Examines the frequency and perceptions of sexual harassment on a university campus. A modified version of the Sexual Experiences Questionnaire was returned by 260 students (50.7% female). Findings reflect varying and conflicting perceptions of sexual harassment among respondents. (LSR)

Discusses four contemporary artists who use oral history in their art: Peggy Diggs, Tomie Arai, Sheila De Brettville, and Jackie Brookner. Argues that their use of oral history is empowering because it is sensitive to the relationship between researcher/artist and narrator. Outlines implications of using oral history in art education. (Author/PAL)

Using a sample of college students (n=156), examines the influences of power status and gender on responsibility attributions and resolution choice during disagreements in personal relationships. Reports that both power-status hypotheses (justified benefits/rights and ability/accountability) were supported. (CMK)

Explores the consequences of an implicit theoretical assumption for discourse analysis and argues that the traditional notion of verb as a simple word class is insufficient to characterize the full range of verbal expressions speakers routinely use in discourse. (26 references) (CK)

Shares some of the author' poignant reflections on her personal experience of introducing critical literacy to a continuing education class in reading and composition. Notes that two things were missing from this class: an equal representation of student voices, and the teacher's identity as a "text" for the classroom dynamic of authority. (SR)

Explores ways in which the congregation-as-educator metaphor of educational ministry has contributed to the role and identity of the local church educator. Focuses on three issues affecting the role and function of the church educator: (1) tension between homiletic and therapeutic paradigms; (2) the educator's authority; and (3) the educator as…

Suggests that "critical spirituality," an amalgamation of critical theory and African American prophetic spirituality, can enhance the discourse of transformative educational leadership that engages the existence of race, class, and gender inequalities present in schools as an agenda for institutional change. (Contains 19 references.)…

Describes the process and product of a revision of the author's literacy methods course, a revision that grew from a student's comment questioning the student's "right" to evaluate another student's work. Theorizes the role of authority in the course and explains how contours of power and freedom create spaces in which prospective…

Asserts that the Decade of Behavior goals to foster a healthier, better educated, more prosperous and democratic nation cannot be achieved without contributions from feminist psychology. Outlines challenges gender poses to achieving Decade goals and discusses principles for research to address them: inclusiveness and diversity, context, power and…

Studies the dynamics of the partnership-building process between a college of education and public elementary and secondary schools, based on ethnographic and interview data. Data indicate that effective collaboration hinges on the quality of relationships between school and university people, views on change, and opinions of the other…

Uses a letter format to create a dialogue regarding the practice of a critical pedagogy in the college classroom. Asserts the importance of acknowledging different dialogical spaces occupied by men and women resulting from the power differential; fundamental differences in the way they each perceive themselves; and the different social treatment…

The National Collegiate Athletic Association governance system makes it difficult for presidents to develop a consensus on what needs to be done about college athletics. The Presidents' Commission must be strengthened as the present procedures for making decisions are not likely to sustain a reform movement. (MLW)

Defines politicization as using the curriculum and informal channels of education to serve the ends of significant power groups. Notes that geography and history were subjects at the cutting edge of the process of politicizing curriculum content. Argues for a balance between content, pedagogy and social education. (KO)

An academic department meeting is described as having an unobtrusive metamorphosis as it was changed from the traditional collegial participatory style of the reluctant, temporary, quasi-administrator chair-scholar to the autocrat who uses merit pay to reward the loyal. (MLW)

Explains how the feminist critique of education encompasses gender attitudes, sexist language, and the power structure. Illustrates the approaches of liberal, radical, and socialist feminism through a description of the design of a philosophy syllabus. (SK)