States that the English radical tradition was inclusive of all classes; derived from a fundamental humanitarian impulse; and without an established purpose. Discusses the ideological significance of English middle-class radicalism, investigating who the radicals were, how they operated, and what reforms they wanted. (GEA)

Alice Walker's "The Color Purple" portrays Black women's oppression as the result of patriarchy, and proposes the acceptance of middle-class values--home ownership and entrepreneurship--as the solution to exploitation. She relies on stereotypes to characterize Black men and women, and depicts an ideology of submission. (BJV)

Constructive memory in low socioeconomic status (SES) Black and middle-SES White children was evaluated. The fourth-grade subjects in the study were tested by a recognition procedure. Results indicated that the nature of test instructions given to subjects can alter estimates of population differences in inference retention. (DWH)

From a sociological perspective, examines the transition of a lower-class, Black urban community into a partially integrated, middle-class community. Describes economic and social interactions across racial and class lines. (ML)

This article examines the values and typifications that underlie the conservative center of society; whether they are still viable in view of our ecological situation, and how they are reinforced in curriculum materials. (MM)

Article considers the mental health needs of ethnic groups--especially those that comprise the largest segment of Middle America--and the factors to be aware of in fulfilling those needs. (Author/RK)

Maintaining a high service rate (defined as the proportion of high school graduates enrolling at a University of Wisconsin (UW) System institution for the following fall term) for Wisconsin high school graduates is one of the goals identified in the second phase of accountability reporting by the UW System. The population of 1999 Wisconsin high…

This report provides a profile of middle income undergraduates in comparison to their lower income and higher income counterparts and examines where middle income students enroll by price of attendance and how they and their families pay for college. Data are from the 1995-1996 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:96). Middle income…

Authors examine the ideological convictions of working class youth as they face the prospect of upward social mobility. (RK)

Suggests differences between the social contexts of English informal and American open education. (DS)

Expresses the view that more and more black students become alienated and will transform as a class into a revolutionary nationalist intelligentsia for the movement toward independent nationhood. (DM)