Three steps are given for incorporating Future Farmers of America (FFA) activities into the vocational agriculture curriculum: Convincing local school administrators that the FFA is really an intracurricular activity; teaching classroom and laboratory units on the FFA; and relating FFA contests and awards back to classroom instruction. (MF)

Suggests ten major factors that may influence students' feelings about and participation in activity programs. (Author/RK)

Describes the efforts undertaken at Slippery Rock State College to bring foreign languages to the public's attention. These include festivals, programs for high school students, programs for local chambers of commerce and service organizations, clubs, conferences, and the development of an international business degree for foreign language…

Vocational education students have been traditionally excluded from participating in nonvocational areas of their schools. A teacher initiated new programs to reduce prejudice against vocational education students, allowing them to participate fully in extracurricular activities and in the National Honor Society. (TA)

Describes an extra-curricular program for at-risk girls which uses community service and recreational activities to involve the girls in the school environment. Gives details on the target population and on program activities. States that participants seemed more self-assured, more mature, and took more responsibility for themselves. (RJM)

Surveyed 117 African American males at 10 predominantly white universities to examine the relationship between identity attitudes and student involvement. Results indicate that greater campus activity involvement contributed to higher stages of racial identity development. Findings support the idea that a dialectical interaction exists between…

Discusses the concept of community as it applies to the college campus, focusing on community as a place to be, identifying implications for space utilization; a way of being, offering suggestions for community development; and both a place to be and a way of being, examining the implications for creating community interactions through campus…

A national survey explored the degree to which student affairs and institutional advancement worked together in soliciting contributions for extracurricular activities. Results indicate that student affairs officers tend to engage in educational fundraising activities independently of institutional advancement, even though student affairs and…

Describes Earphone English, a student club sponsored through a partnership between Berkeley High School and the Berkeley Public Library that offers students whose primary language is not English to practice their spoken and aural English skills. Discusses the audiobooks used in the program and the importance of multicultural content and age…

Describes efforts to improve the global-education curriculum during mid-1970s involving the teaching of foreign language, geography, and world history and the creation of public schools with an international focus; describes the use of extracurricular activities and technology to enhance global education; discusses challenges still facing the…

Examines higher education institutional liability in the following areas: (1) in tort, based on negligence, for physical harm to students; (2) in tort, for defamation flowing from student media; and (3) in contract, arising out of student organizations' business relationships with third parties. (222 references) (MLF)

High School and Beyond Study (1983) data were used to examine the relationships between values emphasizing responsibility and achievement test scores, grades, discipline problems, and dropout status of high school students. The mediating effects of activities outside school were considered in forming two models of the effects of values. (SLD)

Examines whether extracurricular science activities can reduce the decline in attitude toward school science in junior and senior high school levels. Concludes that students exposed to extracurricular science activities had a more positive attitude toward school science. Sixteen references are listed. (YP)

For young adolescents, the link that exists between learning during the school day and opportunities for educational and social growth in the afterschool hours warrants attention. By implementing the connections of this link, young people will be able to utilize the proper skills, experiences, and guidance necessary to become contributing members…

Contends that a circuit court ruling prohibiting a student religious group from holding meetings in a public secondary school erodes the intent of the Equal Access Act to provide access for students wishing to exercise religious speech. (MLF)