Commencement speech discusses some reasons why Black college students must give first priority to struggle against racism. (CJ)

The authors contend that if professionally reponsible people care about the drug problem, they will prove their dedication by helping others to care through education. (BY)

A keynote speech at the CLA Convention, Boston 1970 which presents an overview of the problems, challenges, and opportunities that await the world in the 1970's. (MF)

A humanistic education is superior to a practical education because the former aims at unifying all branches of knowledge. (CK)

A mental and spiritual reorientation is needed on the part of everyone if we are to cope with our constantly changing world. (CK)

Changes in the American family, institutional changes, and mobility have been instrumental in fostering uncaring attitudes. Often, however, it is not clear if the American people have become uncaring or if they care in a different and possibly more effective way. (RM)

Shows how soap operas veer from reality in the stylized way they organize and present content. Divides the genre into its component parts--focusing on temporal structures, spatial structures, themes, plots, and character types. (PD)

Until very recently, the American dream, and most people's perception of it, was realizable--e.g., owning a home, obtaining a job, and old-age security. Reasons for many citizens' disillusionment include the nuclear threat, high costs of a college education, and the high divorce rate. (RM)

Suggests some social conflict dilemmas, such as war, which might be analyzed in the classroom. (SJL)

Identifies issue areas in which President Reagan either has or does not have widespread public support. Suggests, for example, that attempts by the Reagan administration to reestablish school prayer, pass strict anti-pornography laws, outlaw the teaching of evolution, or end funding of sex education programs would result in a series of fruitless…

Two high school teachers consider the use of and misuse of the term "sexism," the efficacy of using such a term and its connotations, and the need to fight social inequities with both words and actions. (RL)