The study investigated self concept, environmental support, environmental availability, and delinquency proneness in 95 gifted sixth grade rural students. Ss were given an Environmental Support/Environmental Availability questionnaire in which environmental support was a measure of perceived parental support divided by the number of activities…

Youth clubs can counter the many social changes taking place in Britain which have led in recent decades to disadvantagement for rural young people. At 2%, the British agricultural work force is the lowest in the world, unemployment is particularly high in rural areas, public transport continues to fall at 1% per year, and centralisation of…

THE NATURAL ABILITIES OF PEOPLE CAN BE STIFLED BY ENVIRONMENT, LEADING TO THE ATTITUDE THAT ONE HAS NO CONTROL OVER HIS DESTINY AND NEED MAKE NO LIFE PLANS. THEREFORE EDUCATIONAL COUNSELORS SHOULD PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE ADOLESCENT TO EXPRESS HIS ABILITIES IN A CONSTRUCTIVE MANNER. DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN FEEL THAT--STAYING OUT OF TROUBLE,…

In October, 1967, the staff of the Work Opportunity Center (WOC) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, began issuing coupons to students for attendance and achievement in classes. Each coupon is worth 10 cents when used toward noon lunches at the WOC cafeteria, dry cleaning services at WOC cleaners, or labor or services charges at the WOC auto service…

"National militarism" is fearfully costly, terribly wasteful and horribly dangerous. The revolt of youth is a major concern of adults today. Yet guidance people as well as other adult leaders seem to be largely unaware of the difficult position in which we have placed our youth. Institutions extoll the value of freedom and concern for people and…

Examines quality control mechanisms within West German dual system for training young workers: entry qualifications, quality/qualifications of trainers, methods for curriculum renewal, etc. Comments on weaknesses in the dual system and briefly discusses two British initiatives intended to improve the quality of the education and training of young…

Outlines a proposal whereby students between the ages of 16 and 26 would give two years of national service in the government agency of their choice or in the nonprofit private sector. The proposal would be especially useful, the author argues, for noncollege-bound high school students and dropouts. (JBM)

Notes that black people in the U.S. have not developed a history of achievements in the natural sciences that can be readily built upon by their offspring, and thus the problem of motivation of black children at an early age is a significant factor in determining whether they decide to pursue a career in the natural sciences. (Author/AM)

Reviews the past accomplishments of academia with a primary focus on the assessment of these advancements on the future. (Author/AM)

This report describes youth employment and training programs run by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) in summer 1999. The MPRB operates the Teen Teamworks program, which helps teens acquire appreciation for connections between academic, social, judgment, and job skills. MPRB has identified changing social and economic needs as a…

Discusses various aspects of the role of students in community development and social service programs around the world, including rural and urban development, problems of locus of leadership, racial or religious tensions, and the needs of youth themselves. (SF)

Compares addicted and non-addicted siblings of families residing in and around a slum block in New York. Data supporting an ideographic relative deprivation-differential anticipation" explanation for current opiate addiction in the U. S. was produced. (JM)

The aim of the program is to interest urban high school youth in pursuing a post post secondary health related education. Counselors can utilize the information provided to them by students who have participated in order to provide authoritative health career information to other interested students. (Author/CJ)

Data collected from interviews with sixty-seven black youths living in the riot area of Detroit, 1967, were jointly analyzed with earlier data. Results suggested a blocked-opportunity rather than an alienation-powerlessness theory of the recent rioting. (JM)