The author presents the historical development of the department of student personnel work at the University of Minnesota, as well as his own contributions to the field. (HLM)

An educational support program model was conceived and implemented as a team effort involving academicians and student personnel administrators. The program operates 60 hours a week in the areas of counseling, English composition, mathematics and reading/study skills. Research data imply the programs enhance marginal students' opportunities for…

Assessed the success of an Upward Bound program by increasing achievement and college attendance. Results indicated significant gains in both language arts and quantitative skills. Results also suggest the impact of the program is incremental: More program participation generates more successful outcomes among participants. (Author)

This article describes an operating college advising services model which uses paraprofessionals. The article recounts the ways in which the model has been implemented in one college, describes the model's salient characteristics, indicates that the model is research-based and, most importantly, includes replication guidelines for practitioners in…

Student satisfaction with academic advisement was measured at eight community colleges employing four different advisement models. Comparison of satisfaction scores revealed significant differences among models and between full- and part-time students. No significant difference was found between two institutions using the same model or between…

The development and use of a systematic preservice academic adviser training program is described in this article. The activities involved in working through each of the steps in the systems model approach used to develop the resulting program are recounted. (Author)

This study compares the college expectations of freshmen with the perceptions of upperclassmen, using the College Characteristics Index. It also compares the expectations of freshmen who had taken college courses during high school with those of other entering freshmen. (Author)

This study surveyed 850 students and 150 faculty advisers in one undergraduate college in order to determine the amount and nature of student-faculty contacts and referrals to other student personnel agencies. The findings do not support the contention that faculty advising is a satisfactory substitute for other student personnel services. (Author)

The paper describes and evaluates a unique, programmatically organized living-learning center at the University of Vermont. It also suggests how the successful educational arrangements of this living-learning center can be extended to other residence halls without creating new expense and bureaucracy. (Author)

Student-advised freshmen were compared with faculty-advised freshmen on their attitudes toward advisers, academic progress variables, and use of alternative campus referral agencies. Contrary to existing literature, data in the present study suggest that caution be exercised in implementing curriculum-advising programs using relatively untrained…