Offers 12 specific techniques for planning campus activities and training volunteers and other personnel to minimize risks at campus events. These include anticipating legal and insurance issues, assessing potential risks, using case studies to explore complexities of risk management, instituting training in emergency procedures, involving…

Diversification of college populations means student leadership training must move students beyond tolerance/sensitization, teaching them to value and embrace other cultures. Ideals of leadership must be taught from various cultural perspectives, encouraging students to challenge their own values/beliefs and make positive changes. Culturally…

This discussion of wellness for student leaders and student activities staff of higher education institutions offers guidance in identifying and reducing stressors. Specific recommendations include reducing expectations, relaxing, increasing physical fitness and activity, and adjusting eating habits. Individuals are encouraged to establish…

Offers advice on providing a successful leadership development program at community colleges: decide on the philosophy of leadership, develop a mission statement, identify resources, start small and do those things well, approach student organizations, and provide food. (EV)

Explores some strategies to attract non-traditional students to campus activities, highlights a model program that integrates scholarship support and leadership programs, explores new ways of marketing to these students, and offers some suggestions for continued development. (EV)

A proposed model for college student leadership training, based on the emergent paradigm, accommodates the diversity of both traditional and nontraditional student populations while meeting various student needs. The model builds involvement, sense of belonging, and self-esteem. It can also be applied in the planning of other programs. (MSE)

The college experience should help students develop basic thinking skills required of aware, discerning individuals in society. Healthy skepticism is a foundation for learning. Student activities are a good place to teach critical thinking skills. Specific skills must be identified, challenges offered, and alternating periods of analysis and…

The use of focus groups to assess existing college student leadership efforts and as a step in developing better programs is examined. Procedures include assembling a planning team, identifying information needs, determining the composition of focus groups, soliciting and training volunteers, and using focus group results to design a program. (MSE)

Theories of cognitive, racial identity, affective, psychological, and moral development can be helpful in designing college student leadership training programs. Course design must take a variety of learning styles into consideration so as many students as possible can successfully understand the material and integrate it into their leadership…

A discussion of college student leadership retreats looks at the factors that should be considered in planning a retreat. These include the physical environment of the site, establishment of norms and expectations for the group, and demographic and personal characteristics of the participants that are likely to affect group interaction. (MSE)

A discussion of techniques for developing leaders among two-year college students, designed for student activities professionals, looks at the special situation and characteristics of two-year college students and at research on the characteristics of effective student leaders. Eight programs and activities used for developing student leadership…

Offers suggestions for campus-activities programmers on how to minimize liability for problems with concerts and other student-planned campus events. Discussion covers prevention of monetary loss, breach of contract issues, and preventing personal injuries and property damage. Specific preventive actions and policies are discussed. (MSE)

Issues unique to community college campus activities programing are examined, including rapid turnover of student leaders, wide range of skill levels among leaders, diverse student needs, and lack of staff support. Some solutions are offered including close academic monitoring of leaders, orientation, leadership development training, involvement…

College compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 requires that sensitivity to the needs of all students be a high priority for student activities programming. This includes attention to office accessibility, balanced representation on program boards, sensitivity training, accessibility of activities, and publicity designed to…

In addition to conventional methods of easing leadership transition in student activities organizations (orderly transfer of significant organizational knowledge, minimizing confusion, sense of completion for outgoing leaders, identification of potential leaders, careful nominee selection), retreats are recommended as a means of creating shared…