The Medical School Learning Environment Survey was developed to measure aspects of the learning environment relevant to student stress. Results of the first administration and plans for future projects using the survey are discussed. (Author/LBH)

In this statement prepared for an orientation program for incoming law students, focus is on the general objectives of legal training and on student expectations. (LBH)

A graduate level course at Ohio University, Organizational Behavior, afforded an excellent opportunity to use the sociodrama technique in teaching. Students used the "living newspaper" technique and acted out a confrontation among student leaders, community representatives, and university administrative personnel that followed the Kent…

Institutions of higher education need to be highly concerned with alienated students since they pose serious problems for the future and may be the leaders of future campus rebellions. (Author/LBH)

Presents the Campus Ecology Model which advocates an ecological perspective on commuting. Suggests that campus ecology should infer the ecology of the student, so that the physical/social environment residing outside of the university's property boundaries is of great importance. An ecosystem design process, its application to commuter…

The increasing number of court decisions dealing with classroom and academic matters attests to the growing judicial sensitivity to students' rights in academic affairs. The advisors' job falls within this academic affairs arena, and they must understand legal issues. (MLW)

A female student has a substantial effect on Texas A & M University. The effect is more noticeable during a transitional period since the university has only been coeducational officially since 1967. Initial concessions made to accommodate female students and changes resulting from their presence will cease at some time in future. (Author)

Attitudinal change in institutional response can result in a student health care model that can be more educationally valid, cost efficient and solicitous of legal considerations. (Author)

A description of a comprehensive remedial program involving: (1) diagnostic and counseling services; (2) English and mathematics study laboratories; (3) developmental programs in reading and study skills; and, (4) tutorial services at Memphis State University. (Author)

It's talking, listening, and doing plus the enthusiasm and efforts of interested alumni that make the Extern Program at Allegheny College Special. (Author)

This document lists learning-centered principles, and discusses their application to student affairs practices in general and to student services programs at Paradise Valley Community College (PVCC) in Arizona in particular. Learning-centered practices in student service programs identify, measure and evaluate learning objectives; encourage…

Examines student and student personnel workers' perceptions of a university environment in order to ascertain areas of perceptual agreement and disparity so that the student personnel worker can help create an environment geared toward total human development. (Author)

This paper discusses two recent legal actions which begin to explore the limits of student power under the citizenship model. The author suggests that student government needs access to legal and advisory resources, that the university must create active review powers, and that the university should provide pluralization of decision-making…

Carol Munn makes suggestions for integration based on experience in a large university's residence hall, which may provide some ideas from which a model, suitable to individual needs can be drawn. A comment by J.J. Pietrofesa and D.L. Shappell and a rejoinder by C. Munn follow. (Author/BY)

The results of the present study clearly indicate that the counselors in a traditional counseling center must be prepared to deal with clients who are more poorly adjusted than those coming to a counselor in a residence hall setting. (Author)