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Sigel, Roberta S. – 1970
This collection of readings was first assembled in order to bring together materials for a course at Wayne State University focusing on the conditions of change and conflict in the political socialization process. The first chapter, Learning and Development, concentrates on the mechanics of this learning process. The next five chapters The Family,…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Higher Education, Political Affiliation, Political Attitudes
McLaughlin, Margaret L. – 1972
This study was undertaken to illustrate the application of a multidimensional individual-differences approach to credibility judgments as an alternative to factor analysis. Judgments of aspirants to the presidency of the United States were specifically studied. Ten stimulus-persons, varying in sex, political affiliation, and (apparent) ideology,…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Behavior Rating Scales, Communication (Thought Transfer), Credibility
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Vigil, Maurilio E. – 1976
New Mexico's Hispanos have long participated actively in every facet of state politics--party work, candidacy, office holding, and voting. Yet, they have not shared the political rewards commensurate with political importance in state politics. The 1974 election of Jerry Apodaca as New Mexico's twenty-third Governor marked only the third time, and…
Descriptors: Elections, Government (Administrative Body), Mexican Americans, Political Affiliation
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Meeus, Wim – Youth and Society, 1988
Examination of 352 Dutch secondary school students reveals that adolescents with high-level education who endorse adolescent rebellion have a more distinctly left-wing profile--in both their political party preferences and their political views--than those with low-level education, who more often ratified political intolerance. (BJV)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Activism, Adolescent Development, Adolescents
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Westholm, Anders; Niemi, Richard G. – Youth and Society, 1986
Examination of 1981-83 panel study of Swedish youths born in 1965 to determine the extent to which employment problems affect developing belief in the political process. Results show a clear relationship--one more complex than a simple reflection of self-interest. (PS)
Descriptors: Employment Experience, Employment Problems, Government Role, Individual Power
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Vale, Thomas R. – Journal of Geography, 1985
Conservation's concern for utility and beauty are not readily and consistently associated with either side of the liberal/conservative dichotomy or with any specific place on the conventional political spectrum. The politics of those trying to save the forests of Central America illustrate these points. (RM)
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Conservatism, Ecology, Forestry
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Campbell, John Creighton; Strate, John – Gerontologist, 1981
Tested the proposition that American older people are politically more conservative than middle-aged people, using the National Election Studies from 1952-80. Alternative conceptions of conservatism were employed. Results vary, but in general the differences between the two groups appear small. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attitude Measures, Comparative Testing, Middle Aged Adults
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Gamson, Zelda F. – Journal of Voluntary Action Research, 1974
The effects of different relationships between subgroups (student voluntary organizations) and their larger organizational environment (the university) on internal group processes are examined. It is hypothesized that the relationship is reflected in the ways members are recruited and integrated, group norms and values, and the kinds of…
Descriptors: Fraternities, Group Dynamics, Group Membership, Higher Education
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Douglas, Lawrence; George, Alexander – Academe, 2005
A national survey cited in the "New York Times" last November reveals that "Democratic professors outnumber Republicans by at least seven to one in the humanities and social sciences." These numbers, astonishing as they may seem, simply confirm what many in the academy have long known: that the ivory tower is tinged blue. With…
Descriptors: Social Sciences, Humanities, Higher Education, College Faculty
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1997
Public concern about the quality of education is increasing dramatically. This report presents findings of a national survey conducted by the Education Commission of the States (ECS) following the November 1996 general election. Data were gathered through a telephone survey of 1,200 registered voters, 40 percent of whom were Republicans, 40…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Mayberry, Maralee – 1991
The political and religious characteristics of parents in four western states who educate their children at home are examined. The relation of those characteristics to parents' decisions to circumvent state-sponsored education services are also considered. Additional discussion focuses on the relevance of the findings for public policy. The target…
Descriptors: Conservatism, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Characteristics, Government Role
Chrisman, Sara B. – 1974
This bibliography is intended to serve as a guide to information about women's participation in American politics. Emphasis is on materials published since 1965, but landmark works published earlier are also included. Many documents are from unpublished sources; information on obtaining them is available from the Center for the American Woman and…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Employed Women, Females, Feminism
Geller, Jesse D.; Howard, Gary – 1969
The present study represents an attempt to further delineate the sociological and psychological variables that predispose a student to become an activist of the "new left." A total of 103 students participated in the study, 48 experimental and 55 control subjects. Measures used included a self report, an activism index, a Vietnam opinion Survey,…
Descriptors: Activism, College Students, Political Affiliation, Political Influences
Fields, Cheryl M. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
Cases on the Supreme Court's agenda that involve higher education are discussed including: the delivery of labor-union material through a university's internal mail system, the denial of visas to foreigners invited to speak on campuses, the Veterans Administration's refusal to extend GI Bill education benefits of alcoholic veterans, etc. (MLW)
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Federal Regulation
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Rothman, Stanley; Nevitte, Neil; Lichter, S. Robert – Academic Questions, 2005
Apparently, the department of agriculture is the last bastion for ideological pluralism in the modern American academy. Almost everywhere else, according to research by Stanley Rothman et al., a monolithic liberal orthodoxy holds sway, rewarding its own and conferring career disadvantage upon scholars deemed politically inconvenient. As his…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Surveys, Higher Education, College Faculty
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