Explores several factors that led students in Peru's highland region to see revolt, as opposed to educational expansion, as the most desirable solution to their nation's problems. Examines Marxist functionalism, rational-action theory, and Weberian perspectives to illuminate the reasons behind the Sendero Luminoso ("shining path")…

Religious commitment is found to differentiate levels of both communication and physical violence for both wives and husbands in Quaker families. High levels of peace activism are associated with low levels of marital violence for wives but with high levels for husbands, which suggests that commitment to Quaker principles is confounded with…

Compares the results of two surveys of the same group of Black respondents, taken in 1969, when respondents were in college, and in 1978, when most respondents had entered middle-class occupations. Analyzes changes in the ideology of the respondents in the context of the political and socioeconomic dynamics of American society. (KH)

Describes the student revolt that began at Berkeley in September 1964, as observed, experienced, and interpreted by the author. (Author)

Argues that Paul Robeson's death marked the passing of perhaps the most important American cultural and political figure in the twentieth century; and that he was a man whose versatility has been unparalleled in American history as scholar, linguistic, actor, singer, athlete, humanitarian, and whose striving for excellence in every undertaking was…

Little of the scholarship that focuses on the professional lives of women faculty addresses how faculty women mobilize or how and with whom they create networks to work in academe. Women now make up more than 50% of the undergraduate student population, and just over 40% of Ph.D. recipients are women. Many campuses house women's centers and other…

This paper poses the question of whether it is possible to teach writing (or work with teachers teaching writing) so that public perceptions of students, and of writing, change. The paper elaborates on the question--Is it possible to: (1) use writing as a way to eradicate deficit-based notions of students and their abilities; and (2) use writing…

This book traces the Norwegian roots of "deep ecology": the search for solutions to environmental problems by examining fundamental tenets of culture. Deep ecology contributes to the philosophical foundations of environmental education and outdoor education, and much writing in this area has focused on promoting awareness of the human…

The data reported in this article are the result of a larger study of the educational reform and development conducted in May 1971 in Dijon, France (Cote d'Or). (Author)

In a case study of Leyden University, determinants of participation in policy-making and progressive/conservative stance with respect to issues concerning student and staff-power are investigated. The results can be interpreted in terms of a typology of various combinations of localism and cosmopolitanism. (Author)

Attitudes of sampled Kent State University students, after the tragedy of May 4, 1970, seemed to indicate they felt Kent State was more prominent but less mature and stable than it was prior to the events. Some decreased acceptance of nontraditional attitudes was also indicated. (Author)

Looks at current trends in higher education: enrollment, student unrest, finances, and educational accountability. (Author/DN)

Relates how an English professor set out to offer Thoreau as a survival kit for our difficult time'' at strike-riven San Francisco State College. (Author)