Gallaudet University's newly appointed president who deferred to student demands for a deaf executive views that moment in history as unique and revolutionary, marking the students' emerging need to be recognized as able and powerful, while regretting the damage done to academic freedom and integrity. (MSE)

The trends in college student attitudes and activism in the 1980s are explored, focusing on patterns of attitudes, issues that motivate students, and the campuses on which activism appears to flourish. (MSE)

A survey of 72 graduate programs in nursing revealed that health policy is not a substantive area of study in graduate curricula, yet program directors feel that health policy content is very important. The University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing has developed a specific doctoral-level course addressing nursing leadership and public policy. (CH)

Surveys members of the Sierra Club to examine the link between two theories of public relations: a situational theory of publics; and an organizational theory of the relationship between environments and the public relations behavior of organizations. Reports that findings support the situational theory of publics. (MM)

Describes the efforts of a group called Teens Networking Together (TNT) to paint a mural and send a message to their neighbors about taking care of the environment and taking pride in their cultural history. The teens focused on the importance of clean water and waste disposal issues. (LZ)

Since January 1993, almost 5,000 Mayan refugees have returned to Guatemala from Mexican camps to which they had fled in the 1980s following army massacres and destruction of villages. The refugees overcame historical differences among 22 Mayan ethnic groups, forged a Pan-Mayan unity, and, with international support, persuaded the Guatemalan…

Highlights the growth of feminist academic publications, and discusses the motivation and purpose of these publications in constructing a legitimate body of scholarship on women while trying to legitimize themselves within the academic institution. The paper briefly explores the hostile political environment and examines how the field of women's…

Presents examples of four communities that successfully organized against a community environmental threat. Profiles the fight against racism in Newtown, GA; efforts to maintain coalitions in Tifton, GA; action against exposure to dioxin in Columbus, OH; and activism against an illegal sludge dump on the Torres-Martinez Reservation (Cahuilla), CA.…

Addresses citizen action taken by African American communities in Pensacola, Florida located in close proximity to a Superfund site. Discusses how the community is organizing to stop site clean-up efforts that residents claim have unjustly increased their already high exposure to toxins such as dioxin. (LZ)

Relates environmental activism to dance which is seen as relationship to the living world. Describes the coming together of people who are moved to personal activism. (LZ)

Based on specific examples from a study of Canadian groups, discusses the formative stage; values, goals, and strategies; group evolution, membership trends, and effectiveness of stewardship groups organized for the protection of the environment. (MDH)

Compares the majority, concurring, and dissenting opinions of midwestern state and federal appellate court justices in school finance cases regarding (1) the three standards of review under the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution and individual state constitutions; and (2) the issues of equity, efficiency, and adequacy. No significant…

Explores the connection between teacher education paradigms and the promotion of active citizenship. Examines support for political education models in the Australian report, "Education for Active Citizenship." Inquires as to what directions for future action can be developed by matching teacher education paradigms with political…

Discusses potential applications of computer technology to enhance participatory democracy and considers the effects of advances in computer technology, including increased power and decreased costs, on political and community activists. Constraints are described, including international inequity and the commercialization of government data; and…

In broad context of patriarchal relations, female leaders' absence from historical texts accords with sexual division of labor within society and gendered nature of teaching. Cara David, educationist, social reformer, and political activist in early twentieth-century Australia, is better known as the clever, pretty wife of a renown geologist.…