The National Student Association in the Fifties: Flawed Conscience of the Silent Generation.

Altbach, Philip G.

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Publication Date: 1973

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The National Student Association in the Fifties: Flawed Conscience of the Silent Generation

Altbach, Philip G.

Youth and Society, 5, 2, 184-211, Dec 73

Traces the development of the NSA, places it in the context of the 1950s, in which it developed into a major national organization, evaluates its role on campus, and fills in some historical gaps in the growth of student activism and politics in the U.S., since NSA has received little analytic attention. (Author/JM)

Descriptors: Activism, National Organizations, Political Attitudes, Political Issues, Student Attitudes, Student Government, Student Leadership, Student Organizations, Student Participation

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