Examines the current conception of voluntary career change by focusing on managers and professionals who switched careers during their middle years. This group is of interest because they have defined career paths, and have been more likely to remain in established careers through their working lives. (Author)

Because the controversy over the fairness of knowledge testing is fundamentally a confrontation between the politically dominant Anglo-oriented groups and rising minorities, issues concerning the use and interpretation of tests are more likely to be settled in the political arena than in the educational arena. (JD)

The explanation of educational ambition must be different for blacks and whites and also there are important differences by socioeconomic status among whites. (Author/AM)

Touhey has suggested that an influx of women into high-status, male-dominated professions will result in declining prestige and desirability for those professions. The present study attempts both a replication and an extension to examine results of changing sex ratios in low-status and female-dominated occupations. (Author)

This essay examines the dominant perspectives and themes in political gerontology, why some problems are highlighted and others relatively ignored, and the potential consequences of such channeling of knowledge. (Author/AM)

This paper focuses on the situation of immigrant workers and their families in the Federal Republic of Germany. It discusses the social conditions in which they live and the social policies and programs instigated by the German government in response. (Author/AM)

Notes that black people's acceptance of their physical characteristics is just the beginning of emancipation. Also, insinuations about blacks' intellectual inferiority must be rejected. (Author/AM)

Compares black and white adolescent boys from intact families with respect to levels of father identification and the correlation between identification and achievement orientation. (Author)

Examined was the relationship between duration of eye gaze and ranked position in a social group's dominance hierarchy in two groups of 12 institutionalized profoundly mentally retarded adults. (CL)

Fifty-six occupational therapists and 48 physical therapists were surveyed to determine how they rate various allied health occupations in terms of social status. Findings indicate that both groups rate status similarly, although they rate occupational therapy lower than physical therapy, pointing to the need for image enhancement. (CH)

A critical pedagogy provides a framework which allows teachers and students to think critically about the realities of their world. If educators take seriously the notion of critical literacy, they must challenge the assumptions of the dominant educational rationality which serves the status quo. (GC)

To estimate perceived prestige and status attributed to rehabilitation counselors in medical settings 104 physical therapists and occupational therapists compared the social standing of rehabilitation counselors with that of other allied health professionals. Rehabilitation counselors ranked below several other occupational groups, including…

Using a national sample of 249 employed couples, effects of own and spouse's education, occupational status, and income are assessed on three dimensions of psychological functioning: ideational flexibility, self-directedness of orientation, and distress. Results for each dimension of psychological functioning are given. (Author/BL)

Examined whether self-ascribed handicapped status accounted for variance in positive and negative affect, net of intra- and interpersonal resources, and social status of older adults (N=247). As anticipated, self-ascribed handicapped status was not a significant predictor of affect when social status and intra- and interpersonal resources were…

The author discusses the effectiveness of a Swedish scheme specifically designed to promote social equality via access to higher education. In reporting the apparent failure of the scheme, the author states that it illustrates how difficult it is to create a system of entry to higher education which overcomes the impact of inherited class…