Presented at the Annual Convention of the National Association of Secondary School Principals (53d, San Francisco, February 28 - March 5, 1969).

Brinkmanship behaviors challenge the authority of a social system while trying to avoid, usually through the use of humor, the sanctions that would normally be provoked. This study investigated the validity and use of short scenarios portraying various teachers challenging policy in different ways as a strategy for measuring perceptions of these…

Alienation is experienced by adolescents in varying degrees; however, little research has investigated alienation in relationship to Greek sorority/fraternity membership versus independent status among college students. To measure alienation among freshmen sorority members and freshmen independents in a small women's college, 60 women completed…

In response to a federal mandate, the National Institute of Education conducted the Safe School Study which examined victimization by violence in schools as a major dependent variable, and included alienation and involvement measures among the independent variables as well as demographic, attitudinal, school, familial, and community…

THIS BOOKLET WAS WRITTEN PRIMARILY FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY TEACHERS WHO NEED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CHIPPEWA INDIAN PUPILS OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA. IT INCLUDES INFORMATION ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED PUPILS, CHIPPEWA CHARACTERISTICS, ATTITUDES CONCERNING INDIAN EDUCATION, AND SUGGESTIONS FOR TEACHERS OF INDIAN CHILDREN.…

Successful work performance and its corollary, career success, generate both positive (intended) and negative (unintended) outcomes for individuals. The negative outcomes foster a sense of personal and social alienation, which in turn promote behaviors that have negative implications for work motivation and organizational and leadership processes.…

Twelve junior and senior high schools in California and ten in New York City are working to mitigate violence and vandalism in their schools and reduce high droupout and absentee rates by addressing a problem central to these issues--student alienation. Through the Open Road Student Involvement Project, natural student leaders form a volunteer…

The document reports results of a study which integrated two models of political alienation--the social deprivation and the political reality models. The social deprivation model was originally conceived to measure feelings of social inefficacy and political distrust among black preadults. It is argued that the model is equally pertinent to white…

This document presents summary reports of six demonstration projects and one research project engaged in primary prevention of alcohol and drug abuse. The goals of these seven projects were the same, though each evolved and worked differently: (1) reinforcement of nonuse of alcohol and drugs; (2) discouragement of experimentation; and (3)…

This document presents basic materials for class reading and instructional materials for teachers to use for four thematic units: understanding death and dying; understanding loneliness and alienation; understanding those people with mental and physical limitations; and understanding those who fight for justice. The materials are annotated and…

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,…

The college dropout problem and ways of solving it were discussed at the GT-70 Consortium Meetings on Student Attrition, held in Washington, D.C. in May 1973. The discussions centered around the profile of the dropout, anticipating the crisis, counseling, and alternative measures. The 23 recommendations resulting from the consortium meetings are…

This monograph examines the nature of alienation in mass society and mass culture. Conceptually based on the "Gemeinschaft-Gesellschaft" paradigm of sociologist Ferdinand Tonnies, discussion traces the concept of alienation as it appears in the philosophies of Hegel, Marx, Kierkegaard, Sartre, and others. Dwight Macdonald's "A Theory of Mass…

FOCUS is an alternative school program for alienated high school students, designed to prevent them from dropping out. The key components of the program are discussed. (KC)