Derived from the deliberations of the 1969 Superintendents Work Conference, this position paper provides an analysis of the current panorama of social unrest in schools and the community in general. It began with the assessment that student unrest, to be effectively dealt with, must be viewed as emerging from and reflecting the structural,…

This book is a transcript of a forum involving men who have dealt directly and variously with the problem of student protest. In the introduction, the overall problems are viewed as falling into three general categories: (1) student rights; (2) questions of violence and coercion; and (3) the civil liberties aspects of both. Specific considerations…

Excepting opening comments, four papers are presented: (1) crisis counseling, which stresses the increasingly crisis-oriented nature of society and the schools, and which suggests guidelines for the counselor who is confronted with the situation; (2) drug abuse, which deals generally with marihuana and its relationship to hard drugs, and states…

These papers present a collective view of campus law enforcement in the seventies, incorporating new ideas and tested formulas for meeting the demands of the current generation of students. Written primarily by practitioners concerned with current unrest and its implications for the future of higher education, the papers express a belief in the…

Client systems are groups of students or citizens with a stake in the institution of education, who depend upon it, and who are motivated to take some action in its regard. Teachers comprise a third system with a professional interest in education. Each system is a complex of subsystems or subgroups with contradictory as well as complementary…

This investigation was designed to determine the frequency and extent of student unrest during the 1968-1969 academic year and to identify possible causal factors. The sample consisted of 382 colleges and universities which responded to a questionnaire concerned with the incidence of protest, their mode, the issues involved, the immediate…

These papers deal with the relationship between basic changes in values taking place in society and campus power conflicts. Specifically, the papers address the following questions. What are the traditional and emerging value patterns which appear to be at the root of the power conflicts? What are the public's interests in these competing value…

This report contains digests of 171 federal and State court decisions concerning students, which were compiled from court decisions published in the National Reporter System during the calendar year 1970. The case digests are classified under (1) admission and attendance, (2) school desegregation, (3) student discipline, (4) student injury,(5)…

The study examines results of an anonymous poll of student attitudes and participation in demonstrations and riots at the University of Maryland. The poll was administered to 1407 university students and data are presented by means, standard deviations, and factor analysis. Results indicate that students generally feel that demonstrations are…

This paper describes the dimensions of student political participation during the period of the 1970 election, determines the relationship between participation and certain sociological variables, assesses the impact of a schedules recess from Pittsburgh University for participation, and makes some speculations about the potential political impact…

A study of the performance of the nation's campus press is presented. The point is made that in terms of content, the student press has come of age. The specific question studied is: How did the campus press perform in its coverage of the campus disorders of May 1970?Content and administrator and student staff attitudes were scrutinized. A…

Major issues relating to student unrest were discussed at a 1970 Symposium of the Two-Year College Student. The first two papers, "What Are Our Students Trying to Tell Us?" and "Students Demand Moral Leadership--No Less!" both deal with the need for reform in education to keep abreast with social change. Also discussed are the special problems of…

The effect of alienation resulting from discrepancies between departmental goals and reward policies on faculty attitudes toward collective bargaining is examined, based on attitudinal data from a faculty survey and records from a large public university. Observed trends in militancy are interpreted in terms of institutional context and…

President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative is opposed by many university scientists, but government officials have no problem placing research contracts. Specific arrangements and personal opinions are cited, and the text of the Star Wars Petition signed by 6,500 faculty and graduate student scientists is included. (MSE)

At the annual meeting of the Association for General and Liberal Studies, scholars suggested that higher education--liberal arts in particular--should address broad social issues, encourage student activism, and stop pretending that teaching is not a political act. 'Empowerment' of students through collaborative classroom experiences was urged.…