These papers deal with the nature of student-faculty-administration relationships and the resulting discontent and tension on college and university campuses. Specifically, they are concerned with the problem of simultaneously maintaining individual freedom and campus order. Frederick Rudolph describes the changing patterns of authority and…

This senate code of the University of Kansas is divided into 14 articles: 1) "University Senate: Structure and Functions;" 2) "Faculty Senate: Structure and Functions;" 3) "Student Senate: Structure and Functions;" 4) "University Council: Structure and Functions;" 5) "Faculty Council: Structure and…

Many of those who oppose student participation in academic governance argue that the students are not qualified to plan essentially professional services. This is not what most students want; they want to be acknowledged and taken into account. They want to participate in the governance of the university not out of a desire for power, but to…

In this study the extent to which variation in academic success is related to variation in adolescent identification with "student role" is examined. Particular attention is paid to how this relationship varies among adolescents of different races, social background levels, and school racial experiences. The data were collected from a 1966 survey…

This discussion emphasizes the need for a new perspective from which to understand the dynamic interchanges between the persons involved in the educational experience. Both teacher and student are urged to work together, simultaneously confronting not only the problems of their field of study but the wider human concerns of contemporary life as…

Students can form the best possible public relations program. Suggestions are given for involving students with the community. (Author/MLF)

Identifies some aspects of teacher-student interaction during inquiry learning. These include treatment of students as investigators, inductive use of evidence, awareness of the incomplete nature of individual bits of data, internalization of facts, and the facilitating role of the teacher. (Author/AV)

Attempts to clarify the reality of the research situation from the student participant's perspective. Based on generally accepted ethical principles, and assuming that most psychological research is worthwhile, the author describes the roles that students might assume in research and their rights and responsibilities as research participants. (GEA)

Reviews the research supporting two views of reading instruction: (1) that learning occurs through social interaction with an expert; and (2) that students should be put in control of their own learning. Suggests implications for classroom reading instruction. (ARH)

Describes an historical narrative assignment that stimulates students' interest in questions of rhetoric and scholarship as it requires students to combine role-playing, research, and revision. Discusses how students' role as participant/persona in writing the story prompts an intricate multiplicity of decisions as it forces them to filter data…

To prevent learned helplessness in learning disabled students, teachers can share responsibilities with the students, train students to reinforce themselves for effort and self control, and introduce opportunities for changing counterproductive attitudes. (CL)

Presents an overview of the problem of absenteeism, discusses the reasons for it, and offers procedures for promoting attendance. (FL)

Explores ways in which learners can be brought into a more central role in making decisions about the organization and direction of their language course. Reviews arguments supporting learner involvement and discusses some constraints on it. Presents some materials and tasks that are designed to bring about the teacher's gradual relinquishment of…

Explains how to implement and use a peer editing program. (FL)

The article describes ways in which learning disabled students can use simple database management and word processing programs as active users. Involvement in these types of computer applications allows the user to be an active, creative communicator. (CL)