Utilizing the conceptual framework of generational analysis, it is argued that the middle to late sixties constituted an historical period which triggered the development of a distinctive generational ideology among a substantial segment of youth in America. The increased differentiation of age roles and dedifferentiation of sex roles laid the…

Why so many Latino students drop out of schools is considered from the perspective that much of the literature on this problem is inadequate because it ignores the experiences of Latino youth at home, in school, and in the community, and attempts to explain the failure of the educational system in terms of just one area. Interviews were conducted…