This paper examines the long-term impact on public lands of human-powered adventure activities. These activities take individuals into federal- or state-owned wild areas to enjoy backpacking, hiking, camping, and a wide variety of sports. Trends in supply and demand for outdoor opportunities are explored. Factors influencing demand include growing…

The essays in this collection represent recent scholarship on campus unrest in the 1960s and 1970s. They provide a variety of case studies of the 1960s movements and events beyond the more highly publicized events, and they offer new insights into the antiwar movement. The essays are: (1) "Pro-War and Anti-Draft: Young Americans for Freedom…

This resource guide was developed as part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Child Health Champion Campaign, a program designed to empower local citizens and communities to take steps toward protecting their children from environmental health threats. The guide includes descriptions of 241 resources that may be of interest to…

This paper discusses issues of feminist implementation in teaching college composition, focusing on the difference between creating an equitable classroom environment versus imposing a specific point of view. It begins by discussing the difference between feminist pedagogy and feminist activism. The paper then suggests that a successful feminist…

This survey, conducted by the Association of Community College Trustees, investigated the political aspects of community college trusteeship, focusing on elected and appointed trustees' political involvement, interactions, influences, and relationship to the political structure and parties in the states where they served as trustees. A total of…

This international collection of essays describes the state of community participation among the world's youth. An array of empirical research is used to present portraits of contemporary youth constructing their civic identities through such means as community service and political activism. The collection contains the following essays:…

508 Sansei (third generation Japanese American) college students in California were interviewed to identify sociological correlates of Sansei activism; the Sansei were divided into four types based on the dimensions of acceptance versus rejection of traditionalism and involvement versus detachment from social issues. (Author/JM)

Reports a study of the extent to which students participated in the 1970 election campaigns, and why; and of how campaign activism effected the ideology and personality of those who participated; the data are based on mail questionnaire responses from a sample of Washington State University students. (JM)

An examination of the persuasive qualities of Joan Baez's songs of social dissent. (CH)

This article explore the motivations of personnel volunteering for the Underground Switchboard in Milwaukee (a hotline that began underground and gained acceptability). It also discusses this organization's struggles for maintenance and cohesion and makes suggestions for keeping such institutions vital. (Author/EK)

The St. Paul, Minnesota program, Law for a Better Society, is described. Seven steps and ten hints, gleaned from experience in the program, are suggested to help teachers construct their own law-focused community action programs. (JH)

The question of whether television has influenced student unrest is discussed. (PG)

Major theories of alienation from various perspectives are reviewed and their common themes and characteristics relevant to the study of contemporary student alienation are discussed. Two major forms of contemporary student alienation are identified: a retreatist passive form and an active radical form. (Author)

Discusses the developments in education throughout Europe, including England, West Germany, Spain, Holland, Italy, Belgium and Sweden. (RK)