Rosalie Agger Cohen was an Associate Professor of Research at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Social Work from 1967 to 1970 and an Associate Professor of Sociology at Temple University from 1970 to 1999. Born in Pittsburgh on February 2, 1923, Cohen received her BA from Indiana Central College in 1951, her M.Ed. in Administration from Duquesne University in 1958, and her Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1967. She died on December 27, 2010. Cohen held a large number of Research Assistant, Chairman, organizational, and editorial positions during her career and received many honors including the Outstanding Faculty Woman Award at Temple in 1978.
Cohen’s contributions to sociology took many forms. Her most recent, extant CV lists six books and more than eighty articles, papers, and book reviews. Cohen also traveled widely to deliver addresses and participate in conferences, committees, and councils. Her research interests centered on cognition, education policy, methodology in the social sciences, poverty, social change, and the intersections between these areas. This collection is especially rich in contextual material pertaining to her most-cited article, “Conceptual Styles, Culture Conflict, and Nonverbal Tests of Intelligence.”
The Rosalie Cohen Papers contain a variety of materials pertaining to key phases of Cohen's academic life. Much of the Correspondence series dates from her time spent at the University of Pittsburgh. Some Correspondence however dates from after her move to Temple in 1970. Some letters collected in this series represent Cohen's efforts to share and refine her research; others document part of her career reviewing books and her tenure as an Associate Editor of the "Journal of Health & Social Behavior." The Course Materials, Event Materials, and Professional Papers series provide some insight into Cohen's pedagogical methods, the scholarly circles she moved in, and the organization, activities, and achievements of her intellectual and institutional life. The Publication series provides a rich sample of Cohen's writings and a bevy of contextual materials showing how these works took shape and circulated. Themes common to the whole collection include the following: conceptual styles, methodology in the social sciences, the philosophy of education, education policy, and poverty.
Series I. Correspondence
Series II. Course Materials
Series III. Event Materials
Series IV. Professional Papers
Series V. Publications
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Deposited by Rosalie Cohen on November 17, 1997.
This collection was processed by Ryan McGinnis in June 2012.
Rosalie Cohen Papers, 1965-1985, UA.90.F57, University Archives, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
Series I. Correspondence
Scope and Content Notes
The Correspondence series is organized alphabetically and contains folders titled after correspondent last name when relevant, institution name when relevant, or thematic grouping (e.g. Themed correspondence: reviews) when relevant. It should be noted that letters in this series do not bear directly on extant Cohen publications. When letters do bear directly on extant publications, they are filed accordingly for context in the relevant folders in the Publications series.
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| Box | Folder | | Allen, Doris Twitchell | 1 | 1 |
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| Folder | | Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith | 2 |
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| Folder | | Bogen, Joseph E. | 3 |
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| Folder | | Christen, Francois G. | 5 |
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| Folder | | Cockerille, Clara E. | 6 |
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| Folder | | Department of Health, Education and Welfare | 8 |
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| Folder | | Eastern Sociological Society | 11 |
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| Folder | | Elithorn, Alick | 12 |
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| Folder | | English, Maurice | 13 |
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| Folder | | EPDA Institute in Reading Evaluation | 14 |
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| Folder | | Farber, Bernard | 15 |
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| Folder | | Fisher, Stanley | 16 |
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| Folder | | Follow Through Program | 17 |
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| Folder | | Foster, Arnold W. | 18 |
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| Folder | | Freeman, Howard E. | 19 |
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| Folder | | Gamble, James F. | 20 |
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| Folder | | Goldman, Richard | 21 |
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| Folder | | Greenfield, Sanford R. | 23 |
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| Folder | | Harker, Richard K. | 24 |
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| Folder | | Hartley, Wynona S. | 25 |
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| Folder | | Hays, Lansing C. | 26 |
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| Folder | | Holloman, Regina | 27 |
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| Folder | | Holzner, Burkart | 28 |
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| Folder | | Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna | 29 |
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| Folder | | International and Intercultural Communication Annual | 30 |
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| Folder | | International Association of Social Psychiatry | 31 |
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| Folder | | Jameson-Adler, Barbara | 32 |
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| Folder | | Journal of Health and Social Behavior | 33 |
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| Folder | | Kimball, Sol T. | 35 |
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| Folder | | Lehman, Edward J. | 37 |
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| Folder | | Lieberstein, Samuel | 38 |
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| Folder | | Maruyama, Magorah | 40 |
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| Folder | | The Menninger Foundation | 42 |
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| Folder | | Mon Valley Health & Welfare Authority | 44 |
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| Folder | | Ostrander, Edward R. | 45 |
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| Folder | | Posvar, Wesley W. | 47 |
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| Folder | | Poverty and Human Resources Abstracts | 48 |
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| Folder | | Quality of Life Symposium | 49 |
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| Folder | | Second International Congress of Social Psychiatry | 51 |
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| Folder | | Smith, Richard A. | 52 |
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| Folder | | The Society for Applied Anthropology | 53 |
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| Folder | | Stanton, Paul E. | 54 |
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| Folder | | Staples, Brent A. | 55 |
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| Folder | | Symposium on Social-Environmental Problems and Directions of Change | 57 |
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| Folder | | Temple University Office of Public Affairs | 58 |
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| Folder | | Themed Correspondence: reviews | 59 |
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| Folder | | Themed Correspondence: supporting Cohen promotion to full professor | 60 |
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| Folder | | Townsley, Michael K. | 61 |
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| Folder | | TUFWC Awards Committee | 62 |
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| Folder | | U of Pittsburgh UCIS Publications | 63 |
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| Folder | | White, Willo P. | 64 |
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| Folder | | Wilson, Eileen B. | 65 |
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| Folder | | World Center for Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy | 66 |
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| Folder | | Zahn, Margaret A. | 67 |
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Series II. Course Materials
Scope and Content Notes
The Course Materials series contains a large folder of documents pertaining to Cohen's course "Research Methods 421." These include syllabi, bibliographies, exams, and notes.
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| Box | Folder | | Research Methods 421 | 1 | 68 |
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Series III. Event Materials
Scope and Content Notes
The Event Materials series collects meeting minutes, conference announcements, post-event newsletters, reports, and itineraries.
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| Box | Folder | | “Analytical and Relational Conceptual Styles Among Designers and Researchers” Workshop | 1 | 69 |
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| Folder | | Committee on S… Aug 28 Newsletter | 70 |
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| Folder | | “Conference on the Educational Recession of the 1970s” | 71 |
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| Folder | | Foundations of Education Faculty Meeting May 1, 1974 Minutes | 72 |
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| Folder | | Report on the Annual Conference and General Meeting of the British Association for Social Psychiatry 1968 | 73 |
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| Folder | | Research Conference on Urban Sub-Cultural Differences | 74 |
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| Folder | | International Congress of Group Psychotherapy | 75 |
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| Folder | | International Congress of Psychodrama and Sociodrama | 76 |
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| Folder | | Third Annual Citizens Assembly of Greater Philadelphia Materials | 77 |
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| Folder | | World Congress of Sociology in Uppsala, Sweden 1978 | 78 |
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Series IV. Professional Papers
Scope and Content Notes
The Professional Papers series contains intra-office and intra-departmental memos, documentation of awards and honors, biographical materials (e.g. Cohen's entry in The International Register of Profiles), an inventory of materials from Cohen's office at one point in her career, and a variety of articles, books, and other documents Cohen saved for reference.
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1976 Report of the Committee on Standards and Freedom of Research, Publications and Teaching | 1 | 79 |
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| Folder | | Articles saved for reference | 80 |
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| Folder | | Biographical materials | 81 |
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| Folder | | Books saved for reference | 81a |
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| Folder | | “Dr. Cohen named outstanding faculty woman” (
Temple Times) | 82 |
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| Folder | | “The Internship: Resultant of Intern, Medical School, and Hospital Vectors” | 83 |
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| Folder | | “Linking Theory and Practice: Research in Patterns of Thinking” – Washington International Center document | 84 |
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| Folder | | List of members of the Autumn 1970 Committee for Urban Studies | 85 |
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| Folder | | “Materials from the office of Rosalie Cohen” | 86 |
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| Folder | | Memo from Temple U to NJ Permanent Commission on State School Support | 87 |
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| Folder | | Memo re: abstracts from 1980 SSSP Educational Problems Division panel, “Women, Education, and Careers” | 88 |
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| Folder | | Memo re: In-Service Councils and Level II Certification from B. Rosner to Prof. Komisar | 89 |
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| Folder | | Memo re: The Office of Instructional Development from B. Rosner to College of Education | 90 |
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| Folder | | Temple University Faculty Women’s Club Seventh Annual Spring Tour and Award Luncheon | 91 |
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Series V. Publications
Scope and Content Notes
The Publications series contains all scholarly writings found among Cohen's papers. For many of her articles there is evidence of publication, often in the form of a clipping from the relevant journal. Some articles however exist only in manuscript or outline. It should be noted that correspondence bearing directly on Cohen's publications -- that is, requests for reprints, requests for elaboration on how Cohen conducted her experiments, and commentary on individual works -- is filed with the relevant publication for context. This series includes not just articles but also monographs, tracts, and a copy of Cohen's dissertation.
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| Box | Folder | | “Chronic Illness: A Case of Role Conflict Using a Multi-Modal Role Formulation” | 1 | 92 |
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| Folder | | “Cognitive Styles, Culture Conflict and Non-Verbal Tests of Intelligence” | 93 |
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| Folder | | “Cognitive Styles, Culture Conflict and Under- and Over-Achievement” | 94 |
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| Folder | | “Compulsory Sterilization Statutes: Public Sentiment and Public Policy” | 95 |
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Conceptual Styles and Social Change (first edition with second edition materials enclosed) | 96 |
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| Folder | | "Conceptual Styles, Culture Conflict, and Nonverbal Tests of Intelligence” | 97 |
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| Folder | | “Conceptual Styles: New Educational Strategies for Cultural and Linguistic Minority Children” | 98 |
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| Folder | | “Deprivation, Culture Difference and Culture Conflict in the Sciences” | 99 |
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| Folder | | “Effect of Socio-Conceptual Styles on Achievement in School: An Interim Report of Research on Educational Disadvantage” | 100 |
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| Folder | | “Effecting Planned Innovation in Schools through Indigenous Change Agents” | 101 |
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| Folder | | “Exclusions and Adaptations: A Reevaluation of the Culture of Poverty Theme” | 102 |
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| Folder | | “Formal Role Analysis and the Culture of Poverty” | 103 |
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| Folder | | “Four Paradigms: Their Consequences” | 104 |
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| Folder | | “Higher Education and Affirmative Action Law: A Case Study of Six Related Law Suits” | 105 |
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| Folder | | “How to Structure a Dissertation Research Proposal” | 106 |
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| Folder | | “Implications for ‘Culture Conflict’ from a Semantic Feature Analysis of the Lexicon of the Hard Core Poor” | 107 |
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| Folder | | “Implications of Cognitive Norms for the Study of Social Change” | 108 |
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| Folder | | “Implications of the Flexible Style for Social Change” | 109 |
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| Folder | | “Influence of Conceptual Rule-Sets on Measures of Learning Ability” | 110 |
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| Folder | | “In-Service Councils and Their Programs” | 111 |
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| Folder | | “Is Formal Status-Role Analysis Generalizable to Low-Income Groups?” | 112 |
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| Folder | | “Language and the Structure of Poverty” | 113 |
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| Folder | | “A Match or Not a Match? A Study of Immediate Science Materials” | 114 |
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| Folder | | “Middle States Review: The Public University (Responsibility) Issue” | 115 |
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| Folder | | “Multi-Theoretical Evaluation Research Teams as Conflict-Generating Milieus” | 116 |
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| Folder | | “Neglected Legal Dilemmas in Community Psychiatry” | 117 |
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| Folder | | “Occupational Segregation and Sex Related Cognitive Differences” | 118 |
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| Folder | | “Primary Group Structure, Conceptual Styles and School Achievement” | 119 |
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| Folder | | “Primary Group Structure, Conceptual Styles and School Achievement” (Ph.D. Dissertation w/ related materials) | 120 |
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| Folder | | “The Relation Between Socio-Conceptual Styles and Orientation to School Requirements” | 121 |
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| Folder | | “Relational and Analytical Intelligence in Designers and Research” | 122 |
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| Box | Folder | | “Resistance to Contemporary Mental Health Developments: Compulsory Sterilization Statutes as Indicators of Public Sentiment” | 2 | 1 |
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| Folder | | Review of
Education and Social Control: A Study in Progressive Primary Education (Rachel Sharp & Anthony Green) | 2 |
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| Folder | | Review of
Hightown Grammar: The School as a Social System (Colin Lacey) | 3 |
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| Folder | | Review of
Policy Issues in Education (ed. Ornstein & Miller) | 4 |
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| Folder | | Review of
The Role of the Pupil (Barbara Calvert) | 5 |
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| Folder | | “The Role of Primary Group Structure in the Development of Values” | 6 |
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| Folder | | “Role Theory and Chronic Illness” | 7 |
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| Folder | | “School Reorganization and Learning: An Approach to Assessing the Direction of Social Change” | 8 |
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| Folder | | “Social Structure, Change and the Integration of Residual Groups” | 9 |
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| Folder | | “Sociology of Education: A Definition of the Field” | 10 |
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| Folder | | “Sociology of Poverty: A Definition of the Field” | 11 |
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| Folder | | “Some Legal Constraints on the Effective Operation of ‘The Team’ in Medical Settings” | 12 |
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| Folder | | “Some Problems in Implementing the Better Decision – State of New Jersey” | 13 |
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| Folder | | “Sources of Communication Failures in the Language of the Hard-Core-Poor” | 14 |
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| Folder | | “Subcultural Variations and Dominant Societal Themes” | 15 |
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| Folder | | “A Systems Approach for Transforming Institutional Models” | 16 |
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| Folder | | “Taxonomy of Test Response Characteristics and Socio-Behavioral Correlates of Conceptual Styles” | 17 |
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| Folder | | “The Value-Laden Context in Programs for the Educationally Disadvantaged: A Critical Comment” | 18 |
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| Folder | | “Valuing, Values and Value: An Introduction to Systems of Knowing” (outline) | 19 |
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