The belief that the education that most white children are getting is quality education and that if black and other cultural groups are integrated into white schools they are better off than if segregated, is inconsistent with the fact that racism and racial bias exist in schools. The result is poorer quality education for all children. (JD)

Presents a study of the contrasting social attitudes toward older adults in three different social structures: the Caucasus region of the Soviet Union, a traditional society; Japan, transitional but retaining some traditional values; and the United States, with its obsolescence technology and youth-oriented culture. (MF)

A collection of documents on retirement and suggestions for their use in the French class. The objective is to inform and sensitize the student regarding retirement problems on the individual and social levels. The themes treated are: the retirement rite, retired life, deterioration or renewal. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

Analyzes Salish independent pronouns and attempts to reconstruct the Proto-Salish forms as well as to trace the history of the innovative changes that have taken place in the daughter languages. (Author/NCR)

Analyzes of the Australian linguistic scene, from the theoretical viewpoint of humanistic sociology and on the basis of empirical data collected from a number of surveys of ethnic groups. (Author/HP)

Social control of women through the normative constructs has the virtue of subtlety. It gives the appearance of nonrestriction and noncontrol, thus reducing the potential for resistance. The "nice girl" construct keeps women out of men's way, while ostensibly keeping them out of harm's way. (Author/GC)

An examination of recent data and trends indicates that the American system can be characterized more accurately as a juvenile social control system. Presented on Feb. 22, 1976, at Rutgers University, at the Conference on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. (Author)

Problems arise in the areas of child custody, insurance, real and personal property, and wills and estates. Individuals choosing to cohabit should consider the ramifications of cohabitation prior to or early in the development of their relationship in order to avoid devastating legal complications. (Author)

The four explanations concerning minority participation that are considered are those concerning isoldation, compensation, ethnic community and the more recently expounded cultural inhibition hypothesis. (Author/AM)

Suggests reasons and methods for learning about the elderly. Nine information-gathering activities for children are described, including tombstone reading, interviews of older persons, book reports, and attitude analysis. (Author/DB)

School prayer is a "politics of life-style concern" issue, i.e., a group of traditionalists is attempting to reinstate prayer as an affirmation of their cherished and once dominate values, and a group of modernists is attempting to maintain the ban on prayer as an affirmation of their cherished, contemporary values. (RM)

Flawed social policies have led to the high cost and the failure of human service institutions. The inclusion of local community associations in the creation of these policies would change the focus from control to consent thus allowing target populations to be supported within a more suitable context. (VM)

Compared the sociocultural characteristics of pregnant adolescents (N=129) of low socioeconomic status with a nonpregnant adolescent group (N=100) from the same area of Santiago, Chile. Found several differences between the groups including less schooling, lower level of aspirations, and a tendency to live in "the present" among the…

Stresses that understanding the impact of interaction with mass media requires conceptualizing media as an institutionalized social form. A critical feature of this process is the grammatical character of media interaction in the form of rhythm and tempo, because these rhythms and tempos become established in everyday routine. (SKC)

Three trends that are pervading society are an increased emphasis on quality of life, demand for continued learning opportunities, and an increase in personal responsibility. These trends are the basis for a need for programs in career/life development or planning. (JOW)