The articles included on these pages concern students as participants in the grading process through use of the contract system; a program for integrating curricular and extra curricular activities; and a report on a student leadership retreat. (JC)

The complexity of college governance structures is formidable, and certainly there are many clusters of subissues under the general heading. This study examines one such cluster, that of student participation in one of the most important governance tasks, the decision making process leading to institutional policy. (Author)

The data tends to imply that campus leaders have attitudes on the issue of marihuana legalization which conform to the norms of a major midwestern university sampling. Drug education programs might include student leaders with local credibility and who may possess attitudes very similar to their peers. (Author/BY)

The American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation has created the Student Action Council to involve students in the professional decision-making process. (GC)

For a successful, member-centered student organization, the adviser must enrich a student's opportunities for growth through leadership and decision-making experiences, help students help each other, and involve students in the curriculum. (Author)

Offers advice on providing a successful leadership development program at community colleges: decide on the philosophy of leadership, develop a mission statement, identify resources, start small and do those things well, approach student organizations, and provide food. (EV)

Discusses benefits of developing young potential leaders. Outlines comprehensive leadership program for college freshmen containing four components: assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation. (Author/CM)

An approach to developing leadership potential involves having gifted students write and implement leadership plans which focus on an important area of needed change in the student's school, community, or religious affiliation. Presented are the purposes and benefits of the plans, processes involved in designing plans, and sample topics.…

Describes Growth Opportunities in Leadership Development (G.O.L.D.), student leadership program developed to create supportive environment in which students could learn about their leadership styles, gain confidence about themselves in leadership roles, and apply learning to future activities/responsibilities. Notes that G.O.L.D. program applies…

Explored how academic major and cocurricular leadership activities influence college students' (n=70) ability to make mature career choices. Students who held cocurricular leadership roles revealed more positive attitudes about careers and enhanced abilities to look ahead when making career choices. Students with vocational majors reported better…

Examined whether significant positive relationships exist between organizational and nonorganizational extracurricular involvement and areas of student development (establishing and clarifying purpose, developing mature interpersonal relationships, academic autonomy) among campus leaders. Findings from 229 presidents of student organizations…

Studied three women's colleges to determine how women's colleges accomplish their goals of women's education and how they influence their students. Findings demonstrated need for attention to context for leadership development; affirmative opportunities for women to develop and practice leadership skills; and environmental assessment. (NB)

Describes a program at a North Carolina high school in which students from the leadership class share an entire workday with a civic or government official. (SR)

All adolescents have leadership potential. There are three stages of youth leadership development: awareness, interaction, and mastery. Transactional and transformational leadership provide a bridge between youth leadership development and character education. Therein lie the qualities that all parents and educators want to instill in youngsters.…

Describes the process of conducting a leadership audit, which is a systematic, comprehensive and objective process to identify all the experiences by which students may develop leadership abilities. Proposes that the results of this process create organizational awareness about leadership opportunities, form the basis of evaluation and planning,…