Presents the concept of colonial taverns and coffee houses as adult education institutions. They were of great importance in the development of impressions, opinions, attitudes, and knowledge about agriculture, business, shipping, economics, community and world affairs, and recreation. (CT)

Notes that because each student is unique, there is no way to address exceptional students as a group. Relates a story of a student who embraced academics for a short time, with a great negative impact on his social life. Concludes teachers should focus on being "exceptional" themselves. (PM)

The social interaction patterns of 23 adults with severe disabilities, residents of community-based programs, were analyzed across a 30-month time period. Analysis focused on number of different companions, rate of social interactions, durability of social relationships, and number of new companions met during the last year of the study.…

Surveyed 200 university students to assess subjective quality of life within university community. Findings indicated that social life and friendship domains were strongest predictors of overall well-being. Satisfaction with academic life did not correlate as strongly with overall well-being. Satisfaction with housing or university services did…

A discussion of dating, directed toward college students, looks at its problems and dilemmas, especially in the college environment, and offers ideas and strategies for more creative and less stressful dating. Students are encouraged to relax and take this unique opportunity to meet and get to know lots of people. (MSE)

A total of 113 adults from 26 to 31 years of age who had participated in previous social interaction studies while in college kept detailed records of social activity for 2 weeks. Found that from college to adulthood opposite-sex socializing increased, whereas same-sex, mixed-sex, and group interactions decreased. (MDM)

Presents the results of a study that investigated the ways individuals expected drinking to affect their leisure experiences, and the relationship of those expectancies to alcohol consumption patterns. Data from a sample of 144 adults indicated they expected alcohol to positively affect their leisure experiences. (SM)

This study of 40 adolescents with visual impairments and 23 of their best friends found that adolescents with visual impairments are successful in establishing and maintaining reciprocal, intimate best friendships. The friends engaged in typical activities and felt that visual impairments did not have a strong negative impact on their friendships.…

A study found that the social life of three adults with severe intellectual disabilities improved by removing social barriers through keeping a personal schedule, social activity scheduling, creating a personal information sheet, developing a friendship form, keeping a photo address and activity file, and receiving regular feedback. (CR)

A number of writers have drawn attention to the increasing importance of language in social life in "new times" and Fairclough has referred to "discourse driven" social change. These conditions have led to an increase in the use of various forms of discourse analysis in policy analysis. This paper explores the possibilities of using Critical…

This pilot study compared the development of two groups of adolescents--those whose parents were blind and those whose parents were sighted. It found that there were no essential differences between the groups. Moreover, the friendship relationships, feelings toward parents, and some essential characteristics of the adolescents' emotional state…

While students generally recognize that racism exists on an individual level, the instructor's challenge is to both elucidate patterns of discrimination and to expose their corollary: unearned and unrecognized systemic privilege of the dominant group. Unaware that their sense of entitlement advantages them at the expense of people of color, some…

This article explores a number of insights generated from a three-year ethnographic study of one university setting in England in which a "jock culture" is seen to dominate a student campus. Drawing on core concepts from Pierre Bourdieu's sociology of culture, it illustrates the unique function of the body in sustaining jock culture…

Objective: The objective of this evaluation was to examine the extent to which participants in the Tailor Made Leisure Package programme experienced any improvement in their health and wellbeing. Design: A quantitative survey. Setting: The Healthy Living Centre initiative is an example of a community-based intervention which was formalized as part…

Researchers and educators have developed an interest in language development. Their studies focused on the cultural context in which language is learned and developed and its relationship to cognitive development. This article reviews the researchers' definitions on oracy and its social facets of language learning. Specifically, it reviews studies…