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Peer reviewedLim, Genevieve – Integrated Education, 1977
Edison Uno worked tirelessly and single mindedly to initiate social change in almost every area of civil rights. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Biographies, Case Studies, Civil Rights, Interviews
Crisis, 1977
This supplement is comprised of the text of the resolutions adopted at the NAACP Convention held in St. Louis in mid-1977. A number of political, economic, educational, legal and social issues are discussed. (GC)
Descriptors: Black Organizations, Blacks, Civil Rights, Political Issues
Peer reviewedJones, Barbara A. – School Arts, 1977
Descriptors: Art Activities, Environmental Education, School Involvement, Social Action
Peer reviewedColeman, James S. – American Sociologist, 1987
Contends that changes in the dominant mode of social research since 1900 have mirrored changes in the structure of society. States that graduate training in sociology must begin to define itself in relation to the functioning of modern society or face the danger of becoming "that in which no one else is interested." (Author/BSR)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Social Action, Social Change, Social Science Research
Peer reviewedPetrides, Angelica – Community Review, 1983
Describes the emergence of the Dance Theatre of Harlem, which has united both aesthetic excellence and social purpose/community involvement since its founding in 1971. Reveals how current government policies have endangered its funding. Offers a critique of several productions, which showed a new emphasis on technique. (DMM)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Blacks, Dance, Financial Problems
Peer reviewedSelva, Mauricio de la – Cuadernos Americanos, 1973
Descriptors: Economics, Government Role, Politics, Social Action
Johnson, Eldon – NUEA Spectator, 1972
Explores the relationship between university knowledge and national problems. (GB)
Descriptors: College Role, Higher Education, Problem Solving, Social Action
Peer reviewedStachowiak, Robert J. – Peabody Journal of Education, 1973
The concept of rights as a conceptual entity, as a social phenomenon, and as a current in contemporary thought is discussed. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Democratic Values, Individual Needs, Social Action
Peer reviewedGoodin, James E. – Social Studies, 1972
Descriptors: Biographies, History, History Instruction, Resource Materials
Peer reviewedBayer, Alan E.; Astin, Alexander W. – Educational Record, 1971
This is the report from a national sample of institutions for basic facts on campus unrest during the last academic year. (Editor/HS)
Descriptors: Activism, Demonstrations (Civil), Higher Education, Social Action
Cordasco, Francesco – Sch Soc, 1970
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Role, Community Schools, Social Action
Lamont, Corliss – Humanist, 1982
Discusses how humanists should respond to the peace movement and attacks made on them by fundamentalist religious groups. The author urges humanists to stress the ethical implications of U.S. foreign policy and to work cooperatively with groups supporting the nuclear freeze. (AM)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Foreign Policy, Humanism, Peace
Peer reviewedCadwallader, Lynn – Integrated Education, 1980
Outlines the career of Nathanial Allen, a nineteenth century educator and reformer. Focuses on his school which was racially and sexually integrated. (MK)
Descriptors: Educational History, Nondiscriminatory Education, School Desegregation, Sex Fairness
Peer reviewedO'Sullivan, Carmel – Research in Drama Education, 2001
Examines Augusto Boal's relationship to and understanding of Marxism, and its influence on the development of his work. Explains that Boal's reformist politics as reflected in his practice would therefore appear a negation of socialism as Marx conceived it. Concludes Boal's approach appears to encourage people to look for that insight in terms of…
Descriptors: Drama, Empowerment, Higher Education, Marxism
Peer reviewedStrand, Kerry; Marullo, Sam; Cutforth, Nick; Stoecker, Randy; Donohue, Patrick – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2003
Proposes a community-based research (CBR) model that is genuinely collaborative and driven by community rather than campus interests; that democratizes the creation and dissemination of knowledge; and that seeks to achieve positive social change. Demonstrates how this model translates into principles that underlie the practice of CBR in four…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Higher Education, Participatory Research, Service Learning


