There is a transition stage in the organization of student affairs involving student personnel work as defined in the period following World War II and a newer concept of student development. An organizational model is proposed for the transition along with a proposed approach leading toward a student development goal. (Author)

Used three national surveys (1979, 1982, and 1985) to compare campus alcohol policies, institutional self reports, treatment and referral services, and prevention and educational efforts. Results indicated that a significantly greater variety and quantity of alcohol education and prevention activities are presently available on campuses than were…

Changing models for providing broad-based mental health coverage emanating from consolidating pre-existing services are discussed in relation to service, staff change, and organizational issues. These include issues internal to the counseling center itself and issues related to its external relations with other university components. (Author)

To remain a significant force in higher education, the student personnel field must contribute to the total organizational development of colleges and universities and not just focus on the development of the individual student. This article suggests some needed steps to this added role. (Author)

This study reports that selected faculty members (N=238) from land grant and state universities have a somewhat negative attitude toward the college union on their campus. Faculty generally felt their union was not oriented toward them and that there was little to interest them in the union. (Author)

This survey studied the resources that 128 counseling centers assigned to preventive and remedial activities on both a present and an ideal basis. It appears, even in an ideal situation, that college counseling centers are not prone to dramatically altering their mission. (Author)

This article reviews nine student development programs which were planned, executed, evaluated and them maintained, modified or eliminated as appropriate. Concludes that such systematic planning, execution and evaluation are essential. (Author/HMV)

There is a core of reference material that should be familiar to persons in student personnel work. This is one attempt to identify these basic sources. Areas included are general treatments of higher education, student characteristics and development, administration, and specific personnel services. (Author)

Although the majority of faculty members surveyed favored the structure, purposes, and operation of pass/not pass grading, they preferred limited use of the option by students. (Author)

The major student personnel administrator is often the first university official to learn that effective educational management involves guiding physical and human resources into dynamic, organizational units which should attain their objectives to the satisfaction of those served and provide a sense of achievement for those rendering such…

In an effort to describe the two-year college financial aid officers and their administrative systems, all regionally accredited two-year colleges were surveyed. The results indicated demographic patterns and yielded educational and professional data. Details of administration of financial aid revealed types of aid, organizational responsibility…

This study investigated the role of personality factors in the successful and unsuccessful college performance of work-study students. (JC)

A student's first impression of the university counseling center often comes from contact with the center's receptionist. This article examines the role of the receptionist and the unique relationship she maintains with both client and counselors. The receptionist's function in projecting the center is discussed. (Author)

Span of life dicussions attempt to help students become more aware of the choices and decisions they make during their college years and how these decisions affect the total span of their lives. Through this program, students begin to explore their own and peer values in relation to the development of a personal life style. (Author)

Many university counseling centers are employing paraprofessionals. The article discusses the issues of termination of training, staff resistance to paraprofessionals, and placement of responsibility for paraprofessional services and suggests ways for coping with these problems. (Author)