The student revolution has become the dominant instrument of social change in this country and will continue to be. Society is at the moment in an intrusion-activism phase with invisible disturbances surfacing, generally in a violent manner. An amorphous counter-culture is emerging, a person-centered culture that is challenging the scarcity and…

Although infrequently investigated, college student satisfaction and dissatisfaction are viewed as a clear indicator of student unrest. Results of a series of studies aimed at a systematic investigation of college student satisfaction are described. A measure was designed and used to investigate the relationships between student satisfaction and…

The focus of this bibliography is on the role of students in society and in higher education throughout the world. Material on the US is omitted because of the large number of publications on US students and higher education. The 1800 listings are drawn mainly from English, French, Spanish, and German language publications. The introduction…

This study examines the relationship between professional and political orientations as they emerge under specific educational and environmental conditions existing within the Universidad de Oriente, an experimental university in Venezuela. Based on a thorough review of available relevant theoretical propositions, and employing highly…

The first article in this review examines research on student rights, administrator and faculty attitudes, and administrative remedies. The next analyzes student unrest and protest activities in terms of cause and degree, extent of government involvement, and institutional characteristics. The third article considers new and revised legislation,…

This report discusses student violence within the framework of causes, issues, and false and true solutions. The author decries the abdication of responsibilities by both college administrators, who have permitted students to "do their thing," and leftwing students, who crusade thoughtlessly against educational institutions. Some true solutions…

The inevitable confrontation at Columbia University during the Spring of 1968 was instigated by a small group of student extremists whose objectives were to destroy the university. These students gave some legitimacy to their activities by associating themselves with other students to exploit basic issues of widespread concern: the war in Vietnam,…

No precise explanation can be offered for student uprisings at colleges and universities, but a sense of social purpose seems to pervade these disruptive activities. A college education, once a matter of free choice, is now a twentieth-century imperative for social and economic mobility. Modern students, frustrated by the inescapability of the…

A 23-item militancy scale was administered to 100 black college students. Background information and Rokeach's Terminal Value Scale were also given. Using a multiple regression analysis, several variables emerged as good predictors of militancy for the sample. The best single predictor is racial designation, militants preferring to call themselve…

Demands for fundamental changes in educational policy contributed to the volume of dissent, protest, and criticism that made the 1960s such a turbulent decade for higher education in the U. S. This book analyses how change was attempted at 11 institutions by presenting case studies that describe the circumstances that gave rise to the appointment…

Examining Mexican American heritage, this book covers Mexican American history from the time of the Aztecs to the present. Topics are: Aztec and Spanish heritage; Mexico's revolutions; the Mexican American's culture; education; and the present Chicano movement. Mexican Americans in Lubbock, Texas are also discussed. (NQ)

This paper describes the beliefs and values of a pluralistic approach to social change and of four competing approaches: social Darwinism, functionalism, militancy, and conflict theory. Stressing the alienation and dogmatism of the competing approaches, the authors relate each approach to its operation in community action projects. Social…

This report contains 4 addresses given at a conference on higher education and the law in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and includes 2 supporting documents. The first address: "An Overview of the Interaction," by Richard A. Thigpen, discusses: (1) how constitutional standards are made applicable to public and private institutions of higher education; (2)…

The Commission on the Student Press was appointed by the President of the University of California to assess the nature, role and quality of student newspapers at the University of California's campuses and ascertain their degree of effectiveness in meeting student needs. The Commission also considered such issues as (1) how should the student…

This report discusses the types, development, and dynamics of school disputes, and indicates when intervention can bring them to satisfactory resolutions. The format is essentially a casebook of various kinds of disputes and dispute-causing issues. Two kinds of school disputes are emphasized: school-community and internal organizational. The final…