There has been a tremendous increase in the prevalence of nonmedical prescription drug use among adolescents in recent years. Research now indicates that the prevalence of nonmedical prescription drug use is greater than the prevalence of other illicit drug use, excluding marijuana. Despite these recent trends, there is a dearth of research in the…

Purpose: The marketing concept is an idea that has been adopted in non-marketing contexts, such as the relationships between universities and their students. This paper aims to posit that marketing metaphors are inappropriate to describe the student-university relationship. Design/methodology/approach: The authors provide a conceptual discussion…

The purpose of this study is to rigorously examine the implementation and impact of the Early College High School (ECHS) model in North Carolina. The primary goal of the ECHS model is to increase the number of students who graduate from high school and who continue on and succeed in college. Therefore, the anticipated long-term outcomes for the…

The transition to middle school places many adolescents at risk for negative adjustment, especially poor and underserved ethnic minority students. In this cross-sectional study, I explored the role of student-perceived mismatch in the transition to a school with an early-college model, using a sample of predominantly African American and Latino…

School principals offer several suggestions for building and maintaining students' pride in their school. (JMB)

The answer to better discipline is giving students a stake in the school, caring for them, and teaching them without failure. (Author)

Analyzes the concept of freedom. Evaluates progressive, libertarian, and essentialist views of student freedom and discusses their weaknesses. Attempts to resolve the problems raised by placing freedom within the context of authority and considers implications for educational policy and practice. (AYC)

Recent reports on the state of education in the United States suffer from a major flaw: They focus on the externals and ignore the students. If the output of schools is student learning, as it should be, then their organization, staff, and curriculum must be geared to increase student productivity. (Author/GC)

Authors contend that educators too often are concerned about the big issues and forget about the persistent timewasters that have deleterious effects on educational programs. (Editor/CB)

Quality food service is maintained by open communications between students and food service personnel. (HS)

The results of this study indicate that the development of a student's perceptions of the counseling function is a result of actual counselor contact, yet other important sources such as the mass media had an effect. (Author)

One way for the university to reassert its position in education is to require of all applicants for admission the signing of a formal contract and to adhere rigidly to the contract on an individual basis. The contract would establish financial obligations and required behavior of the students. (CK)

The author feels that educational radical reformers" should start by reforming the school system, rather than ignoring it in favor of outside alternatives. (SP)