Preview of Annual Convention of the American Association of School Administrators (Atlantic City, N.J., February 15-19, 1969).

Three discussion papers, commenting on the main article, are included: "Preventing Schismogenesis by K. E. Boulding, "Beyond a Hollow Legitimacy: What? by A. Etzioni, and "Is a New Pattern of Legitimacy Emerging by H. C. Kelman.

Includes comments by Edgar Z. Friedenberg, Ted Gordon, Arnold Salisbury, J. Lloyd Trump, and Robert J. Havighurst. Reprinted from the New York Times Magazine (1969).

Revised version of a paper read at the sixty-third Meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 26-29, 1968, Boston, Massachusetts.

One in a series of working papers commissioned by the World Order Models Project, this essay suggests directions for thought and action relevant to the evolving struggle for a just world order. The first and most important need is to combine a struggle theory of history with traditional world order inquiry, visioning, and politics. We must blend…

Contending that an examination of the commentary and text of the media can reveal the composition, assumptions, and goals of political opposition movements, this paper analyzes the role of the press and its language of protest in Poland's current political context. The first section of the paper examines the responses of both the official and the…

The increasing number of Filipino immigrants to America has coincided with the martial law era in the Philippines. Consequently, this exodus has become a significant political issue for the government of Ferdinand Marcos. Since the Filipino government wishes to retain positive influence and goodwill with those who choose to settle elsewhere, it…

A study was conducted to determine if environmental activists differed from nonactivists in their use of the various media; specifically in their use of the media to obtain information on environmental issues. Based on a review of environmental literature, it was hypothesized that activists (1) would spend more time using newspapers and less time…

A bibliographic compilation on student activism and higher education is preceded by two introductory essays dealing with (1) student activism as an American phenomenon, and (2) academic reaction to the growth of violent student movements on university campuses. Included in the bibliography are readings in the following areas: (1) overviews on…

The relationship between the ideal of a university and its reality in the experience of its members has become a major issue of controversy. The courts, however, rarely discuss the university in terms of a community. Most cases concerning student-institutional relationships that reach court are decided ad hoc, for the law leaves student rights and…

Chapter Seven, by Marjorie M. Lazoff, "Residential Groups and Individual Development," describes living conditions, social environment, and reactions to them of several groups of undergraduate men at Stanford University. Chapter Eight, by Ving Ellis, "Students Who Seek Psychiatric Help," is based on interviews and questionnaire data from 493…

Available data on interests, achievement goals, competencies, self-concepts and personalities were used to survey 12, 432 college freshmen at 31 institutions in Spring 1964. The following spring a checklist which combined a Student Activism Scale with items relating to other extracurricular activities was presented to a sample of 5,129 of the…

This study investigated the relationship between media use and political activity in a sample of 380 Charlotte, North Carolina, registered voters. Although voters were interested in the campaign (particularly as it came to an end), they rarely engaged in political activities other than discussing politics and voting. Political activities measured…