The crisis on American campuses is blamed on the self-destructiveness of the higher education community." (Editor/IR)

Results of a questionnaire indicate that most parents feel their children had no problems dealing with sex, although very few children had received sex information either in school or at home. A need is suggested for more comprehensive research in this area. (CJ)

Report of a field study using typology and modeling of 1300 families in Wisconsin cities. Findings include: adolescents in consensual homes report about as much attention to media news reports as pluralistic adolescents, but results of the exposure are not equivalent. References. (VW)

Findings show that the familial group, including kin, is perceived to be most important in various areas of interest. The friendship group is important only in the social world of the student, and teachers are consistently overlooked in all areas. The pattern remains the same when differences in socioeconomic status and other social…

This paper is based on a dissertation submitted to the faculty of the Committee on Human Development at the University of Chicago in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph.D. degree. (DR)

Paper presented at the Conference on Research in Medical Education, 79th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges, Houston, Texas, November 1, 1968.