenous peoples of New Zealand to retain or regain control of fisheries, forests, and land. Emphasizes the need to integrate tribal culture and history into the general education system of New Zealand, thereby underpinning customary tribal rights. (SV)

Examines related aspects of American college student activism and advocacy in the mid-1980s. Provides a profile of today's undergraduates and their current campus activism. Lists demographic factors that will affect continued campus tranquility. Discusses selected pressure points affecting students, including academic consumerism. Describes major…

By seeing teacher education as a practical philosophy committed to reflection, conversation, and action, the author argues, we can assist in moving the culture of the modern university away from its allegiances to elitism and technicism, toward a view of education as preparation for participation in democracy. (MT)

Examines the historical and social context of the rise of the militant trade unionist, and his role in French Society. (Text is in French.) (AM)

An overview of past political activity provides background, tools, and methods for combating and overcoming opposition to the so-called "frill" of art education in today's school systems. (MB)

Cultural activism--such as that promoted by cultural studies pedagogies--is often missing in both the theories and pedagogies of service learning. Ignoring the action potential inherent in cultural studies and its potential contributions to service learning may very well subvert a potentially radical and critical pedagogy into merely a trend.…

The purpose of this study was to explore a possible relationship between involvement in student leadership activities and the development of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT; "queer") campus activists and leaders. This paper focuses on the experience of planning a regional LGBT conference; later papers will explore long-term…