Provides advice on marketing campus events to the local community at large, using the experiences of the programming board at Eastern Oregon State University. Focuses on the development of a marketing team, interviews with community organizations and the media, a market survey snapshot, marketing strategies for various local media, and examples of…

Investigated whether 9th graders' participation in school team sports, exclusively or in combination with other extracurricular activities, would relate to higher levels of psychological functioning and healthy behavior than participation in other extracurricular activities alone or nonparticipation. Participants in any type of extracurricular…

Measures of social support, personality, and workload were related to psychological burnout among 149 college students. High levels of burnout were predicted by negative temperament and subjective workload, but actual workload (academic and vocational) had little to do with burnout. Low levels of burnout were predicted by positive temperament,…

Analysis of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in "Board of Education of Independent School District No. 92 of Pottawatomie County v. Earls," wherein the Court held that random drug testing of students taking part in extracurricular activities is constitutional. (PKP)

Describes the role of the student life/activities specialty in higher education student affairs, including mission, functions, organization and staffing, major challenges and issues, and career pathways for student life administrators. Also describes the author's personal career path in student life administration. (EV)

Question/Answer session with Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, D.J. and C.S. Davidson Professor of Psychology at the Drucker School of Management, Claremont Graduate University, and author of "Becoming Adult: How Teenagers Prepare for the World of Work." Covers such topics such as student engagement, challenge, and flow experience. (PKP)

Graphic designers, marketing specialists, and campus activities professionals who have won awards for the design of campus programing publicity offer tips in the process of designing successful promotional items, including ingredients of winning pieces and aspects of a productive designer-client relationship. (MSE)

The current press for higher academic standards is matched by intensified public interest in the cocurriculum, particularly athletics. While some researchers tout the benefits of extracurricular activities, others are less sanguine. At best, results are mixed and even irrelevant to crucial issues, such as equity in participation, challenging…

Discusses teachers' intentions and practices, parental involvement in the teaching of reading, and the consequent view many children develop of reading as a low status activity. Suggests that teachers' reliance on commercially produced teaching packages for reading denies the intrinsic value of reading, which they claim to be so important. (MG)

A study that looked at how colleges and universities encourage students to get involved in outside activities is discussed. Students who are actively involved in academic and out-of-class activities are better integrated into the institution. Student affairs officers, faculty members, and students were interviewed. (MLW)

The impetus and methods for Idaho State University's efforts to take student activities out to the communities in which many of its nontraditional students live are outlined, including fee increases, needs assessment, hiring of commuter students with site-specific knowledge, using nonuniversity facilities, and provision of recreational and…

As the world is changing, higher education program administrators must give up a linear way of thinking and search for another that fits a nonlinear, dynamic system. Leaders can learn much from the science of chaos studies about how dynamic human organizations function and the underlying principles of complex dynamic systems. (MSE)

Four or five events together constitute a lively arts 'series'. Ways to make a college series a success are discussed, covering: goal setting, the talent, and promotion. The usual series range from four to six performances and allows a season ticket holder to experience varied selections of performing arts attraction. (MLW)

Credits the outstanding reputation of Valley High School in Des Moines, Iowa, to a balance of diverse academic departments; visual arts, music, and drama; an 18-sport athletics program and excellent facilities; and co-curricular activities involving nearly two-thirds of the student body. Describes several of the school's new and unique programs.…

A college student was seriously injured in an automobile accident following an off-campus picnic where beer was consumed. The court of appeals absolved the college of liability. Argues that the judgment was in error and that the university-student relationship was a special relationship giving rise to a duty of care. (MLF)