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Curt Davidson; Alan Ewert; Ryan Zwart – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2024
Over the past several decades outdoor adventure recreation programs (OARPs) have seen an increase in popularity on university campuses across the country. This study used the Leisure Motivation Scale (LMS) developed, to measure motives for participation; that is, the study investigated college students' motivations to participate in OARPs.…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, College Students, Student Attitudes, Outdoor Education
Rauner, Mary; Lundquist, Sara; Smith, Amelia – WestEd, 2019
This resource provides step-by-step guidance to teams who are developing, strengthening, or expanding a College Promise program. The Guidebook is organized into three sections that cover topics ranging from how to frame your College Promise program to evaluating and implementing it. Each section includes embedded tools and exercises to help you…
Descriptors: College Programs, Program Development, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation
Peacock, Susi; Cowan, John – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2018
This paper opens by summarising the case for student-directed learning in online higher education as a means of bringing about the development and use of higher-level cognitive and interpersonal abilities such as critical and creative thinking. The writers refine their conceptualisations of student-direction, different to, but flowing from…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Wechsler, Harold – 1991
This report describes and assesses the experiences of five two-year/four-year institutional partnerships (eight community colleges with five independent liberal arts institutions) that were undertaken to encourage community college students, especially minorities and educationally disadvantaged students, to pursue baccalaureate degrees at…
Descriptors: College Students, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis

Hetherington, Cheryl; Loganbill, Carol R. – Journal of the National Association of Women Deans, Administrators, and Counselors, 1985
Defines, discusses, and reviews the literature on wellness. Each of six basic components of wellness - emotional, physical, spiritual, intellectual, social, and vocational - is explained. By promoting these components, counselors and administrators can enhance their work with students. Provides concrete suggestions for the development of a…
Descriptors: College Students, Counselor Role, Higher Education, Program Development
Dessoff, Alan L. – Currents, 1994
Programming that involves both the alumni association and current students can build good working relationships, promote the alumni office, and help provide efficient student programming. The experiences of several colleges and universities illustrate the creative role alumni can play in campus programs. (MSE)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Alumni, Alumni Associations, College Students
Vogel, Susan A.; Sattler, Joan L. – 1981
Intended for college and university admissions officers, faculty, and administration, the booklet presents an overview of learning disabilities (LD) and the implications of LD on postsecondary services. A definition of LD is given, followed by a list of typical characteristics of LD adults. Characteristics of a model comprehensive college LD…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities, Postsecondary Education
Jackson, Laura Christion – Currents, 1994
It is argued that if colleges and universities want involved alumni, they must begin during the student years. Activities and approaches to take during each of the four college years to help establish a mutually supportive relationship are outlined, and illustrated with examples from a variety of institutions. (MSE)
Descriptors: Alumni, Alumni Associations, College Environment, College Students

Apostoli, Beth Dempsey – Journal of Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities International, 1986
Successful transition from high school to college for learning disabled students requires specialized support services including the help of a knowledgeable guidance counselor in designing a transition plan which considers student characteristics, communication between educators in each setting, and provision of a primary facilitator to effect…
Descriptors: College Students, High Schools, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities
Cramer, Elizabeth P., Ed. – 2002
The chapters in this collection present an approach to changing attitudes about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) students, faculty, and staff on college campuses. The book explores a wide range of subjects and contains basic tools to establish programs for LGBT students. The chapters of part 1, "The Campus Environment: Campus-Wide…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Bisexuality, College Faculty, College Students
Fonosch, Gail G.; And Others – Exceptional Education Quarterly, 1982
Career education needs of disabled college students must include removing architectural barriers, training career counselors, and developing innovative programs. The career planning approach at California State University, Northridge is described in terms of services for all students as well as those for disabled students. (CL)
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Building Design, Career Education, College Students

Barbaro, Fred – Journal of Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities International, 1986
A strategy, based on organizational change literature, for establishing a college program for learning-disabled students includes such crucial steps as assessing the change effort (nature of the change, environmental factors, initiators of change), establishing a campaign plan (program and decision centers), and developing deployment tactics…
Descriptors: College Programs, College Students, Higher Education, Instructional Development
Ellison, Nolen M. – 1987
The materials in this compilation focus on various aspects of Cuyahoga Community College's (CCC's) Urban Community College Transfer Opportunity Program (UCCTOP) activities. The first report provides on overview of CCC's UCCTOP emphases (i.e., early articulation initiatives and understandings, expansion of curricula linkages with postsecondary…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Institutional Cooperation
State Univ. of New York, Saratoga Springs. Empire State Coll. – 1982
This position paper was written to answer a series of basic questions frequently asked about attrition and retention at Empire State College (ESC), New York. The questions addressed in the report are: (1) What is the attrition rate at ESC? (2) How does ESC's attrition rate compare to other colleges? (3) Who are the leavers? (4) When does attrition…
Descriptors: College Students, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research, Higher Education
Morris, Betty Zane – 1983
Guidelines for planning a study trip to New York for students of Shorter College (Georgia) are presented in this program description as an aid to persons who are responsible for planning such a trip. The guidelines are based on the author's previous experience in planning two trips to London and eight trips to New York. Information is provided on…
Descriptors: College Students, Field Trips, Group Activities, Guidelines