The disparity between advanced educational preparation and training and subsequent employment opportunities raises major questions regarding traditional academic expectations and lifestyles. (Author)

The role of human feelings as well as physiologicalfacts in ecological concerns is considered. New terms are proposed to facilitate thinking about the ecosystem - the entire system of relationships on which life is contingent. (LS)

Chapter I of this master's thesis examines aspects of the changing lifestyle that was inaugerated by the Industrial and Scientific Revolutions. Chapter II picks up the transition in general schooling that accompanied the revolutions. Chapter III traces the role of the evolving science curricula in this transition. Chapter IV presents proposals…

The collection of materials is intended to provide for the needs of elementary school teachers who have needs for resources for energy education. The document is divided into three sections. The first section discusses human energy, energy use in home and school, and the relationship of the individual to the energy problem. A second section…

Sources for contemporary culture are gathered in this literature guide to the alternative press, the little magazines, and the counter culture scene. Each chapter contains a bibliographhic essay and a checklist of the publications discussed. Five chapters cover directories; bibliographies, lists of publications, and indexes; periodicals about the…

This research paper focuses on the interaction between two prominent roles of mothers: employment and the social placement of daughters in marriage. The findings support the notion of a causal chain that links (a) maternal employment with (b) a different view of social placement with (c) differential maternal encouraging behavior or involvement in…

The economic and social impact that metric conversion would have upon the American way of life is the topic of this General Accounting Office report. (MP)

Describes the building of Milton Academy's solar greenhouse and explains the reasons the greenhouse construction was included in the curriculum. (IRT)

Predictor variables examined are self-reported health, income, education, and an activity index. Health and activity emerge as strong predictors of life satisfaction, while income influences life satisfaction indirectly via activity. The importance of investigating direct and indirect effects of variables via path analysis is discussed. (Author)

Each year, families travel north from the Texas-Mexico border to New York State to plant and clip celery and onions. These migrants suffer from poor health care, have poor housing, sanitation facilities, and education, and work long hours in the fields. (NQ)

This paper examines the need and the context for alternative living arrangements for older persons, and describes some recent attempts to devise new family arrangements for the elderly. Particular attention is focused upon Share-A-Home in Florida, a "family" of nonrelated senior adults who share their own household expenses. (Author)

Two studies are reviewed which concern the analysis and use of attitudinal data to further enhance the understanding of urban travel. Both studies employed multidimensional scaling techniques. (Author/MA)

Provides a profile of a young black girl who drops out of school to work in a laundry. (Author/AM)

Frequency of tomboyism was assessed in two samples, one of junior-high girls, the other of adult women. It was concluded that tomboyism is statistically quite common and there is little indication that it is abnormal. (Author)

The article examines the contemporary occupational structure and pattern of employment among the Old Order Amish of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. (NQ)