This research examines the relationship between a subdimension of alienation--anomie--and student unrest, and sets up a theoretical framework for predicting anomie. (Author)

Describes the events leading to and the aftermath of the student demonstrations that toppled the corrupt Thai government in the fall of 1973. (PG)

The specific goal of this study was two-fold: to determine those characteristics of the entering freshman that predict his participation in campus demonstrations and to investigate the relation between participation in protest as a freshman and attitude changes during the first year of college. (Author)

A nation-wide questionnaire survey reveals that sociological demonstrators tend to be: younger, in the middle pay ranges, residents of the Northeast and West, Democrats, supporters of liberal presidential candidates, alienated, possibly higher achievers if 45 or older, and the children of parents with certain identifiable characteristics.…

An assessment of the end of the student movement finds the factors of suppression, combined with some concessions to student demands, as likely contributions to its demise. (Author/KM)

Results of an anonymous poll on student attitudes shows that students generally feel that demonstrations are worthwhile to point out social problems about which they feel strongly. The implications seem to be that students feel strongly about social issues and their value, but relatively few are going to put those attitudes into action. (Author)

Discusses reforms in Latin American universities. (PB)

A student sit-in at St. Cloud State College led to a year's experiment in representative government on campus. (Editor/PG)

Four Princeton undergraduates articulate the dilemmas they face and the hopes they have at college as students of the 70s. (Editor)

The question of the appropriateness of direct action on the campus was the focus of this research study. In systematic in-depth interviews, respondents were asked to assess the appropriateness of various direct action tactics in student attempts to bring about change in some twenty policy areas which have been targets for organized student protest…

Revision of paper read at the American Sociological Association Meeting, Denver, Colorado, August 1971. (NQ)

Colleges and universities must regain public support if they are to survive. (HS)

Four ideological currents serve to undermine professionalism in social work: activism, anti-individualism, communalism, and environmentalism. The author describes each of these currents and discusses the ways in which social work education accommodates them. (Author)