The goal of the present research was to determine the factor structure of anxiety in a collegiate population. The self-report instrument found useful with elementary students was slightly modified and administered to the college students. Only slight discrepancies appeared between the elementary data and the college data. (Author)

Addresses the relation of the social security number to the issue of privacy, examines the attributes of the social security number as an identifier for student records, and suggests alternatives. (Author)

School climate improvements rely either on changes in the school's culture or changes in perceptions of the climate held by the school's employees and clients. To maintain and develop a culture that is supportive of school effectiveness, it is important to monitor the influence of the school's climate on student outcomes. The National Association…

While college athletics are maintained as an integral part of the educational program for the student-athletes who participate in them, an examination of the practices within the system provides quite a different view. (Editor)

Reminiscenses of college life in the 50s at the University of Texas at Austin. (PG)

Article examined the growth of professional counseling and the ethical problems accompanying that growth. (Editor/RK)

Author cautions educators to pay heed to the findings of research and "to stop accepting the educational stereotypes with blind acquiescence". (Editor/RK)

THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE THE DIRECTION AND EXTENT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTRASEX VARIATIONS ALONG THE MASCULINITY-FEMININITY CONTINUUM AND VARIATIONS IN SEVERAL VARIABLES RELATED TO YOUTH IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INCLUDING--(1) JUDGED BEHAVIOR ACCEPTABILITY, (2) STANDARDIZED TEST ACHIEVEMENT IN THE LANGUAGE ARTS,…

This paper describes standards for procedures and structures that will enable students at the secondary and postsecondary levels to exercise their rights and fulfill their responsibilities in the educational institution. The paper has three main sections: 1) "The Institution's Relation to the Student," which includes the right of access to…

This issue of Communique has its lead article on campus unrest and its resolution in schools of changing ethnic composition. It also contains a description of a drug program which utilizes a puppet show. The regular features of the publication include write-ups on current happenings in the counseling field in addition to research abstracts from…

Data from a survey of 318 upperclassmen in the College of Education at the University of Minnesota suggest that favorable images of the college environment are likely to result when students attain desired educational outcomes; hold conventional political views; do not want increased student participation in academic governance; and do not…

A factor analytic study was conducted in order to find empirical linkages among current and past life situation variables and measures of personality, interest, performance, and achievement in a college environment. Twenty-seven final clusters derived from extensive questionnaire information, school records, and personality and interest…

The focus of this paper is an analysis of the vulnerability of college and university organizations to student unrest. The system's structural properties and their interrelationships determine the degree of structural conduciveness to norm-oriented movements or hostile outbursts. It was found that variables relevant to structural conduciveness are…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a circular letter from the Ministry of Education (Upper Secondary Education Directorate) laying down guiding regulations for the orientation of headmasters and interested student bodies concerning student participation through student councils and cooperation councils.…

Recounts experiences in the Japanese Education and Society program, sponsored by the Council on International Educational Exchange and the National Association of Secondary School Principals. (Author/MLF)