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Student activism in the 1970s: Transformation not decline

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This article documents the decline of 1960s-style student protest, but argues that activism is far from dead on American campuses in the 1970s. The authors find that there is a new mood in America that is reflected in current student political activity and from which have emerged new forms of student activism. The analysis suggests that as student character and mood change, so do the forms of activism students employ. The implications of this conclusion are significant in terms of evaluating past research and setting a future agenda for research on student activism.

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  1. Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education, Berkeley, California, USA

    Arthur Levine

  2. University of California, San Francisco, California, USA

    Keith R. Wilson

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Levine, A., Wilson, K.R. Student activism in the 1970s: Transformation not decline. High Educ 8, 627–640 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00215986

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