This quarterly, student published journal is a forum for student writing on contemporary rhetoric. The focus of this issue is the rhetoric of Women's Liberation. Women discuss major philosophical and political issues effecting women. The articles include: "The Rhetoric of Women's Liberation;""The Demands of Revolutionary Women at…

This report focuses on the experiences of a group of high school dropouts who participated in two experimental programs; one of which offered courses leading to a high school diploma and the other which offered skill training in one of three occupational areas. The programs were conducted to test whether obtaining a diploma or skill training…

GRADES OR AGES: Grade 12. SUBJECT MATTER: Sociology; modern problems. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide contains two units, one on the problems of minority groups and the other on social pathology. Sub-sections of unit 2 include crime and criminals, criminal investigation, gun control, U.S. criminal law, criminal procedure,…

The trends that are presently converging to make the utilization of the RFP increasingly apparent in Federal funding are discussed. These trends include: (1) greater emphases on social policy issues by the government; (2) increased number of government operated programs; (3) increased management requirements for an operations planning system; (4)…

This guide contains a selected list of urban, environmental, and social problem gaming/simulations. The games included in the list are suitable for a variety of age groups and educational purposes. Each listed game/simulation is accompanied by an identifying statement, the developers of the game, number of players, game time, and source of the…

The items in this bibliography are intended to give those working with youth an idea of what has been achieved and what remains to be done. The document includes organizations concerned with youth, and books and monographs arranged according to subject areas. The bibliography is selective and includes primarily materials published since 1970.…

Describes a college utilizing interdisciplinary studies and off-campus learning experiences to unite the classroom and reality and thus acknowledge the social significance of science. (LS)

Examines coverage of the abortion issue prior to, during, and after the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing elective abortion in daily newspapers in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Washington, D.C. Considers the effect on news coverage of local religious composition, income levels, race, and abortion rate. (GW)

When used in combination, the criteria of positive solidarity and anti-institutional orientation can help to refocus the study of social movements towards the analysis of large scale social change outside institutional channels and keep it distinct from the field of collective behavior. (WI)

This study of Asians found that: (1) there is a need for basic legal services as well as general counseling; (2) English classes at both basic and more advanced levels are wanted; and (3) the stereotype of Asians in America as uncomplaining and stoic minority groups is partially validated by the data. (Author/WI)

Follows the evolution of the docudrama as a blend of fact and fiction, dramatizing events and people in recent history. Examines and characterizes the antecedents of this form, and explores the docudrama's role as a catalyst for social awareness and its potential problems related to ethical and legal precedents. (JMF)

This paper summarizes the research which has been done on interracial marriages in areas such as incidence of interracial marriages, causal factors, sociopsychological characteristics, and the problems encountered by the marriage partners and their children. (Author/AM)

In recent years, child abuse has emerged as a social priority of national importance, largely through physicians' efforts to make it so. Grafting a medical approach onto what has been a social work concern has had serious, perhaps unfortunate, consequences for social work policy, practice, and education. (Author)

In 1953, William O. Stanley wrote the prominent social reconstructionist treatise, "Education and Social Integration." Fennell argues that Stanley was too optimistic, and states that democratic reconstruction will occur only if the very commitment that Stanley claims to exist is made a primary goal of political education. (Editor/RK)

Discusses findings of an analysis of newspaper reporting of riots in Detroit from July 1967 to August 1968. Points out the correlation between the demographic characteristics of a community, its geographic proximity to a large Black population, and the manner in which riot-related news was presented in suburban newspapers. (JMF)