Surveyed 69 mothers about having grandparents in family. Found that single mothers emphasized grandparents' support in childrearing, married mothers stressed grandparents' value in providing family heritage and stability, and both agreed that grandparents' interference in childrearing could pose threats to family harmony. Proposes grandparents…

Provides several different definitions for the concept of solidarity and stresses the need to act on its principles of unity and helping those in need. Describes various outreach activities that church members have participated in and urges others to work toward unification. (YKH)

Community college leaders commonly think of community college leadership in terms of rationality, expertise, power, negotiations, and legalisms rather than the more human, loving, symbolic, and transcendent dimensions of their work. Yet the giving of oneself to a common cause, to a higher calling, is the most important role community college…

In the days when university grades were given out as an honest measure of academic and intellectual performance, cheating on exams or papers was a a situation in which everyone was immediately aware that people who cheated were mocking or disvaluing the achievement of those who were acting honestly. Today, all this has changed. It's the cheaters…

This article explores the ways in which gay male presence and contribution to dance education in the US is minimised in order to legitimate male participation and to gain wider social acceptance of dance. Current muted discourses regarding homosexuality in dance pedagogy are not only shortsighted, but also unwittingly reproduce narrow stereotypes…

Educational opportunity in the United States and Mexico is an important factor in the process of expanding social and economic opportunities, as well as political and civil rights in both countries. Yet, by national and international indicators, many Mexican American and Mexican children are underserved by public schools in both countries; and…

The lack of support services following the release of adolescent youths from a residential treatment center back to their families is examined in this practicum. Consequently, the development of a family reintegration program for the treatment center is focused on the concept that effective aftercare begins at intake. Understandably, families…

At one time communication scholars could go their merry way, secure in the notion that their departments would continue to receive ample funding. However, recent assaults on established and recognized communication departments around the country are more than shots across the bow from administrators and even colleagues from other academic…

This paper examines the development of cohesion and self-disclosure during the mandatory group experience of a masters level training program in counseling. Differences between cohesion and self-disclosure in these groups, as opposed to what might be expected in a more naturalistic setting, are described and implications for the training of group…

This paper describes a practicum program that was developed to increase the effectiveness of the administrative team at one high school. A lack of communication skills had prevented the target group from working together as a team. Strategies included role-play activities, workshops, and communication skill-development meetings. A series of…

Because teasing is a form of play that can contain some element of truth, the response of the teased is relevant to determining the nature of the play frame. Play frames occur in teasing situations when the teased responds in a way that cooperates and therefore maintains the play frame. This paper analyzes five examples of interactional teases…

Our outline is presented of some of the questions facing Black history theoreticians in America, in light of the present ideological discussions now taking place over the proper role of history in the Black struggle in America. A call is issued for an Afrikan analysis, a reinterpretation of world history to combat the 21st century Euro-Asiatic…

A discussion of the past and current political context of black college enrollment which focuses on the Northwestern University campus social order and the norms brought to it by blacks, analyzing in detail the politicization process for black students between 1966 and 1969. The objectives are to explain fluctuations in black student political…

Student difficulties adjusting to college may lead to individual dysfunction. The enhancement of a sense of community could have a positive effect on student morale and may help to prevent dysfunction. This study examined the effects of a group counseling program on college students' sense of community. College students (N=90), mostly freshmen,…

A study examining small group performance replicated and extended a previous study by L. Kelly and R. L. Duran to reanalyze their operationalization of cohesiveness. To test the hypotheses of the original study and to explore questions about using the polarization index as an indication of group cohesiveness, the study used a large number of…