This collection of essays gives the reader intimate views of the author's perspectives on topics ranging from social justice and education to service learning. The book is divided into four parts. Part 1 focuses on the general nature of the author's social and cultural critique of education. Relationships between educational policies and…

Few of the current major efforts to improve urban schools adequately appreciate the extent to which the problematic social climate of urban schools can undermine the implementation of even very good ideas. As a result, programs often come and go with little lasting impact. This paper uses ethnographic fieldwork to illustrate the ways dysfunctional…

During the state of transition in contemporary Russia from communism to a market economy, nonprofit organizations have been thrust into the forefront to provide to youth and families services formerly rendered by the government. This paper describes Moscow Charity House (MCH) and Nevsky Angel in St. Petersburg, the first nonprofit organizations in…

Based on multi-disciplinary academic research and professional practice, this book is a response to the current political and policy debates in Britain that maintain that "childhood" is in a state of "crisis"; that there is a breakdown in discipline, professional, or parental guidance; and that young people lack any sense of…

School violence at all levels of education is an issue that Congress has a responsibility to address. By calling together diverse groups from across the Nation, this subcommittee of the House of Representatives worked with federal, state, and local officials to confront a national problem. Statements and letters were received from representatives…

Thirty years after the enactment of civil rights legislation, the meaning of race has become a problem in the United States, largely because the legacy of centuries of white supremacy lives on. Monolithic white supremacy is over, but in a more concealed way, white power and privilege linger. Ethnic under-representation creates a host of problems…

The University of Massachusetts McCormack Institute Poll of attitudes and opinions related to the political, economic, and social life of Massachusetts was expanded in 1998 to include a larger sample of minority respondents than in previous years. In 1998, the sample included 127 African Americans, 114 Asian Americans, 107 Latinos, and 381 Whites.…

The responses of 120 counseling center clients were analyzed to investigate the relationship of perceived family atmosphere with emotional-social clients and vocational-educational clients to determine if they differed in their perceptions of the dominant parent. Chi-square analyses revealed significant relationships at the .05 level of confidence…

Adult educators in areas of deprivation, in developing their role, may need to commit themselves to goals of change which are "political"--to become partisans for the people they work with--or, when faced with the most pressing problems they will become irrelevant as have others in the altruistic trades. (Author/AJ)

Adaptation from the keynote address to the Association for Childhood Education International Annual Study Conference held at Denver, Colorado in April, 1972. (CB)

Mrs. Harris, formerly dean of Howard University Law School, describes her empathy for college activists, partially blames student personnel workers for unrest because of laxity in making changes, expresses concern over possibility of change by force. Speech presented at annual meeting National Association of Women Deans and Counselors, Atlanta,…

This paper is adapted from the final report of the Homelessness Project at the Bureau of Applied Social Research, Columbia University, New York, a research program conducted from 1965 to 1968.

To highlight some of the issues involved in science and social advocacy, a case study describing active advocacy by social scientists in the area of mental retardation is presented. From the identification of a social problem, through the selection of the means of solution, the social scientist faces ethical decisions. (RM)