If people and organizations do not change, it must be because the natural drives toward innovation are being stifled or held in check by countervailing forces. Factors within personality and social systems which resist change are examined and recommendations for neutralizing or transforming these factors are summanized. (Author/MB)

The college charter" is defined as the structural linkages to occupational and economic groups, linkages that allow the college to allocate its graduates to major social statuses. It was found that larger schools have lower dropout rates and greater effects on occupational decisions than smaller colleges. (DB)

A methodological perspective is taken in examining the problem of inferring attitudes from children's responses to survey items. An experiment is reported which shows that children are highly inclined to evaluate unfamiliar objects in positive terms. Implications of this research for political socialization studies are explored and much of the…

Presents data gathered at a student political demonstration to examine the feasibility and utility of a field-study approach to such events. It is suggested that the cognitive consistency model can be useful in explaining beliefs of demonstration supporters and opponents. (Author/MB)

Participation in decision making, role playing, inquiry into community current events, and study of law and order in urban units facilitate learning concepts of law, order, conflict, and dissent. (VW)