Examines the educational and cultural system that formed the environment out of which grew the fanaticism of the Weathermen, the militant student group of the 1960s. (GT)

In the past few years, transnational corporations and university researchers received patents for traditional medicines and for food and textile plants used by indigenous peoples without returning any benefits to those peoples. In light of U.S. and Canadian government claims that traditional knowledge is not intellectual property, indigenous…

Defines case study and surveys sources of suitable cases for training activists. Suggests how trainers can write and present their own case studies. (SK)

Discusses the growing trend of "activist trusteeship" in higher education, arguing that college and university governing boards and presidents must realize that their own effectiveness depends on their being able to support one another and negotiate their differences. Also maintains that chief executives and boards should make trustee…

Profiles Francis Green, father of a child with deafness, who became, in the late 18th century, the first American to publish an account of deaf education and to insist on the education of all children with deafness. Green's relationship with his son, perspectives on sign language and speech, and advocacy for schools for the deaf are recounted. (CR)

The 1967 "Joint Statement on Rights and Freedoms of Students" articulated a set of principles that seemed revolutionary to educators who expected higher education to continue its previous course in which students were merely passive recipients of education. This article provides a chronology of the development of the Joint Statement. (KW)

In Norway, a separate curriculum for primary and lower secondary schools has been introduced in indigenous Sami areas, and some jurisdiction over the school system has been transferred to the Sami Parliament. These recent initiatives are discussed against a backdrop of three international relationships: between the Sami people and other speakers…

Focuses on the experience of a Black woman who returned to school for her General Education Diploma (GED) certificate. Sees the way she changes her social network of friends and herself over time. Reveals the themes of improved literacy skills, heightened confidence, community activism, and youth leadership, as she circulates in her community and…

Examines the impact on composition studies of the fact that in the 1960s the university became a breeding ground for radical culture while simultaneously being complicitous with the normative culture of the bureaucratic state. Suggests that the determination of composition studies to professionalize created an unresolved set of institutional and…

If a dedicated athletic director like Frank Parks can make a dent in Washington, DC, drug use, there is hope for schools across the United States. To combat popular inducements such as proximity, ready employment, and easy riches requires active resistance from school officials, parents, and community activists. (MLH)

Reviews four books about the student protest movements of the 1960s. Two books, by Todd Gitlin and Tom Hayden, focus on the United States, while the others consider international events; all four examine student political activism, but none considers the resultant conservative political and social reactions. (DHP)

Presents model of sequence of processes by which people deal with recurrent fears about nuclear war, drawing on risk perception and stress paradigms. Shows activism to be but one coping mechanism rather than the logical outcome of effective coping. Discusses implications for psychologists concerned about nuclear threat. (Author/NB)

The means available to educators to communicate the uncertain but real risks of toxic substance exposure are examined and analyzed, and a pedagogical model designed to stimulate all segments of society to act is proposed. (MSE)

A series of articles that examine environmental health and discuss health care reform; connections between chlorine, chlorinated pesticides, and dioxins and reproductive disorders and cancers; the rise in asthma; connections between poverty and environmental health problems; and organizations for health care professionals who want to address…