College students of the 1980s are working within the democratic system rather than against it. Congressmen, impressed by the seriousness and skill of today's college students, have invited them to testify on issues. College students are merging their campus organizations to provide broader support and influence. (Author)

Describes the efforts of various religious and political groups to censor curriculum and library materials. The author contends that censorship is motivated by the fear of change and a distrust of pluralism. The American Library Association's role in defending the constitutional right to free expression is discussed. (AM)

Encourages participation of high school students in courses relating to politices and government and identifies five types of student political participation that can be incorporated into the curriculum. Activities include political campaigning, participating in decision making, interning, lobbying for a cause, and taking part in extracurricular…

Residents of community settings show more positive social integration, distinctive patterns of preference for interaction with and perceptions of the elderly, and an enhanced positive self-conception. The aged subculture in retirement communities tends to be retreatist in content rather than activist. (Author)

In order for leftists to mobilize effective resistance to current economic policies, they must confront right wing groups whose chief rallying points are opposition to feminism and sexual freedom, glorification of the traditional patriarchal family, and advocacy of authoritarian moral and religious values. (Author/GC)

Probes the etiology of student unrest in the 1960s; examines the extent to which a new partnership has evolved between administrative officers, the faculty, and the students; and considers whether these changes are sufficiently strong to withstand the tensions of the future. (Author/IRT)

The author argues that recurring themes in the literature of Afro American women do not reflect heroism, hope, and liberation for Black people and suggests that writers take inspiration from the experiences of Black men and women who were politically active during the civil rights period. (EB)

Asserts that the struggle against Black bondage in America opened a forum for women to address the linked issues of racial and sex equality and help liberate their nation from slavery. (Author/JM)

An indepth analysis of psychological profiles of the core student leaders was carried out at the University of Arkansas/Pine Bluff. (Author/JM)

Provides a biographical sketch of Edward Franklin Frazier, a black sociologist who survived in the academic world despite ostracization from predominately white universities, vivification by the FBI as a Communist, and opposition to many prominent black educators on the issue of the best path to racial equality. Examines Frazier's experience at…

Describes a campaign to promote recycling and energy and water conservation at the California Polytechnic State University campus in San Luis Obispo. The student-led effort influenced students to think about their actions and change their behaviors to be more eco-friendly. (SLD)

Analyzes the rhetorical strategies of the direct action AIDS organization ACT UP using Kenneth Burke's concept of the comic frame. Suggests conditions under which other despised and oppressed groups may respond after having been scapegoated by society. (PA)

Defines empowerment and discusses the counseling process in which the goal is empowerment. Describes two underlying assumptions and five core components of counseling for empowerment. Also describes social activism in the context of past and present understanding of the counselor's role. Gives examples social activism relevant to the counseling…

Describes how, modeling their efforts on the anti-apartheid movement, students and faculty across the country are petitioning their administrations to divest from companies with Israeli business ties. (EV)

Recollects summer 1964, when hundreds of civil rights workers went to Mississippi to aid Black voter registration. Points out that the movie "Mississippi Burning" ignores the courageous struggle of Mississippi Blacks and, instead, presents a disempowering version of history focusing on violent White males (the Klan and the FBI). (SV)