Suggests using a Communications Board--composed of student journalists, advisers, media professionals and nonmedia students--for selecting publications editors and station managers and for setting policy for student media. (MB)

Discusses five responsibilities that student reporters have in their relations with their community and school; among these are the need to have a professional attitude, to be responsible editorially, and to be creative. (MB)

Discusses the responsibilities of the student journalist who is given the title "Public Information Director" and describes some procedures for increasing efficiency. (MB)

Undergraduate education must provide an opportunity for students to participate in research and teaching. Recommendations include: assessing student performance by teaching, research, public service, and institutional service; student conducted research of value to others; encouraging students to teach; and developing greater student familiarity…

A Colorado Supreme Court ruling rejecting a student's liability claim for an injury sustained in a fraternity house is the second this year in which a court found no special university responsibility to protect student safety in private activities. (MSE)

Outlines a community and school involvement program where learners take major responsibility for involving the community and where job consultants work easily and regularly in the classroom as part of the teaching program. Provides examples and guidelines for using community resource persons as consultants, not guest speakers. (TRS)

Describes how an adviser can help newspaper staff balance decisions between what they can do and what they ought to do in terms of publication decisions. (CRH)

Suggests a possible answer to the question "How can learning style information be used to increase learning?" It is proposed that the learner be responsible for using the learning style information and that the instructor assume the responsibility for creating an environment in which the resulting diversity can be accommodated. (CT)

Provides an abridgement of one section of the National Commission for Environmental Education's second report that focuses on predictors and correlates of environmental action. Summarizes research findings on variables that are associated with responsible environmental behavior. Also presents the major conclusions derived from the investigated…

Decrying dependence on "helping professionals," the author maintains that people absolved of responsibilities for their actions are willing to give up their independence. Prevalent psychological approaches to parenting and to treating students' behavioral and academic problems are criticized, and the common-sense solution of holding students and…

This paper is an argument for self-governing schools that do not pressure children into learning to read by the time they are 6 or 7 years old, and gives them the ultimate responsibility for deciding what to read. (MS)

This study examines the effects of three levels of motives (avoid failure, nonspecific, and gain) and two levels of consequences (individual versus collective) on attribution of moral responsibility. (Author/AM)

Describes a program (Jobs Inc.) in which intermediate level students make application, obtain job references, are interviewed and hired for in-school, nonpaying jobs. (Author/HMV)

This report examines how the Department of Education calculates the default rate for two federal student loan programs--the Federal Family Education Loan program (FFELP) and the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (FDLP). The report focuses on three questions regarding these programs: (1) whether there has been an increase in the number of…

The Education Through Student Interaction program was assessed from student's evaluations and performance on classroom tests in an undergraduate psychology class. Results supported use of Education Through Student Interaction with a student facilitator and/or a training workshop. (EAK)