A study was conducted in Inuvik, a planned settlement in the Mackenzie Delta region of the Northwest Territories in Canada, to study the factors which work against adaptation among the Indians, Eskimos, and Metis to the "urban milieu" of Inuvik. Field techniques included informal observation and intensive interviews with selected native…

The theory used in this study predicted that the individual who is "high" on the status characteristics will assume leadership as a function of a diffusion of the "high" evaluation to expectations about other competencies. In general, it was expected that differentially evaluated external status characteristics such as sex, race, and social class…

Tests theoretical model suggesting that ratio of nonwhite to white rural population engaged in farming in Virginia can be determined by assessing extent to which black farm operators had access to land, labor, capital, and social status. Finds changing social forces of production have decreased the proportion of black farmers. (LFL)

In order to study women's social mobility in the United Kingdom, a typology of girls' schools is needed. Proposed here is a typology for girls' secondary schools before 1914. The typology preserves distinctions between public and private, boarding and day schools, and introduces subdivisions indicating academic quality. (Author/RM)

Cocaine, the highly addictive substance, is being used by alarming numbers of undergraduates, and many are selling it on their campuses to support their own habits. A questionnaire for students who might be in trouble with cocaine and don't know it is provided. (MLW)

The way in which the separation of family and work is reinforced and the way the distinction between male and female spheres is legitimated are analyzed within three different relationships: between schools and the economy, schooling and work, and the family and school. (Author/GC)

Examines effects of a court-ordered consolidation of 11 school districts in New Castle County, Delaware, for desegregation purposes. Surveys racial and eduational attitudes of parents and students over four years following implementation of the plan. Concludes that those attitude changes which did take place mostly occurred within the first year.…

A study examined the gender and status (defined as traditional versus nontraditional student) differences on the Classroom Interaction Rules Survey (CIRS). The research questions asked if significant differences exist between males and females and traditional and nontraditional students in terms of compliance with and importance of implicit…

The Marriage Role Expectation Inventory developed by Marie Dunn was used to show the degree that adolescent marriage role expectations were traditional or equalitarian. Inventory scores were found to be related to grade average, social status, and age. The findings and their use in counseling and teaching are discussed. (Author)

Explores the relationship between degree of accent in the English of Mexican American speakers as assessed by native raters, and the social judgments of raters toward accented speakers. Results of the study are discussed in relation to Giles and Powesland's (1975) incremental theory of class-related standard. (Author/MES)

Evaluates the impact of the 1954 "Brown" decision and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on equal opportunity for women. Reviews the similar struggles faced by Blacks and women in the areas of education and employment. (GC)

The most exclusive boarding schools in America were created by old established families in order to define their cultural identity and isolate themselves from "nouveaux riches" industrialists and lower-class immigrants. Data on graduates, however, suggest that these schools brought together children of new wealth with those of old families.…

To investigate whether an experimental intervention would successfully improve the social position of rejected students, four students identified as the least accepted class members and four students with learning disabilities and/or educable mental handicaps were studied. (PHR)

Analyses of communicative exchanges among 64 playgroup children revealed that both 3-and 4-year-old nonhandicapped children adjusted the communicative function, style, and affective quality of their interactions when addressing mildly developmentally delayed companions. Adjustments were more closely related to interpersonal and social status…

Studied whether social skills intervention would be more effective when delivered in presence of high-social-status (HS) students in grades two, three, and four. Assigned 35 low-social-status students to intervention with HS peers, without HS peers, or no intervention. Evaluations of peer ratings, social problem solving, and teacher ratings…