This paper discusses the characteristics of the college fraternity and the impact of the fraternity upon its members. The question of fraternity decline is also briefly covered. (JC)

The present study was a systematic attempt to determine what selected characteristics tended to differentiate between fraternity and independent men. Three research questions were investigated. (Author)

Describes use of sociograms in the classroom to cause students to work with others who are generally isolated. Such attempts resulted in more participation in activities by shy students and increased cooperation among students, and overall higher scores by students on tests. (PS)

Refocuses the work of Charles Reich's, The Greening of America", to conceptualize certain sub-currents experienced in public schooling. (RB)

This study investigated the effects of two supervisory roles when used within the small group practicum seminar, on counselor trainees' ability to emit understanding, affective, and exploratory responses in their final counseling interviews. Significant differences were observed only in the ability of the trainees to emit understanding responses.…

Study assesses the relative strength and quality, that is, the richness" of the attributions of individual subjects. (Author/MB)

Results clearly supported the hypothesis that adolescents who are typically nonverbal, and considered poor candidates for verbal-type psychotherapy, can be shaped into emitting a substantially higher rate of verbal initiations. (Author)

Field study investigates work groups in an oil refinery whose members are allowed to make their own decisions about task allocation. (Author/KJ)

Techniques recommended for establishing and maintaining rapport with deviant groups focus on overcoming problems of social distance and mistrust. Although based on experience with juvenile delinquents and drug addicts, the suggestions made are held to offer potential for wider applicability. (RJ)

The major finding of the study is that, although encounter groups have an impact on their participants, what is carried away from the experience depends on particular characteristics of the group in interaction with what participants bring to it. (Author)

This paper focuses on a comparison of two models, with special attention to the ways in which authority and peer relations are viewed. The need for theoretical and technical amalgamation to advance our understanding of group phenomena is stressed. A comment by James Crowfoot, University of Michigan follows. (Author)