Student Opposition in the United States

1966 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 351-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seymour Martin Lipset
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
University Students ◽  
Vietnam War ◽  
World Wide ◽  
The United States ◽  
Political Discussion ◽  
American University ◽  
The Past ◽  
American Students ◽  
Opposition Movement

The emergence of a student opposition movement in the United States in the past few years has received world-wide attention. During the last year, American students have made headlines for their organized opposition to the Vietnam war, and for the now celebrated Berkeley Student Revolt. For perhaps the fist time in American history, the politics of university students has become a major topic of national political discussion. Many articles have been written in newspapers and magazines discussing the nature and sigmlicance of this movement.Any analysis of the American student movement must attempt to answer the question why student politics in the mid-1960s should be so much more noteworthy than any preceding set of such activities. Before turning to a discussion of this issue, I would like to summarize briefly some of the earlier radical activities of American university students.

scholarly journals Attitudes Towards Self-change: A Comparison of Japanese and American University Students

1995 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 577-593 ◽  
Author(s):  
David S. Crystal ◽  
Kazuo Kato ◽  
Sheryl Olson ◽  
Hirozumi Watanabe
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
College Students ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
University Students ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Control ◽  
American University

This study examined attitudes related to the possibility of changing cognitions and behaviours among samples of college students in the United States and Japan. Students were asked to identify three things about themselves that they wanted to change, the method they would use to effect these changes, how difficult they thought making such changes would be, and how much they desired to make the changes. Japanese and US students differed significantly in the frequency with which they mentioned all seven aspects of the self that were targeted for change. Students in the United States expressed a desire to improve their sociability, academic achievement and cognitive abilities, physical appearance, and sense of individuality. Students in Japan were most concerned about enhancing their relationships with others, self-control and motivation, and ability to manage practical affairs. In addition, US respondents were more likely than their Japanese counterparts to use behaviour-oriented strategies, to believe it was easy to make self-changes, and to indicate a strong desire to improve the self. The findings are discussed in the context of theories describing different cultural construals of self, and of empirical research on differences between collectivistic and individualistic cultures.

scholarly journals Cyberethics: Identifying The Moral, Legal And Social Issues Of Cybertechnology In K-12 Classrooms

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
David S. Brown ◽  
Tao Wang
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
The United States ◽  
Black And White ◽  
The Past ◽  
American Students ◽  
Ethical Choices ◽  
Cyber Crimes ◽  
K 12

Two computer viruses that have caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage over the past four years are the Melissa and the Sasser virus. In March of 1999, the Melissa virus first appeared on the Internet and spread rapidly throughout computer systems in the United States and Europe. The virus made its way through 1.2 million computers in the United States alone. On December 9, 1999, David Smith pleaded guilty to state and federal charges associated with his creation of the Melissa virus (Vamosi, 2003). Reasons for writing the viruses; boredom, the challenge, and thats what Im good at, what I like to do. In May, 2004, the Sasser virus was released by an 18 year old in Germany (Williams, 2004). The arrest made on this script kiddie was the first which used Microsofts $5,000,000 fund, even though millions has been offered for information on other viruses. Unfortunately, young virus creators are unwilling to turn one another in, claiming they write viruses because they have nothing else to do or because they just want to see what happens. The purpose of this paper is threefold. First, this paper will describe the extent of Internet/cyber use by American students. Second, this paper will present data from a resent research project showing the large amount of cyber crimes are secondary students are aware of and are participating in. Finally, this paper will present scenarios which might help the reader understand why ethical choices of todays script kiddies are not as black and white as the reader might think.

Teaching Asian American Studies in Japan

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masumi Izumi
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
University Students ◽  
Asian American ◽  
American Studies ◽  
Social Activism ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Protest ◽  
Asian American Studies ◽  
American University ◽  
Cultural Movements

This chapter juxtaposes Asian American scholarship in Japan and the United States, and explores ways in which the field can be pedagogically useful for deconstructing hegemonic social discourses on race, culture, ethnicity and justice both for Japanese and American university students and scholars. Teaching the history of Japanese emigration to the Pan-Pacific region not only helps Japanese students to overcome the historical amnesia about their country’s imperial past, but also helps American students to contextualize the migration from Japan to the US within the overall Japanese emigration history. Structural analyses of race lead to students’ better understanding of different ways in which race has historically created, naturalized and perpetuated social and economic hierarchy within the United States and Japan. Furthermore, learning about the social protest and cultural movements that led to the birth of Asian American studies can promote positive views among university students toward political engagement and social activism.

scholarly journals What Do Israeli University Students Know About Canada?

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph B. Glass
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
University Students ◽  
Pop Culture ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Indicators ◽  
General Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Questionnaire ◽  
American Students ◽  
Hebrew University

Between March 1996 and October 2000, six groups of students in a second- and third-year, optional, semester course in the Department of Geography at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, were asked to complete a general knowledge questionnaire about Canada. The questions examine the respondents’ knowledge of Canadian geography, culture and society, population, and economic indicators. Analysis of the questionnaires found that compared with American students living “next door” to Canada, the level of Israeli university students’ knowledge about that country is quite high. Israelis know more about Canadian geography, sports, and economics, and about the flag of Canada than about other aspects of life there. They are familiar with Canadian pop culture figures, although they may not recognize them as Canadian. Israeli students’ awareness of Canada is eclipsed by their knowledge of the United States, which occupies a central role in the Israeli consciousness.

scholarly journals Support of Socialist Countries during Vietnam War: Training Officers of Soviet Union for Vietnam, 1954-1975

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
Nguyen Duy Phuong ◽  
Nguyen Van Sang
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Vietnam War ◽  
The United States ◽  
Officer Training ◽  
Material Support ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
Great Support ◽  
Important Position

The victory of the Vietnamese people in the war is inseparable from the great support of the international community and the peacekeeping force worldwide. Not only receiving material support, but more importantly, Vietnam also received the support on intellectual resources from international friends through the training of officers in all fields. The Soviet Union's role as the leader of the socialist bloc held the most important position in that immense help. Based on archived sources that are diplomatic documents between the two countries, as well as the latest research achievements, the article analyzes the support of The Soviet Union for Vietnam in the field of officer training in many aspects. The results confirm the great contributions of The Soviet Union to the Vietnam war against the United States to build and protect the independence of Vietnamese people, and at the same time contribute to explain the effects of the “Soviet model” in Vietnam in the past as well as nowadays.   Received: 19 August 2020 / Accepted: 2 December 2020 / Published: 17 January 2021

The “Temperance Mentality”: A Comparison of University Students in Seven Countries

1998 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce K. Alexander ◽  
Gary A. Dawes ◽  
Govert F. van de Wijngaart ◽  
Hans C. Ossebaard ◽  
Michael D. Maraun
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
University Students ◽  
Harm Reduction ◽  
Drug Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Other ◽  
Drugs And Alcohol ◽  
The Past ◽  
Other Hand

In response to a ‘temperance mentality’ questionnaire, university students from Iran, Bulgaria, the United States, and Italy expressed more support for ‘temperance moralism’ than did students from Canada, Ireland, and the Netherlands. On the other hand, students from all seven countries generally supported ‘non-moralistic drug prohibitionism,’ an attitude that appears more compatible with the contemporary harm-reduction movement. In every sample, students expressed more support for temperance items that were directed towards drugs and alcohol than they did for items that were directed at alcohol alone. We argue that understanding the “temperance mentality” on a transnational level may help society to avoid repeating some of the drug policy excesses of the past.

Sentence structure and formality

1990 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 511-520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry Levin ◽  
Peter Garrett
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
University Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Close Friend ◽  
Sentence Structure ◽  
American Students ◽  
The One

ABSTRACTThe evidence is practically unequivocal that left-branching (LB) sentences are more difficult to process than right-branching (RB) sentences. In this study, the hypothesis was tested that LB sentences are judged to be more formal than RB ones and that center-branching (CB) sentences would behave like LB ones. Three groups of subjects, university students in England, Wales, and the United States, ordered three versions of 18 sentences in terms of their formality. LB and CB sentences were considered more formal than RB ones by all three groups of students. LB and CB types did not differ from each other. In a second study, American students choose from the group of three sentences the one they would say to a formal listener (professer/employer) or to an informal listener (brother/sister or close friend). RB sentences were attributed to informal listeners and LB and CB sentences, to formal listeners. (Grammar, formality, sociolinguistics)

scholarly journals Comparing the awareness of and beliefs in sexually transmitted infections among university students in Madagascar and the United States of America

PeerJ ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. e4362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter R. Reuter ◽  
Shannon McGinnis ◽  
Kim E. Reuter
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
University Students ◽  
Sexually Transmitted Infections ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
American University ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Hiv Aids

Young adults have a higher risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections (STIs) than other age groups. This risk may be mediated by their social and cultural setting which can impact young adults’ awareness of, beliefs in, and risk of contracting STIs (including HIV/AIDS). In order to understand how these factors vary among young adults of different cultures, it is important to study these issues on a cross-cultural scale. This study aimed to increase understanding of the relationship between the culture of a place of study and: (1) STI awareness; (2) belief in STIs; and (3) self-reported STI prevalence in the study population. Survey data were collected from university students in Madagascar (n = 242 surveys in 2013) and the United States of America (n = 199 surveys in 2015). Compared to students at the American university, students at the Malagasy university: (1) did not appear to have a conclusively lower awareness of STIs; (2) did not differ in rates of belief in the existence of gonorrhea and syphilis, but had higher rates of disbelief in HIV/AIDS; and (3) were more likely to report having been infected with syphilis and gonorrhea, but not with HIV/AIDS. Students at the Malagasy university also listed different reasons than the students at the American university for why they believed in the existence of STIs. These findings highlight the need for further cross-cultural research to better adapt intervention strategies to different cultural settings.

International Research and Variation in Views of Ethnicity

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-72
Author(s):  
Ella Inglebret ◽  
Amy Skinder-Meredith ◽  
Shana Bailey ◽  
Carla Jones ◽  
Ashley France
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Classification System ◽  
International Research ◽  
The United States ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Research Participants ◽  
The Past ◽  
International Scale ◽  
Publication Patterns

The authors in this article first identify the extent to which research articles published in three American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) journals included participants, age birth to 18 years, from international backgrounds (i.e., residence outside of the United States), and go on to describe associated publication patterns over the past 12 years. These patterns then provide a context for examining variation in the conceptualization of ethnicity on an international scale. Further, the authors examine terminology and categories used by 11 countries where research participants resided. Each country uses a unique classification system. Thus, it can be expected that descriptions of the ethnic characteristics of international participants involved in research published in ASHA journal articles will widely vary.

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