This book is a collection of twelve papers concerning the role of the public school principal and the legal decisions he or she is forced to make on the job. The twelve contributors are nationally recognized experts in the field of school law and school administration. Topics covered include legal aspects of a principal's employment; authority…

The School Environment Preference Schedule (SEPS) measures, at the junior- and senior-high school level, "bureaucratic orientation," which is measured, at the adult level, by the Work Environment Preference Schedule (WEPS) of the same author. High scores typify the student who accepts and defers to authority, who prefers specific rules…

The voluminous research of the last 10 years on college students and on the function of higher education has emphasized the importance of personal and social growth of students in addition to their intellectual and vocational development. The State University of New York at Buffalo, since 1964, has increased efforts to support and initiate…

The subject of youth in America lacks definition and young people are often given stereotyped labels. The reaction of others is frequently to the implied stereotype, rather than to young human beings. The life styles of youth involve questioning the Establishment and its goals, seeking to define the good life and working to create a better…

Project H.E.L.P. is a promise to youth that we do care and that we will show we do. However, in innovating a program for dropouts, many concerns arise, as more difficulties arise. These areas of concern are: (1) the widespread adoption of the innovation which could take place only with the backing and support of the school board and administrative…

The evidence in the literature is that both students' efforts and administrators' responses have fallen far short of what it takes to change a system substantially. The categories of literature covered in this bibliography include student and educator perceptions of conditions in schools that generate conflict and impetus for change; empirical…

The purpose of this study is to show the reactions occurring within public school districts in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts relative to the objectives sought by the youth of the state. These objectives include the eradication of the alienation which presently exists between adults and young people in order that they may work jointly toward…

In this survey of student and faculty attitudes and behavior concerning the crisis at Columbia University, a sample of 2,000 faculty and 1/5 of the student body registered in the college and the graduate and professional schools at the Morningside campus were sent questionnaires. The purpose of the questionnaire was to find out their experiences…

This report presents the results of a 93-item student attitude measure, the Student Opinion Questionnaire (SOQ.) The SOQ measures attitudes in the following areas: general listing of school, interest in learning, unfair punishment, self concept, friendly atmosphere, envolvement in decision making, class discussions, positive reinforcement,…

This pamphlet is intended to inform educators and provide guidelines for dealing with drug use and abuse in schools. Problems related to and arising from our living in a drug-taking society are discussed and clarified. Other sections are concerned with: (1) the rationale; (2) recommended procedures for school-centered drug problems; (3) a legal…

This report notes that (1) activism is preferable to apathy, (2) larger problems loom for schools that fail to involve parents and community, (3) board member and administrator rigidity can cause conflict, and (4) black and Spanish-speaking students have special problems. Recommendations for school administrators and teachers emphasize sincerity…

The purpose of this project was (a) to improve an existing measure of the values of young children and (b) to explore possible relationships between these values and other variables: adjustment to school; achievement in school; congruities with teacher; sex; ethnic group; and grade level. The previous year's project involved the development of an…

This abstracted bibliography lists 35 documents retrieved from the ERIC collection, Dissertation Abstracts and the journal literature, covering the defined civil rights of students, and legal decisions in the area of student-school relationships. (CJ)

This speech discusses ways in which students may meaningfully participate in school governance. Some ways to involve students in decisionmaking include (1) the establishment of student advisory councils to central administrators, boards of education, and principals; (2) the initiation of student participation in school curriculum committees and ad…

Discusses how the constitutional prohibition of unreasonable search and seizure applies to searches of students and their property by school officials, as indicated by recent court decisions. Most of the cases examined were decided by state courts, since federal courts have not generally been involved in this area. (JG)