Bernie Ronan's "The Civic Spectrum: How Students Become Engaged Citizens" comes at a critical time in the effort to strengthen the role of higher education in a democracy. In the last 20 years, higher education institutions have begun to pay a great deal of attention to the civic engagement of college students. By now, nearly every campus around…

Reviews the 1984 book of Bernard Semmel, "John Stuart Mill and the Pursuit of Virtue." (JDH)

Reviews Alvin Moore Jr.'s 1983 translation of Tage Lindbom's "The Tares and the Good Grain." (JDH)

Even if the Vietnam War ends, the student revolt will go on as "the dominant instrument of social change rooted in history, a power base on campus, and recruiting ground among students and ghetto youth. (Author)

Recognition of the drama in political action enables us to see the stories we act out in our lives; to make our moral judgments; to discern our own inadequacies and those of others; to learn, create, invent. (Author)

This study is an attempt to develop a picture of student activists who can be considered prerevolutionaries and whose attitudes revolve to a great extent around their idealism. Speculations about the radicalization process are also discussed. (Author/MB)

Attacks on multiculturalism in higher education as threatening free speech and genuine diversity of opinion have no basis in fact, but they may be expected to continue as the political Right realizes that the American academy is the last defender of the poor and the weak. (SLD)

Conflict has recently arisen among educators over the "politicization" (the involvement of academic organizations in political controversies) of associations and universities. The issue, however, is no longer whether organizations should attempt to influence public policy but in what KINDS of policy questions they should become involved. There are…

The sources of student discontent are the major concern of this paper. (DM)

Investigates the impact of the first televised debate in the 1976 presidential campaign on the political attitudes of 195 college students. Concludes that viewing the debate had only a limited impact, which can be attributed to the general problems of attitude change and the specific content of the debates. (RL)

Argues the importance of teaching students about the common culture of our diverse democracy. States that this common culture is composed of the democratic, work, and Judeo-Christian ethics. Describes how these ethics function to help preserve and transmit our common culture. (JDH)

The argument that liberal education leads people to substitute intellectual tolerance or ambiguity for righteous indignation is criticized, with reference to Harriet Beecher Stowe's portrayal of Thomas Jefferson, his liberalism, and democratic manners. (MSE)

Describes the history and role of human rights education in Latin America. Links these efforts with relevant political histories, cultural phenomena, and social movements. Maintains that occurrence human rights violations are a basic initial stimulus for human rights education. (CFR)

Explores the gap between what young conservatives espouse and the ways they actually lead their lives. Even in this time of cultural anarchy, the single most conservative cohort in the nation is married couples between the ages of 25 and 32 years who have children. (SLD)