To test the hypothesis that there is no significant correlation between academic achievement and the degree of extracurricular involvement, a study was made of 200 randomly selected students at York College of Pennsylvania. The 200 students were sent a questionnaire designed to elicit the extent of their extracurricular involvement; 65 percent…

Information on creative writing programs was collected from 1042 out of 1200 American colleges and universities contacted. The following data is presented in tabular form: (1) undergraduate academic status of creative writing; (2) graduate status; (3) offering of a course or courses covering the "core" or basic literary genres of short story,…

The booklet describes the development and current status of public education in the Soviet Union. Readers are reminded that the 22 million square kilometers and the more than 100 nationalities speaking 108 languages complicate organization of an educational system embodying traditional progressive democratic education and postrevolutionary…

Intended primarily for educational administrators, this review presents an analysis of the literature concerning student participation in educational decisionmaking. The educational and legal ramifications of student involvement in several decisionmaking spheres, such as school board and committee membership, student government, extracurricular…

This document reports the results of a study conducted at the College of Eastern Utah (CEU) to assess student reaction to the college and to determine CEU's effectiveness in providing the services which students expect to receive. The study also assessed faculty, staff, and administration perceptions of student views relative to these matters.…

This report deals with the special resources given to several school districts in Sweden for dealing with problems concerning the coordination of leisure activities and pupil welfare, with emphasis on the planning in Malmo. Three models are applied: (a) an educational planning model, where planning, process, and results stages are emphasized; (b)…

The article describes eight vocational student organizations and some of their activities in developing leadership and personal relations skills of their members in vocational agriculture, home economics, industrial, distributive, business, office, industrial arts, and health occupations education. Discusses organizations' needs; emphasizes the…

Every year, K-12 students throughout the U.S. learn about their local community's historical roots and development, economy, weather, climate, and geology. With the increasing prevalence of inquiry-based approaches to teaching and learning in history and science, new possibilities arise for authentic, situated learning activities. One such…

This report contains two studies. The first study was conducted in order to obtain a profile of Kansas students in the 1999 class of National Merit Semifinalists (NMSFs). A survey was mailed to 166 students. Data were analyzed in terms of age, gender, race, language, family characteristics, high schools attended, extracurricular activities,…

This document presents the activities that received Future Farmers of America's (FFA's) Model of Innovation awards in 2001. The booklet begins with an overview of the FFA National Chapter Award program and a list of the 2001 Models of Innovation Winners. The next three sections profile award-winning activities in the following areas of the three…

This edition focuses on the topic of closing the achievement gap from the perspectives of urban and suburban school districts. After an introduction by Judy Stewart, the first article, "Addressing Racial Disparities in High-Achieving Suburban Schools" (Ronald F. Ferguson), shares findings from a recent survey of more than 34,000 students…

This videotape explores the ways four diverse after-school programs bring about successful linkages between after-school programs at the elementary or middle school level and the regular school day. The 40-minute videotape, designed to be viewed in its entirety or in 15-minute segments, focuses on individual schools and their innovations. The…

The rapid growth of high school clubs, the important educational functions in which they engage, and the close relationship they bear to the work of the school have given them a place of first importance among the school organizations carrying on extracurricular activities. Such clubs are a means of closing up the educational gap resulting from…

Colleges continue to face questions, pressures, and even legal confrontations concerning the constitutionality of mandatory student activity fees. In addition, the educational and administrative considerations are equally as problematic on many campuses as students press their positions that run contrary to traditional student activity programs.…

A study of 1,849 freshmen at York University (Ontario) found that traditional students enjoy a slight advantage over first-generation students in grade point average (GPA). While traditional students have higher levels of involvement than first-generation students, for both groups involvement in various university activities contributes to GPA.…