The author, a superintendent of the Vallejo City Unified School District in California, considered the basic premise of the RISE Commission Report, i.e., that the learner is the primary client to be served by the school. (Author/RK)

Article outlined Nietzsche's beliefs on the primary aim of education, the conscious production of the free man through the process of sublimation, the active redirecting of one's life energy in the service of creativity. (Editor/RK)

Defined Career Education and Bilingual Education and outlined the objectives and responsibilities of both in providing bilingual-bicultural students the educational tools to assist them in making decisions necessary for achieving their goals. (Author/RK)

Article described a program that successfully allowed for students' individual differences while stimulating them to learn mathematics. (RK)

The aim of this article has been to highlight some of the difficulties which must be faced if interdisciplinary studies are to be introduced into the secondary school. (Author/RK)

Described a program which will develop degree programs for adult students in three overlapping phases, following the pattern of development of the external degree in the United States. (Author/RK)

The psychiatry clerkship at the University of British Columbia emphasizes the teaching model of the student as primary therapist. Principal findings are presented in this report which attempts to evaluate some aspects of this innovative approach to teaching clinical psychiatry. (Author/PG)

This study attempted to respond to the challenge of the professional organizations to their memberships for innovative responses to the proposals for reconsidering and restructuring the nature of college student personnel work. The conclusions of the study should facilitate the action of those deans currently planning change on their campuses.…

Since 1973, the American Psychological Association and the American Psychiatric Association have removed homosexuality as an illness from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (1987). Most religions, however, continue to view homosexual behaviors as abnormal. Student personnel professionals can facilitate changes in religious…

This chapter examines the relationship between education, educational technology, and instructional development. The Universe of Learning model and the China Syndrome (i.e., the tendency to see oneself, one's activities, or one's interests as being at the center of things) are discussed in relation to student development, faculty development,…

The relationship between selected aspects of personal development and a study abroad experience was investigated. The longitudinal data were collected before studying abroad, after returning from abroad, and 1 year later. The Omnibus Personality Inventory (Form F) was administered to a group of students preparing to study abroad during 1980-1981…

Assessments of organizational effectiveness in a sample of four-year institutions in 1976, 1980, and 1983 were used to investigate the potential causal directionality of unionism and organizational effectiveness. Nine dimensions of effectiveness were analyzed: student educational satisfaction, student academic development, student career…

This resource guide provides guidelines for the development of a new model for student services delivery systems in Colorado's community colleges and area vocational schools. Introductory material discusses the role of student services in the 1980's and provides information on the development of the proposed model and guidebook. Following a…

The author advocates the development of creative thinking and problem-solving in students as an extra dimension necessary to prepare them for future challenges and problems of society. (References are included.) (EA)

Paper describes preliminary steps undertaken by one large school system as it examines the feasibility of reconceptualizing pupil personnel in a new model, that of student development. (Author)