Standard English has not disappeared, but merely changed as it "must" change when the dominant class setting the standard undergoes change. If teachers are to succeed in persuading pupils to change their language, they must know and teach the standard as it is, not as it used to be, while still implanting in the minds of some students…

The article, concerned with problems suggested by one point of a formula for effective communication (that the signs employed must refer to common experience), explores the ways in which culture blocks communication. Middle class institutions are urged to find ways to remove the barriers to communication with the poor. (AJ)

This study investigates the relationship between social class membership and certain syntactic variables within a generative-transformational linguistic framework. Fourteen syntactic items are considered. Linguistic performance is more variable and complex within the higher ranking groups. (TL)

Explores factors influencing people to either support or oppose the idea of economic equality, emphasizing that low income people apparently oppose equality: a literature review is interpreted as suggesting the existence of an underlying belief structure consisting of five elements, all of which would have to be present if equality is to be…

In order to determine whether poverty is the result of the work orientation of the poor, a secondary analysis of data obtained from a stratified sample of the Houston population was conducted, controlling for age, sex, and ethnicity: the findings are interpreted as casting doubt on the "culture of overty" hypothesis as it relates to work…

Nationally representative longitudinal data on 2548 white men and 822 black men aged 15-24 in 1966 were used to assess changes in aspirations and attainment between 1966 and 1971. Occupational as well as educational level was considered. Predictions that aspirations would be lowered when men failed to advance in educational level over a one year…

In this study, social mobility of the labor force in four urban areas, two in Canada and two in the United States, is researched. Based on data provided by a questionnaire, four components of social mobility are analyzed: (1) structural change patterns of occupational mobility; (2) social origins of nonmigrants; (3) intergenerational mobility; and…

THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION OF NEGRO AND WHITE WORKERS IN METROPOLITAN AREAS WAS COMPARED BY USING DATA COLLECTED IN THE MARCH 1966 "CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY." POVERTY TRACTS IN THE LARGE METROPOLITAN AREAS WERE IDENTIFIED, AND EMPLOYMENT CHARACTERISTICS OF PERSONS LIVING THERE WERE COMPARED WITH THOSE OF CITY DWELLERS OUTSIDE THE POVERTY TRACTS.…

A HETEROGENEOUS SAMPLE OF 246 FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES REQUIRED ALL ENTERING FRESHMEN TO FILL OUT A SHORT INFORMATION FORM WITH REGISTRATION MATERIALS. THE 76,015 MALES AND 51,100 FEMALES GAVE INFORMATION ON FATHER'S OCCUPATION, FATHER'S EDUCATION, AND HIGH SCHOOL GRADE AVERAGE. A STUDY OF THE DATA SUGGESTS THAT THREE INFLUENCES, IN…

This booklet provides background information and suggestions to those who find themselves providing human care services to Pan Asian clients (Cambodians, Chinese, Guamanians, Hawaiians, Japanese, Koreans, Laotians, Pilipinos, Samoans, Thais, Vietnamese). Included is historical, cultural, and social information about the various Pan Asian groups in…

Until recently research on women's educational and occupational aspirations has ignored the role of sex role ideology (SRI) and has concentrated primarily on college women. This study was implemented with 270 grade 12 girls, 25 percent of whom were from lower class backgrounds. Four scales of SRI were administered: femininity, power, division of…

This commission report consists of the recommendations made for Australian schools regarding equality, open attitudes, and the school community. The School's Commission places an emphasis on more equal outcomes from schooling. Particular stress is laid on social group disparities and attempts to mitigate them, and on social changes and their…

The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare the patterns of psycholinguistic abilities of lower and middle class Negro and white children. The subjects for the study were 160 second grade children in the 90 to 110 IQ range from Northeast Louisiana. They were subgrouped by race and social class (lower-lower, upper-lower, lower-middle,…

The purpose of this study was to determine how subjects (high school students) of varying conceptual structure (Harvey, Hunt, and Schroder, 1961) would respond to personal and impersonal feedback on a performance task. It was predicted that whereas abstract subjects would show no difference in motivation under the two feedback conditions, concrete…