Describes collaborative efforts by counselors, ministers, and residence life staff to deliver human development services to residence hall students. (BH)

Data on the stress and coping of medical students was gathered in order to design a health promotion and wellness program. A questionnaire was completed by graduating students. Examinations, classwork, and financial responsibilities were considered the three most stressful aspects of medical education. (Author/MLW)

Defines and describes functional coordination, an administrative model designed to create social change through organizational and student development. Notes that functional coordination is applicable for one-time or repetitious short-term projects, program coordination or review, and long-range planning projects; and has intra- and…

Describes the award-winning English curriculum of Monroe Catholic High School in Fairbanks, Alaska, which provides progressive movement through grammar, reading, writing, and study skills, while developing students' self-confidence and awareness of their role in the world. (DMM)

Reports developmental differences among students at traditionally Black institutions on the Student Developmental Task Inventory. Discusses the effects of sex, academic classification, and collegiate environment. (Author/KS)

The implications of silence are far reaching in human communication, affecting intrapersonal, interpersonal, small group, and mass communication events. Understanding the role of silence in self-insight and the development of self is crucial for student affairs professionals desiring to facilitate student development. (MLW)

Using individual student data from the Sustaining Effects Survey, the authors examine the question "Do teacher unions affect the productivity of public schools?" Results indicate that union districts are seven percent more productive for average students, but less productive for students who are significantly above or below average.…

Examines the relationship between leisure and college student development and suggests ways in which leisure may be employed as a campus resource fostering student development. (Author)

Responds to Caple's self-organization paradigm with interest in methods of promoting student growth and maturity. Finds use of a continuum with developmental and self-organization theories at opposite ends unnecessary, believing that growth takes place in a state of equilibrium or disequilibrium. Considers closed systems theory, as well as Caple's…

Students' changes in confidence, as measured by the Erwin Identity Scale, were studied from the freshman to the senior year of college in conjunction with the effects of several environmental perceptions. (Author)

Graduate students from minority cultures were surveyed to assess their academic views of themselves and their perceptions of others' views of their academic ability. Overall, the students strongly support Student Affirmative Action (SAA), however, they believed SAA has been only marginally effective in helping minorities. (Author/BL)

Examined research attitudes of graduate students in counseling psychology, the research training environments in graduate programs, and the impact of programs and environments on students' attitudes. Results indicated the role of environment on attitude change seems to depend on students' training levels, suggesting a training environment by…

Explores reasons for the lack of developmental guidance programs in Catholic elementary schools. Presents a developmental guidance model to encourage total development of all students. Describes resources for elementary school guidance including shared personnel and intern programs, and presents guidelines from public school programs. (JAC)

Presents a graduate education model based on important assumptions about plans for society's and students' needs and also principles regarding program goals and development. Describes the model's specific components, i.e., a three-dimensional framework involving self, students, and systems interfacing with three learning levels. (BH)

Reports on a survey of community college chief student personnel officers, which focused on the comprehensiveness of student service program offerings and the relative contribution of the program to designated purposes. Reveals that purposes related to student development were subordinate to those related to delivery of services. (DMM)