This double length issue contains twenty articles by political scientists, sociologists, and economists on the current problems and policies in education. The first three articles offer overviews of the areas best represented by the essays in this issue: the economics of education, the politics of education, and the sociology of education. Five…

Present difficulties of student personnel work on college campuses are outlined as the impetus for the reconceptualization of student needs. Drawing from the behavioral sciences made it possible to conceptualize higher education as a developmental community with available "power factors" for promoting desirable changes in students. The necessary…

Significant junior college problems and research approaches to them are outlined in this conference report. Beside providing a comprehensive description of proceedings, the report presents the results of discussion groups made up of the conference participants. The participants in these discussion groups assumed themselves members of junior…

In an attempt to predict the outcome of the revolution of students that is now occurring in the U.S., an analogy is drawn between a similar social revolution, the American labor union movement of 1870 to 1940. Both movements began as revolutions designed to gain equality and power for disenfranchised minorities. Although the issues disputed by…

The present study represents an attempt to further delineate the sociological and psychological variables that predispose a student to become an activist of the "new left." A total of 103 students participated in the study, 48 experimental and 55 control subjects. Measures used included a self report, an activism index, a Vietnam opinion Survey,…

The Institutes were held in Washington, D.C. and Ann Arbor, Mich. in June 1969, and were directed toward helping administrators develop greater senstivity and understanding of the critical issues facing them. This monograph contains a description of the 3-day "campus confrontation crisis" game played by the conference participants, and presents…

Paul Goodman's work in psychology, social criticism, linguistics, and education deserves reconsideration. His thoughts and language found their audience among the youth of the 60's who used them to articulate rebellion. The "system," viewed by Goodman, was nonexploitive but seemed to rob young people of a sense of significance. Goodman…

The literature of the Negro Renaissance needs to be re-examined from the purview of the pervasiveness of the conflicts apparent in such literary themes as the tragic mulatto, the glorified and idealistic African past, the alienation from American culture, and an implied, and at times overt, self-hatred. The Renaissance literature reflects the…

As concern over illegal drugs and drug-related behavior is a relatively recent phenomenon, there are little data available on the correlates and/or determinants of drug-related attitude-behaviors. The research done generates confused and often conflicting results, largely due to failure to specify level of attitude-behavior measured. This project…

This initial segment of a three-part study (Communication and Student Unrest) is an examination of the various communication channels--informal and formal, vertical and horizontal--which exist for student-administration and student-faculty interaction. Student-administration and student-faculty communication channels are discussed separately, and…

This selected partially annotated bibliography of English translated materials on Chinese education since the "Cultural Revolution" is arranged as follows. Section I comprises books and pamphlets. Section II, papers and journal articles, includes "Chinese Education,""Current Scene: Developments in Mainland…

Potential threats to academic freedom from within the institution are increasing, including faculty lawsuits over tenure and appointment decisions, research-related conflicts of interest, collective bargaining processes, and the use of academic freedom as a catch-all protest. (MSE)

The quality of public discourse and the ethical implications of divestment for universities as well as for corporations are discussed. Harvard's divestment of Exxon's stock is discussed and the question of whether Harvard should continue to accept Exxon's philanthropic grants is debated. (MLW)

Thirty-eight current research projects on Danish higher education are listed, and some exclusions and limitations of the research in general are noted. Much of the research effort focuses on needs arising as a result of reform in the last 20 years. (MSE)

The French university student strike from December 1975 to May 1976, in opposition to national higher education reform efforts, is examined in the context of a theory of student movements that sees the student as a social actor situated in the midst of conflicts inherent in a programmed, technological society. (MSE)