Current practices in intercollegiate debate encourage inadequate reasoning and the use of short cuts in debate presentations. Poor debate strategies have emerged. For example, the inclusion, by negative teams, of excessively detailed arguments in constructive speeches has caused affirmative rebuttals to be acutely simplistic or has forced…

This document explains the functioning of Polish institutions under control of the Ministry of Higher Education and other ministries and enumerates important proposed steps for reforms in Polish higher education. A major portion of the study contains detailed tables of statistics on the curriculums, enrollments, and graduations of various Polish…

A sample of college freshmen (N=127,125) was grouped by father's occupation. Fathers' occupations were then compared in terms of the probability of the sons and daughters having attained various types of achievements--scientific, artistic, oral-leadership, musical, and literary--in high school. The results indicated that sons and daughters excel…

Since 1922, interrupted only by World War II, American college debators have exchanged visits and demonstration tours with their foreign counterparts, primarily from Great Britain but gradually expanded to include other areas of the world. This report, prepared by the Committee on International Discussion and Debate of the Speech Communication…

This book is the sixth edition of a study guide designed to help students develop essential communication skills for writing school newspapers and to assist advisers in training staffs for these newspapers. The book can be used in the junior and senior high school and can be adapted to other levels. It can be used in schools with formal journalism…

An authorized course of instruction for the Quinmester Program in Dade County (Florida) public schools is given for editing the yearbook. The course is designed as the second year course for yearbook editors and the business staff, with the overall performance objective being the production of a completed yearbook. Subject matter of the course…

An authorized course of instruction for the Quinmester Program in Dade County (Florida) public schools is given for yearbook production. This advanced class is for staff who assign and supervise all photography, write and edit all copy, sell advertising and subscriptions, and handle the publication finances. Specific teaching strategies are given…

Low achieving regular class and educable mentally retarded (EMR) special class adolescents from a white, low-income, urban district were administered the learning potential procedure and were interviewed to determine differences in their after-school, non-academic activities. Few differences were reported in the social interests and activities of…

Views oral interpretation festivals as educational exercises superior to competitive events and suggests methods for improving the organization, criticism and listening elements of these festivals. (MH)

Discusses some reasons for the success of the Air Force Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (AFJROTC) program at 275 high schools. (MLH)

The major objective of this publication is to meet the immediate needs of the large majority in the student affairs profession before they must come face to face with the elements of the collective bargaining process on their own campuses. (Author)

The student life environment of male students who were members of varsity athletic teams, the marching band, or fraternity or dormatory residents were compared using the Institutional Functioning Inventory and 10 questions constructed by the author. The results provide data that will be useful to students, counselors, or recruitors. (Author)

Campuses have been used increasingly for programs other than regular residential study including seminars, meetings, conferences, summer camps, high school graduation ceremonies, and concerts. The alternative use of facilities can be an excellent source of revenue. Planning, control, and budgeting of nonstudent programs are discussed. (MLW)

Student activities programs and advising styles need to change as campuses become more ethnically diverse. The adoption of a point of view that respects, values, and celebrates individual diversity is one of the primary goals of multiculturalism. (MLW)

Despite the time, risk, frustration and frequent failures, it is the element of creativity that allows the program board to be the innovators on campus. To promote a true creative spirit, programmers need to raise students' consciousness and foster continual development, not just hold one brainstorming session. (MLW)