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LeBaron, Melvin J. – Improving College and University Teaching, 1974
Descriptors: Educationally Disadvantaged, Higher Education, Problem Solving, Student Problems

Twale, Darla J.; Burrell, Leon F. – Journal of College Student Development, 1994
Resident assistants (n=117) on three rural campuses assessed frequency of occurrence and their preparedness for resolving 11 resident student problem areas and checked the skills they used to resolve these problems. Findings showed that training programs helped respondents address some issues and experience and maturity aided in the resolution of…
Descriptors: Dormitories, Higher Education, Problem Solving, Resident Assistants

Lopez, Frederick G.; Mauricio, Anne M.; Gormley, Barbara; Simko, Tracy; Berger, Ellen – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2001
Examines relations among adult attachment orientations, maladaptive problem coping styles, and a composite measure of current distress within a sample of 55 undergraduates. Results indicate that each adult attachment orientation and each problem coping style measure was related in expected directions to students' distress. (Contains 39 references…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, College Students, Coping, Higher Education
Cook, Alice H. – 1970
This report of the Ombudsman at Cornell University discusses: the composition of the staff; the volume of work; the sources of the complaints (the office serves the whole University community); the classification of complaints by subject, and source of complaints by College or Agency; the procedures used in handling the complaints; the types of…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Grievance Procedures, Higher Education, Ombudsmen
Rowland, Howard Ray – 1969
The purposes of the study were: (1) to define the campus Ombudsman; (2) to review the circumstances leading to his appearance on the academic scene, (3) to describe his activities, and (4) to analyze the effects of his activities. Campus Ombudsmen were interviewed at six institutions including: the University of California at Berkeley, Columbia…
Descriptors: Grievance Procedures, Higher Education, Ombudsmen, Problem Solving
Rust, James – 1969
After briefly reviewing the history and characteristics of the office of the Ombudsman, the author discusses the establishment of that office at Michigan State University. The functions of the Ombudsman, who is to be appointed by the President from among the senior faculty are to establish procedures for receiving requests, complaints, and…
Descriptors: College Students, Grievance Procedures, Higher Education, Ombudsmen

Kendrick, W. Les; Darling, Ann L. – Communication Education, 1990
Examines the types of comprehension problems that students experience in classrooms and the tactics they use to resolve those problems. Reports meaningful distinctions among classroom comprehension problems, and finds that the tactics used vary systematically in relation to the situation (class size and instructional format) and the type of…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Cognitive Processes, Communication Problems, Communication Research
Norman, Nelson F.
This report by the campus ombudsman at San Diego State College discusses in the preface some ways of approaching the position and the elements to be included in prospective job descriptions. The report begins with a description of the kind of person needed for such a position, how to establish the office and choose the man, the type of office…
Descriptors: College Students, Conflict Resolution, Grievance Procedures, Higher Education
White, J. Benton – 1968
The office of Ombudsman at San Jose State College was created as a response to a series of demonstrations by the black community protesting discrimination experienced on and around campus. The Ombudsman was to "search out and facilitate the removal of discrimination of the basis of race, creed, or national origin" wherever it occurred.…
Descriptors: Black Students, Conflict Resolution, Grievance Procedures, Higher Education

Brownlee, Bonnie J. – Journalism Educator, 1987
Describes a journalism course that focuses on the issue of plagiarism, emphasizing that the problem is much deeper than a simple misunderstanding of documentation. Lists seven common citation errors that students make and discusses the excuses they give to defend them. Suggests six ways that journalism faculties can address the problem. (JD)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Course Content, Higher Education, Journalism Education

Tinsley, Howard E. A.; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1982
College students (N=136) completed a questionnaire indicating the relative likelihood that they would turn to seven potential help-givers with personal or career problems. For personal problems, students indicated they would turn to a close friend for help. For career problems, students would seek help from a professional. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Counseling Services, Emotional Problems

Weinstock, Harold – American Journal of Physics, 1980
Presents a practical problem to students in a junior-level thermodynamics course in which a human body regulates its own internal temperature. This problem can be utilized as well (with modification) in an introductory physics course for life science majors. (HM)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Biophysics, College Science, Higher Education
Bloom, Martin – 1979
An exploration of writing anxiety suggests that it is a normal form of behavior rather than a pathology, but that it varies in degrees of its dysfunctionality. Excerpts from the log books of college students in a writing anxiety workshop illustrate four broad categories of writing anxiety: procrastination, feeling emotionally distressed, thinking…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Patterns, Emotional Problems, Higher Education

Kahne, Merton J.; Schwartz, Charlotte Green – Social Problems, 1978
Calls attention to a process of social negotiation in specific contexts between the distressed person and those with whom he/she is involved that shapes the way troublesome events are progressively understood. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: College Environment, College Students, Conflict Resolution, Higher Education

Sutherland, Susan E.; And Others – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1984
A survey designed to inventory problems encountered by pharmacy students is described. Student problem prevention programs, it suggests, should focus on financial counseling, workloads, student participation in committee and planning activities, the importance of learning and professional performance as opposed to grades, and job and career…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Pharmaceutical Education, Problem Solving, Professional Education
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