Contends that integrity is as vital to effective living as it is to effective leadership. Discusses vital clues for Western culture on how to develop and maintain personal integrity. Discusses limitations of current leadership training and examines the powerful insights provided by the paradigm of the addictive process. (Author/NB)

Responds to Caple's presentation by centering on the issue of equilibrium and disequilibrium. Discusses Caple's theory in terms of Piaget's model of human development. Poses questions about the effects of student services and service delivery. (ABB)

Identifies institutional racism, encouraged assimilation, and ignorance of Hispanic values as barriers to the leadership development of Hispanics in higher education. Considers role of student personnel workers in promoting leadership development programs and activities for Hispanic college students. (Author/NB)

The second part to an article on the self-organization of change in individual development, this article describes the organization as developmental and self-organizing. Examines expectations about how social systems develop and offers a new framework. Describes change in group and organizational behavior with emphasis on student affairs.…

During summer 1986, the Department of Student Affairs at Florida Community College at Jacksonville adopted a model of student learning and development focused on the theoretical elements that contribute to a holistic view of the ways people grow, learn, and change as they mature. The outcomes-based model focuses on self-direction, including the…

A conceptual view of student development and the milieu of an urban commuter college are discussed. Student development is defined as the application of human development theory, principles, and concepts in an educational setting to identify the forms of development in students to which the institution is willing and able to commit its resources.…

Developing policies and practices to create higher education environments that will foster broad-based development of human talent and potentials is the focus of this fully revised and updated edition, which adds findings from the last 25 years to a classic work. The volume begins with "A Current Theoretical Context for Student Development," which…

The 16 conference papers in this collection describe various ways in which counselling is used in distance education in Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Thailand, the United Kingdom, West Germany, and Zambia. Following an introduction by Alan Tait, the following papers are presented: (1) "Counselling in the Open University of the…

The role of college student personnel administration in serving adult learners is considered. Historical trends in the student personnel function and the philosophy that student personnel workers are educators who create programs that contribute to the student's overall educational growth are examined. Changes for the student development personnel…

The role of faculty in student development is considered. The history of the student development movement from the Colonial period to the twentieth century and major student development theories are also reviewed. Important objectives of contemporary student development are identified: to promote students' intellectual and individual development;…

Part-time campus employment benefits the student, not only financially, but by helping to clarify career goals, and by providing an opportunity to apply classroom learning to work settings. Students gain a sense of themselves as workers, coming to know their skills, interests and limitations. Job placement prospects, whether for temporary or…