Describes changes in college student characteristics that have increased gulf between teachers and students. Contends that student affairs professionals can fill gap through use of innovative tools like Tracking Retention and Academic Integration by Learning Styles (TRAILS) that provide faculty with information about individual student learning…

In "Goss v. Lopez" the Supreme Court held that more formal procedures would be required for longer suspensions or expulsions. Reviews more than 40 cases that addressed the question of procedural due process required for long-term suspension or expulsion and summarizes findings. (MLF)

Presents an acceptance speech by Franklin McCallie, principal of Kirkwood High School (Missouri), for the "Administrator of the Year" award presented by the Missouri Interscholastic Press Association and the Missouri Journalism Education Association in April 1989. Discusses journalism's role in achieving the school's chief goals: student growth,…

Identifies the knowledge and skills, personal qualities, and values typically possessed by successful students. Offers recommendations concerning the learning process and school programs, climate, personnel, and organization designed to promote student success. (DMM)

Discusses how to determine whether a school-related search is reasonable. Suggests 10 guidelines to avoid suits over illegal searches. Recommends that school authorities exercise extreme care to protect themselves against suits alleging Constitutional violations. (MS)

A recent Canadian charter gives students new status in schools and places additional responsibilities on principals and teachers. Article helps administrators and teachers create school policy taking new legislation into account. Examines new student status and "right to schooling" in Charter. Recommends possible elements of school…

Provides a brief survey of church documents to clarify the meaning of the term "Catholic Education." Indicates that the term consistently corresponds to education in the Catholic faith and tradition that occurs in a variety of forms and settings, and not only in Catholic schools. Cites 13 documents. (KP)

Discusses case law regarding schools and strip searches of students, and offers five generalizations regarding the matter. (SR)

Discusses a longitudinal study of changes in student misconduct cases and institutional response over 10 years, comparing the results of 2 identical national surveys. Concludes far more alcohol-related cases are reported today than previously. (Author/ABL)

Advances in cognitive-behavioral counseling are discussed as offering promise in interventions with children having maladaptive school-related fears. Characteristics and counseling suggestions are offered to help children with performance anxiety, social anxiety, and school phobia. Stressed are fear reduction procedures which are flexible and age…

Discusses how the revolution in education demands the rethinking of school facilities. Emphasizes the importance of listening to the clients (students and teachers) when designing a new school, and outlines the potential that schools have to become intergenerational community centers. Focuses on the environment in facilitating learning. (RJM)

Describes four student union building designs that make students feel more comfortable in their surroundings. Examples show how design can inspire campus life and school spirit, enhance food service and increase the number of cash business customers, and provide a community feeling through the addition of multiservices. (GR)

Explains how colleges and universities, faced with emerging trends and increased competition, can utilize their facilities as strategic resources. Examines technology changes in the classroom and the effects on user needs, the trend toward real-world learning environments, and facility design planning that responds to social interaction and…

Explores the material nature of language in practices that construct pupils as subjects in art curricula. Shows that assessment practices can pathologize what may be, for pupils, powerful and legitimate art practices. Examines how a more inclusive and legitimating construction of pupils as subjects involved in drawing practice is possible. (DSK)

Interviews 8th- and 12th-grade adolescent tobacco users, as part of a larger study on adolescents' reasons for tobacco use. Finds that: students perceive school systems to be hypocritical and to be sending contradictory messages regarding the use of tobacco; and the reward/punishment structure of public school systems may not be effective in…