This report presents guidelines proposed and utilized by practicing teachers and administrators for coping with student activism. Included are discussions of the causes of student activism, the indicators of student unrest, and the preparation for the protest, including what to do when violence occurs and guidelines for longrange planning. The…

Unlike the student protest movements of the 1930's, which were linked to adult political parties, the dominant ones of the present constitute a genuine youth rebellion. This is primarily due to a change in the political climate in the last 10 years, with emphasis shifting from events and threats from abroad to social ills at home. Student activism…

This paper reviews and comments on the work related to black colleges which has been accomplished by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and its Commission on Colleges. The report explores the changes taking place during the accrediting process, together with a three-era historical perspective. (Author/DM)

In the course of investigating disorders on college campuses, the Committee conducted preliminary inquiries and later took sworn testimony from witnesses concerning the following institutions: Harvard University, Columbia University, City College of New York, Brooklyn College, Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley, Voorhees…

The handbook for secondary students advocates nonviolent action, not passivity nor retaliation toward injustices. Emphasis is upon helping students to understand nonviolent action; to be familiar with training information on courses, time requirements, problems, costs, and procedures; and to deal with direct objectives toward peaceful social…

In an attempt to further analyse the status backgrounds of participants in the student movement by utilizing the concept socioeconomic-ethnic status inconsistency as it is used in the studies of voting behavior, it was discovered that the more actively mobilized students were recruited from low ascribed/high achieved status backgrounds while the…

Inadequate educational techniques and systems are the root causes of student dissent; because television has shown them the realities of the outside world students are not willing to accept the insular, isolationist, esoteric irrelevance that is rampant in formal education. Throughout the world, the value of electronic communications is being…

Women and men too are becoming increasingly concerned about and aware of sex discrimination in higher education. In the past 2 years, formal charges of sex discrimination have been filed against 360 colleges and universities, none of which have been refuted by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Discrimination exists in all facets of…

Types of organizations (e.g., conservative, militant, those furthering a specific cause, youth organizations, or social club organizations) involved in Chicano movements operating in the 5 southwestern states and other areas with large numbers of Mexican Americans are described in this paper. Such organizations as the League of United Latin…

In this action-oriented manual, Ralph Nader answers the plea of college students: What can we do about pollution and consumer injustice? How can students and other citizens work to get things done in their communities and states? A step by step guide is offered for forming Public Interest Research Groups (PIRG) like Nader's in Washington, D. C.,…

Arizona State philosophy professor Morris Starsky continues court battles for reinstatement to his position lost in 1970 when the state board of regents terminated his teaching contract following his involvement in various campus political protests. The author traces events before and since the dismissal. (JT)

Memories of student protest in the 1960s prompt the author to reflect that English departments seemed to have been teaching more criticism than history and that, if they don't want the 1960s to recur, they had better reverse this proportion. (GT)

The issue: college ownership of stock in U.S. corporations that operate in--or have dealings with--South Africa. Students at universities from California to New York are pressuring their administrations to divest themselves of any stock in racist South Africa charging indirect support of such policy. Also discusses the development of shared…

In its policies related to high-level manpower, the Tanzanian Government attaches great importance to the university, viewing it as a key institution in its policies for national development. Describes the difficulties the administration of President Nyerere has had in using the university as a political tool and analyzes various instances of…

Student activism at the University of Massachusetts is described as an outgrowth of the economic and political conditions of the state in the mid-1970's. Development of a student union for collective bargaining is discussed. Available from: Edcentric, P.O. Box 10085, Eugene, OR 97401. (LBH)