Examines the effect of the university's social environment on political leaders in Mexico from 1946 to 1970. The analysis focuses on the period from 1920 to 1940 when the majority of political leaders studied at the university. Considers the implications of developing a political elite and of the isolation of potential political leaders. (KC)

The article presents data on ethnic schools representing eight ethnic groups in three major Canadian cities. It discusses the functions of ethnic schools with respect to ethnic socialization and development of ethnic identity, and examines the role of language retention in cultural maintenance. (Author/SB)

When parents and educators are dismayed by the younger generation's declining skills, future orientation, and interest in success, they should direct their concern to the interplay between "video Valhalla," narcissistic consumerism, and open education in today's enculturative processes. (Author/IRT)

Discusses career patterns of administrators within a public school system administrative hierarchy, using flows of people between positions as measures of connections between positions. Specific career patterns studied included promotion to superintendency via central office administration and via secondary school supervision. (Author/DB)

The real issues of importance to teenagers are managing their lives more effectively and learning practical social survival skills. (JD)

Examines the ability of adult observers to detect deception in children through nonverbal facial and body movement cues. Results indicate distinctly differing developmental trends for girls and boys, depending on whether the face or body was being rated. (JMF)

A total of 127 fifth-grade boys and girls were presented a TAT-like projective test to measure fantasy aggression and controls over aggression. Overt peer-oriented aggression was measured by peer and teacher ratings. (JMB)

Cognitive, socialization, and situational dimensions are embodied in both the concept of decision making and the concept of locus of control. Examines these dimensions as they relate to six important sexual questions. Results investigating the relationship between adolescent sexual decision making and internal-external locus of control are…

Applies the concept of socialization to the question of why academic librarians are ill-prepared to accept the research and publication requirements of faculty rank and status, discusses mechanisms of the socialization process in librarian and faculty training, and suggests alterations in the mechanisms applied to librarians. (Author/FM)

A study involving 95 foreign college students indicates that foreign media may be the most important influence on foreign students' perception formation toward United States political leaders and institutions. (GT)

Notes the potential educational and socializing role of television for children in light of the amount of viewing time, sensitivity to nonverbal communications, and their relative ease of influence. The effects of commercials and televised violence are cited, as is television's ability to influence behavior and cognitive functioning. (RAO)

The effects of both vertical and nonvertical dimensions of fathers' work on family relations and vocational socialization are explored through a multivariate analysis of data from several hundred male participants in the 1962-1967 Michigan Student Study. Closeness to father emerged as an important, structurally-related intervening variable.…

The most striking result of this study is the general elevation of the Brazilian scores in relation to those obtained in other settings. This sort of result could be interpreted as a reflection of a relatively high level of authoritarianism in Brazil. (Author)

This paper discusses the literature which relates to sex role development among blacks raises some questions concerning the process of socialization among blacks, and develops a list of research priorities in the field. (Author/AM)

Attempts to underscore the relevance of an anthropological perspective for the study of what educators call "educational problems". Considers the area of cross-cultural studies of education and socialization in the broadest sense, the comparative study of schools as institutions within a particular socio-cultural context, school ethnography, and…