Examines student and teacher attitudes toward student brinkmanship, behavior that challenges the authority system of the school while avoiding negative sanctions, and discusses possible consequences of student brinkmanship for the school's social system. (Author)

Between May 5 and May 21, 1980, Northwest Attitudes, Inc. (NWAI) surveyed 2,042 students around Oregon about attitudes towards school, education, behavior and discipline. The students surveyed represented a random sample of students in grades 7 through 12 in Oregon's public schools. The questionnaire was a self-administered instrument completed by…

An inservice program on dropout prevention was initiated in two middle schools in an Arkansas school district. A four-member consultant team was employed to direct 76 participants (middle school teachers, counselors, and administrators) through a series of four group sessions. The 76 participants were divided into four groups organized to include…

Managing educational conflict has become increasingly more complex. The purpose of this study was to identify three areas of educational conflict and suggest strategies for managing such conflict. These areas are student-student conflict, student-school conflict, and school-community conflict. Data were collected through interviews with people who…

Two factors regarding the helpfulness of parents, school personnel, and peers to students with different educational aspirations are studied: (1) whether students of different aspirations talk with the same people about school problems, and (2) how helpful are the persons with whom the students do talk. The data were obtained from questionnaire…

The Commission on Student Participation in University Life at Miami University examined many dimensions of student life and university affairs with the objective of providing a framework within which a student may accept greater responsibility for the consequences of his own behavior and for planning his own future. In this statement, the…

This booklet lists suggested roles and relationships based on an involvement model concerned with process as well as product. Suggested activities are based on the rationale that youth, like teachers, need a sense of genuine participation in the educational enterprise if their growing disinterest and disengagement is to be reversed. The…

In recent years, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) has had to re-examine its position regarding the current legal status of youth attending school. Court actions, although still indecisive on this point, precede a new era of school-student relationships which the BIA's Office of Indian Education Programs holds will assure improved conditions for…

The principal aim of this study was to investigate the impact of type of college, place of residence, and reference group identification on college environmental perception. An attempt was made to measure the variability in terms of college perception that existed among students in the following subgroups: (1) sophomore male students attending 3…

A questionnaire designed to measure changes within the learning environment of a law school was administered to 274 first-year law students at the University of Montreal before they began classes and again after the end of the first term. The largest changes occurred on the Goal Direction and Breadth of Interest scales. Considerable changes…

This report describes a pilot school's experiences with new governance techniques involving a high degree of student participation. A staff member account of these experiences describes the structure used by the school for staff-student power sharing and discusses staff and student reaction to this structure. He provides a personal assessment of…

Responses to questionnaires administered to 10,000 senior high school students to ascertain their feelings of alienation as related to their schools are presented. The questionnaire items concerned: School as an Institution, The School as Teacher, Authority--Autonomy, and Parental Interest in School. The findings that resulted from the…

A summary of responses by 85 students to the Student Questionnaire used in evaluating the City School of Vancouver is provided. The questionnaire contains 24 items, most of which are designed to elicit the students' attitudes about the school's program. (For related documents, see TM 002 482, 484-486.) (DB)

This manual identifies and discusses persons, organizations, or materials that may be of assistance to people involved in making changes in schools. The first part of the report begins with an overview of the issues and current concerns in schools, and it explores some short and long term strategies for system change. A discussion follows of how…