This monograph seeks to inform faculty, staff, administrators, and students about the nature of and structure in doctoral programs that lead to doctoral student development. It is accomplished through succeeding chapters, focusing first on an overview of existing student development theory and then on the structure of doctoral education and its…

This article, the second in a three-part series, outlines the qualitative research design and findings. The qualitative study was conducted three to five years after students completed their developmental mathematics course work at a large Midwest public university. The purpose was to collect students' points of view regarding what, if any,…

Article described the objectives of the Artists-in-the-Schools program, developed by the Hawaii Curriculum Center in 1966. (Author/RK)

Students from the Moorestown Friends School spent three weeks in Philadelphia on a project that helped to show them that learning occured away from books and lectures and that personal experiences had a valid place in one's education. (Author/RK)

Article presented four design studies aimed at helping youth make the transition from school to work as smoothly and as effectively as possible. (Author/RK)

Schools in five counties in southeastern Pennsylvania take their environmental problems seriously, as at least one planning board will attest. (Editor)

Older and younger students take turns writing creatively and collaborate on building skills and friendships. (Editor)

Monica's educational bearings are now set toward a field she had never even considered a career possibility until she got into Sweden's required work-sampling program. (Editor)

Since 1971 the Close Up Foundation has brought high school students to Washington, DC for one-week intensive sessions designed to stimulate participation in the political process and increase understanding of the federal government. The varieties of experiences provided and the program's strengths and weaknesses are discussed. (IS)

The role of education in solving social problems was discussed and programs for helping students gain a greater understanding of the world were proposed. (RK)

In an attempt to give students an opportunity to strengthen skills that will make them effective group members, authors developed a program, "The Doherty School Outing Club", that stresses group dynamics in an outdoor setting. (Author/RK)

Numerous reports over recent years emphasise the importance of teamwork training in undergraduate programs in environment education at tertiary level. This paper describes a project undertaken by a team of final year undergraduate environment students from four faculties at RMIT University in Australia working on a multi-disciplinary environment…

Author described and designed a program in human development and education that allowed him to explore the relationship between rugged environmental experience and moral growth and development. (Author/RK)

Describes the development of a university learning center that connects students' out-of-class and in-class experiences. Discusses educational programming and the need to solicit ideas from potential users. Includes guidelines for soliciting proposals and details the center's facilities. Emphasizes that this model can be adapted to other…

What started as a field trip has grown into a two-year Bicentennial celebration, with more permanent changes likely to come. (Editor)