Examined how age (age 22 and younger vs. age 28 and older) and enrollment status (part-time vs. full-time) contribute to learning and personal development of traditional and new-majority students at 6 metropolitan institutions. Administered College Student Experiences Questionnaire to 2,485 students. Found that relationship between age, enrollment…

Initial teacher preparation students (n=74) completed Extended Objective Measure of Ego Identity Status (EOM-EIS) and Identity Style. Factor analysis using all EOM-EIS subscales and four Identity Style subscales yielded five factors that explained 76% of variability in correlation matrix. Findings support theoretical speculation concerning process…

Two studies assessed perspective-taking training strategies for effectiveness in promoting ego-identity formation among older adolescents. Found advances in ideological achievement among experimental groups. Further significant findings were absent. Given limited findings of both studies, it was concluded that it may be very difficult to create…

Used qualitative research design to apply role exit theory to adult women students (n=221) undergoing life transition. Findings suggest that role of student for these women is transitional one. Student role appeared to be bridge to new role and women used it to complete role exit process or to bring closure and deal with respective life…

Describes Belenky, Clinchy, Goldberger, and Tarule's research on cognitive development of women. This research represents a bridge and a connection between the formal research on cognitive development and the more anecdotal treatises on issues of teaching, learning, and the knowledge inherent in the role of mother and maternal thinking.…

King and Kitchener's model delineates seven consistent patterns that describe how people approach complex issues and defend what they believe. A wide variety of interactions with students can be used to foster reflective thinking in college students. Student affairs professionals' challenge is to stimulate students to ask more complex questions…

Reacts to Waldo and Bauman's Goals and Process (GAP) matrix for groups article in terms of its usefulness to student-development educators leading psychoeducational groups. Briefly describes the context within which student-development educators do psychoeducational group work. Provides a perspective on applying the proposed matrix and discusses…

Six 4-H agents working with traditional clients and six with nontraditional clients participated in a DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) analysis of job tasks. They performed similar duties but the nontraditional group spent more time assessing individual members; the traditional group focused more on program management. (SK)

Discusses previous research that found broad-based negative effects of Greek affiliation on standardized measures of cognitive development after one year of college. Following the same sample, the present study found that the negative effects of Greek affiliation were much less pronounced during the second or third years of college. (Contains 32…

Examines how leadership development can be improved by encouraging leaders to engage in critical reflection. Discusses how students can enhance their leadership ability through evaluating the significance of their experiences from a leadership perspective; using critical reflection, students studying leadership can explore, question, and describe…

With statistical controls in place for confounding influences, students' involvement in diversity experiences during college had statistically significant positive effects on their scores on an objective, standardized measure of critical thinking skills. However, different diversity experiences influenced critical thinking for students in…

Explores the concept of "democracy" and what it means in a multicultural society. Outlines several assumptions of critical literacy and suggests that it is important in realizing a strong democracy. Shows how the Saving Black Mountain project exemplifies critical literacy in action. Notes that students learned that their spoken and…

Describes a presentation before newspaper professionals based on Freedom Forum's "Death by Cheeseburger" and ERIC/REC's "Journalism Kids Do Better." States that a survey of high school newspaper advisors furnished current information on the general status of high school journalism in South Dakota; the presentation gave four…

Students have high expectations for the experience when entering college, but it is unknown if their experiences match their expectations. This study investigates whether expectation-experience discrepancies are related to a diminished experience; it also tests the hypothesis that a focus on first-year developmental advising would be related to…

Three spiritual development theories and theorists (i.e., Parks, Fowler, and Helminiak) were compared with traditional cognitive development theory and theorists. The analysis reveals both commonalities between the two sets of theories and unique contributions to an understanding of student development on the part of spiritual development theory.…