Examined the long-term influence, as long as 30 years after graduation, of experiences as student leaders on the lives of former student leaders (N=76) from three colleges. Former student leaders reported that holding a leadership position had a significant influence on their skills and life activities. (RC)

Presents various ways in which a residence hall environment may be specifically engineered to encourage individual participation in the process of education. Invitational engineering is defined as one way to transpose psychological principles to residence halls so they contribute to the developmental life of students. (RC)

Describes a procedure for using the computer to assist in evaluating the progress of students on pretests, unit tests, posttests or a combination of tests. The use of computers to evaluate cognitive objectives of a course is examined. Twenty-four references are listed. (MER)

This article presents a definition of self-directed learning and a rationale for making it an essential goal in education. The adjustments needed in traditional teacher and student roles to achieve self-directed learning are considered. (SJL)

Makes suggestions for organizing and coordinating an advising system. A delivery system is described that assumes a general advising staff and support systems related to three student developmental goals. (Author)

Explores the relationship between teaching English and psychotherapy, and suggests that English teachers should think of themselves as therapists who are helping their students toward personal growth and values clarification. (RL)

Forces responsible for the emergence of the community college are discussed indicating the uniqueness of its role and mission in higher education. A rationale for counseling in this setting is provided. The implication is made that counseling and student development programs should be complementary to the educational process. (Author)

Considers the value of university programs in preparing students for photojournalism, notes trends and problems in photojournalism education, and describes experiences helpful to the development of photography skills. (GT)

The National Honor Societies, administered by the National Association of Secondary School Principals, continue to play an important role in our nation's junior and senior high schools. The author, a former director of the Societies, discusses their purposes. (Editor/RK)

In an attempt to bridge the apparent gap between two-dimensional and three-dimensional work, an art teacher introduced wire modeling to his students. (Author/RK)

The idea of an open art studio or art mini-course to serve a need above and beyond the regularly scheduled art classes is important and necessary to a school program that is designed to meet the needs of the general intellectual and cultural growth of the child. Describes the art mini-course introduced at the Willow Ridge School in Tonawanda, New…

If integrated into a study of the elections, television can be an exciting teaching resource. Students can gain a better understanding of candidates and political issues and, perhaps more important, experience a sense of participation in the country's development. (Author/RK)

Describes the three-phased library instruction program at the Agricultural Technical Institute in Wooster, Ohio, which makes use of the problem solving approach by applying library instruction to a topic of current interest within the students' technology course. (SH)

For the most part, American television has failed to provide realistic programming about our many cultural groups for children. "Rebop", a weekly half-hour Public Broadcasting System program that has been airing around the country recently, introduces children from many diverse cultural backgrounds, young American people and the stories…

Defines the role of dance in the university as a form of physical education and as a creative movement activity for all. (Editor/RK)