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Kraft, David P. – Journal of American College Health, 2009
In 1910, the first college mental health service sought to help college students with personality development and building a healthy mind. In 1920, the meeting that founded the American College Health Association (ACHA) identified "mental hygiene" as important, although a separate Mental Health Section was not established in ACHA until 1957.…
Descriptors: Health Services, Counseling Services, Campuses, Prevention
Whiteley, John M.; Yokota, Norma – 1988
The study reviews the impact of the freshman year and 4 years of undergraduate study on the formation of character and its progression from late adolescence to young adulthood. Much of the empirical data used is drawn from the Sierra Project, a study originating in the 1970s that addressed traditional obstacles in higher education in meeting its…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Freshmen, College Students, Curriculum