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Maykovich, Minako K. – Journal of Social Issues, 1973
508 Sansei (third generation Japanese American) college students in California were interviewed to identify sociological correlates of Sansei activism; the Sansei were divided into four types based on the dimensions of acceptance versus rejection of traditionalism and involvement versus detachment from social issues. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Activism, College Students, Family Characteristics, Japanese American Culture
Trombley, William, Ed. – National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2006
The primary purpose of "National CrossTalk" is to stimulate informed discussion and debate of higher education issues. This issue contains the following articles: (1) The M Word: "Marketing" Has Changed from a Dirty Word to a Buzzword in Higher Education (Jon Marcus); (2) A Contrarian View of the Testing Industry: FairTest…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Human Capital, Political Attitudes
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Wright, Luann; Ratliff, Mike; Neal, Anne D. – Academic Questions, 2006
Three papers are included herein: (1) Pernicious Politicization in Academe (Luann Wright); (2) Victims of the One-Sided Campus (Mike Ratliff); and (3) Advocacy in the College Classroom (Anne D. Neal). Each paper was delivered on April 22, 2006 at a California Association of Scholars conference at the Annenberg School on the campus of the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Political Attitudes, Diversity (Faculty), Politics of Education
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Trow, Martin – Academic Questions, 2006
In remarks to members of the NAS affiliate in California, Martin Trow reflects on goals and missions. The push for intellectual diversity does not resonate as did the message of equal opportunity that once drove the California Civil Rights Initiative. Our campaign at the national level to create new havens of serious scholarship is promising, he…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Resistance (Psychology), Political Socialization, Conflict
Sica, Morris G. – 1972
The political learning of 2,584 children enrolled in elementary and junior high schools of southern California is explored in this report. Growth patterns of Mexican-American and Anglo-American children are studied and comparisons are made in their political orientations. Data were obtained by questionnaires administered in grades 4-8 after the…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Citizenship, Educational Research, Elementary School Students
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Valdez, Elsa O. – Perspectives in Mexican American Studies, 2000
Surveys of 242 Hispanic students attending New Mexico Highlands University and California State University, San Bernardino, examined students' political attitudes, political activism, and attitude toward bilingual education in relation to students' choice of ethnic label (Hispanic, Chicano, or Mexican American), level of acculturation, income, and…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Activism, College Students, Differences
Garcia, F. Chris – 1973
During spring 1970 and January 1971, over 1,500 questionnaires were distributed in eight California public schools to delineate the cognitive and affective orientations of Mexican American and Anglo children to the three major components of the American political system: the political community, the regime, and the political authorities. The…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Anglo Americans, Cognitive Development, Cross Cultural Studies