Through a survey and in-depth interviews, three major cliques were identified at a middle income suburban high school near Boston. "Jocks,""motorheads," and "fleabags" were groupings based, respectively, on common interests in sports, cars, and drugs. Each clique is described in terms of appearance, general…

By examining one community center in some detail this study attempts to consider leisure, and draws attention to "its mode of use" by comparing two groups of adolescents who attend this center regularly for quite different leisure purposes. The intent was to measure how far such leisure proposals represent preconceptions and value-judgments of…

Surveyed the career-planning attitudes of Chicano and White students (N=494). Results suggest that Chicano students were generally less realistic than Whites and had culture-specific beliefs about career planning. (Author)

The empirical testing of an objectively designed approach to student evaluation of sociology professors is reported. It combines the concept of student sub-cultural perception with the research method of matched-paired comparisons. (LBH)

Stephen Duncombe has written one of the only book-length studies examining the phenomenon of "zines.""Note from Underground: Zines and the Politics of Alternative Culture" traces the historical rise in zine popularity beginning with fanzines of the 1930s, fueled in the 1970s by the punk movement, and reaching a height in the 1990s. In his…

A uniform policy at two Albuquerque middle schools became a reality as a result of parent initiative. Parents provided input through attending meetings and a fashion show, serving on the uniform task force, completing surveys, voting, and revisiting the policy. Parents not only initiated the development of the policy, but were active participants…

Emphasizes the importance of viewing behavior within the social context to distinguish the pathological from the normal adaptive reaction to the special position of the adolescent in our society.'' (Author/SP)

The present study has suggested a technique for describing student orientations at a university using an instrument given annually to all undergraduates. Findings have implications for admissions policies, changes in faculty student relations, curriculum and counseling programs. (Author)

Pre- and post-testing, using Inventory of Beliefs, indicates that freshmen regardless of contact with upper-classmen become more emergent in value structure as academic year progressed. (Author/CJ)

Briefly discusses the limitations of a counter-culture (a semi-organized culture which examines and challenges many political and non-political features of the dominant culture) explanation of activism, and the implications of such an explanation for methodology of social movement. (RJ)

Results of the study indicate that neither social class of origin, nor secondary school attended can be defended as criteria for dividing the young adolescent male population into its subcultures. (Author/SP)

Much of the present student ferment in France is a new manifestation of phenomena familiar since the end of the nineteenth century. A key element is student anomie." (Author/SE)

Much student discontent stems from the chaos, impersonality, and frenetic pace of the university bureaucracy. Mental health professionals have an important and legitimate role to play in overcoming these conditions and in helping to humanize the university. But such a role entails a radical reassignment of priorities and a new image, especially…

A private school breaks students across grade levels into two "clan" groupings over a long-term basis. This model is presented to public schools as an effective way to bridge different student backgrounds and teach students to collaborate and have a sense of belonging. (MD)