Student council advisors walk a tightrope, forced to balance student suspicions against administration and faculty disapproval. This book takes a hard look at the role of the advisor in the 70's. In making a strong case for the need to elevate the activities program to full curricular status, the author emphasizes the "learning by doing" aspect of…

This paper offers some suggestions to college counselors which are pertinent for effecting change in self-concept of student clients. What the counselor is really attempting to do in the counseling relationship is to help the youthful client find a more constructive, less painful, and healthier way to go through the maturational process which can…

The norms and structure of student subcultures in a public alternative "high school without walls" in a large city are explored. The focus is on the attitudes of subculture members toward the innovative educational program and toward intergroup relations. The strengths and weaknesses of various research methodologies are investigated by…

Unified organizational systems with integrated information systems are required to deliver effective referral and remedial services to children who are experiencing learning problems. However, such organized systems do not exist widely enough in our schools. The purpose of the project was to develop a consensually derived data-referral system for…

The evolving concept of student development in higher education is conceived of in many ways. The administrative implementation of the concept is not as readily conceived. One method of implementation concerns the comprehensive concept of residential learning, regardless of institutional size or type. Six organizational problems for the…

Much has been written lately about the role of the Student Development Specialist in the classroom, most of it focusing on his role as consultant or process facilitator. This material focuses on the Student Development Specialist working as classroom teacher "in tandem" with another instructor from another discipline. The approach is simple. In…

This report deals with an evaluation experiment which attempted to discover the relationship between specific types of teacher behavior and success in teaching as shown by student progress in relation to defined objectives. In 708 undergraduate classes at Kansas State University, students rated their progress in gaining factual knowledge, learning…

The prevailing concept today is that the student activity program is a vital part of the total school curriculum. In order to present a study of factual material and opinions regarding the general status of the student activity programs in Wisconsin, a questionnaire was sent to the administrators of the 501 public and private senior high schools…

Although creative expression and drama in the classroom are important in leading education toward a more humanistic approach to learning as well as toward the development of students capable of responding more rationally to the changing world educators have offered few opportunities for creative student expression. Thus, this book focuses on…

This document presents the report of the Commission on Student Life at the University of Southern California (USC). Following a rationale for the study, chapters cover academic environment and student development; university life, programs, and activities; university residential life; university policy; university chaplain and campus ministry;…

Several authors describe group counseling programs provided by a university counseling center to meet student needs for developing interpersonal communication skills and self-assertion behavior. In response to these needs, the counseling center provided personal growth groups, a proactive black group, a women's group, a marriage growth group, and…

Students are clients of the educational system, but traditionally have had little voice in decisionmaking about the services they receive. Students are now demanding greater involvement, and administrators have tried a number of programs designed for student participation, generally with success. Some examples of successful programs are (1)…

This study intends to contribute understanding to the relevant antecedents of student development by ascertaining what were salient influences on collegians' lives, or at least what are their perceptions of such influences. Influence may be those specifically tied to the university experience or those influences on their lives in a more general…

A 120-item questionnaire measuring sex-role behavior and attitudes, educational expectations, self-assessment, grades, etc. was administered to 3000 students in the 7th through 12th grades in three school districts. "Academic competence" was defined as the discrepancy between actual and predicted grade averages based on the correlation of…

The goal of the report is to identify, describe, and discuss some aspects of faculty advising that are little discussed between advisors and colleagues: source of confusion; roles; how to proceed with advising; keeping the relationship alive; special problems; informational advising; and models for advising. The concept and practice of an advising…