The problems with which peer counselors are most effective are identified, paraprofessional training is described, and the professional and paraprofessional roles are clarified. The wider effect of such a program on the university and the program participants is discussed. (Author)

Methods used at Haverford College to hire, train, and manage student employees are described, including both successful and unsuccessful approaches. Management problems, performance improvement incentives, and appropriate student roles and expectations are examined. Much of the information is drawn from a survey of current and former student…

The Brooklyn College (New York) program of campus leadership development was designed to tap the leadership potential of faculty but is adaptable for students and staff. It consists of five phases (emergence/identification; cultivation; classification; authorization; support) and focuses on developing three types of authority (substantive;…

Enlarged roles for student personnel professionals are presented, including major instructional emphases to make them co-equal with teaching faculty. The focus is on humanistic redefinitions of teaching and learning operationally applied to student development educators in and outside conventional classrooms. Specific examples of this partnership…