This study examined the social networks of college students and how such networks affect student commitment and persistence. The study's theoretical framework was based on application of the social network paradigm to Tinto's Student Integration Model, in which a student's initial commitment is modified over time as a result of the student's…

Higher education and its impact during times of societal changes is addressed within the context of studying student behavior and the institution's adaptation to new social issues. To help do this, an institution of higher education needs an assessment of the socio-psychological makeup of university students, their personalities, their…

A teacher survey was conducted in order to collect information on the cultural background of French-speaking Acadian ("Cajun") students in Louisiana and its possible effects on their school achievement. Teachers in selected predominantly Cajun communities were asked to respond to questions which covered: learning style, language, and…

Schoolyard bullying, a pervasive and significant problem, tends to lead to anti-social behavior in the adult/parental years as well, perpetuating the pattern of violence in a new generation of students. Bullies, and often their victims, tend to operate at a unilateral, or one-way, attitudinal level instead of a reciprocal or collaborative level.…

This two-part document contains a description of a peer counseling program affiliated with a college counseling center and a brief outline of their peer counselor training procedures. The program was established to meet the counseling needs of students who tend to be alienated from more traditional sources of help. The responsibilities of the peer…

Student cultures and the influence they have on students' growth and development have to be of interest to student development specialists unless the student development emphasis in higher education is to continue to be partial and incomplete. Presented at the American College Personnel Association Convention, March 1977, Denver, Colorado. (Author)

Conducted study to determine sociometric group structure of sixth grade classes in four elementary schools (N=372); acceptance, rejection, and isolate interaction patterns; and psychological and social self-perceptions of sociometric isolate. Results identified six most frequently selected psychological and six most frequently selected social…

Resistance theory draws attention to the existence of conflict and antagonism in schools and in pupils' resistance to schools' authority and ideology. In "Learning to Labor," Paul Willis unduly romanticizes resistant practices by the subjects of his ethnography. An alternative view of resistance permits a more socially and historically…

Several theories about student unrest in the late 1960s and early 1970s are noted, and the situation and student population of La Trobe University at the time are described. It is proposed that the unrest was both an outgrowth of the political climate and a developmental experience for the individual students. (MSE)

A study of subcultures among random samples of University of Maryland, College Park, students from 1969-70 to 1982-83 examined changes in distribution of four subculture types (vocational, academic, collegiate, and nonconformist) and possible differences between males and females. Although changes occurred, the differences between men and women…

This study produced data that were benficial in counseling students and in institutional policy decision making. (Author)

The backgrounds, values, and behavior of the Canadian New Left, based on a study of undergraduates at the University of Toronto, were compared with characteristics associated with the American New Left in the course of testing a model to predict student protest. Differences and similarities of radical students from the two countries are discussed.…

Claims that the creation of healthy campus cultures requires reexamination of the values, artifacts, symbols, and rituals held by student subcultures. Such cultures are supported directly or indirectly by universities. Evaluates prospects for change on a campus, ways to understand student subcultures, and how to build new artifacts, traditions,…

Reports on a study of music listening preferences among undergraduate college music majors, high school musicians in performance groups, and sixth-grade students in eight U.S. sites. Finds instrumental biases among high school and college musicians' preferences for relatively unfamiliar classical music. (CFR)

Examined whether group members differ in the number of in-group subtype distinctions that they draw. Drawing on results of two studies, found that members of groups whose primary function is intragroup interaction (fraternities, sororities, athletic teams) draw more subtype distinctions within their own group than within other groups. (RJM)