Reports on results of Community Attitudes Toward Mentally Ill questionnaire given to undergraduates. Significant differences emerged on subscales based ranking of primary source of information about mental illness. Results do not imply causality but rather that electronic media is powerful mechanism for spreading the stigma of mental illness.…

Three educators discuss the role of the university in engaging with society, focusing on these issues: student service and service learning; the university as an agent of public service; building capacities for service within the community; faculty engagement in the community; and responding to community needs with the same vigor as responding to…

As college teachers and graduate assistants cope with the everyday demands of their profession, they may not feel like members of an elite group. As members of the academy, however, they occupy a space that is in many ways quite privileged. They work with ideas rather than tools; they critique social structures rather than simply living them; and…

Presents methodology, philosophy, findings, and conclusions of a study designed to increase physical plant and institutional efficiency and to identify ways of broadening student appeal through innovative programs. Advocates use by educational administrators of metamarketing procedures used: multidimensional scaling and other attitude research…

Used the Continuum of Criminal Offenses to examine how the "law-abiding" community, representative of middle-class values, would rate the seriousness of selected criminal offenses and how they would then handle offenders. Results showed crimes rated as being more serious were dealt with more sternly in sentencing. (Author/JAC)

Assesses the environmental knowledge and attitudes held by community leaders in the Hualien area of Taiwan. The overall level of environmental knowledge was determined to be moderately high and attitudes appear to be positive. Education level was the best predictor of environmental knowledge and attitudes. (Author/AIM)

This study attempts to clarify the effect of welfare generosity on family structure while controlling for community mores, local labor market conditions, and other sociodemographic characteristics. Local labor market conditions are found to significantly affect marriage and single-motherhood, whereas community conservatism is found to discourage…

A qualitative study determined the impact electronic mail (e-mail) discussion lists can have on a college classroom. The theoretical concepts explored are "community" and "roles." Community is defined by the boundaries it possesses, the dialogue exchanged, and the people interacting in the community. Roles may be defined by the interactions among…

How educators teach and talk about the Puritans tends to promulgate a view of them that does not exist in all their texts. From the beginning of the Puritans' arrival in 1630 in New England until Cotton Mather's 1702 publication "Magnalia Christi Americana," there are literary treatments of the idealism and the hardship constituting…

Comments from community leaders in Pittsburgh concerning health issues point out some of the major examples of the kinds of concerns and suggestions for action voiced in the University-Urban Interface Program study on Pittsburgh goals. Quotations from the questionnaire administered by the goals committee also illustrate the kinds of things which…

The latest epidemic, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), is ending an unprecedented interval of optimism about medicine's ability to conquer illness. (MSE)

This article examines changes in community and legal attitudes towards immoral conduct by teachers. The concept of immorality is clarified in order to discuss different sources of immoral conduct. The study of professional ethics as part of teacher preparation is advocated. (MT)

Various factors related to the decline in social status by teachers are examined, with special consideration given to reasons for this decline in India. It is suggested that the community, government, and educational administrators must bring about changes in attitudes and relationships that affect public opinion of teachers. (LBH)

Energy education at colleges and universities has expanded rapidly to include programs, conferences, and workshops to raise public consciousness about energy issues. The range of energy education programs includes consumer-oriented courses, vocational courses, advanced courses, nondegree courses, energy research, and community service programs.…

Describes a survey project that uses real language data and takes the teacher candidates out of the classroom. Investigates the attitudes of the public toward nonstandard usage and about where "prescriptivism and descriptivism converge." Concludes that teacher candidates need to have direct exposure to the attitudes that others hold regarding…