Based on a literature review and survey of existing programs, this preventive outreach program emphasizes staff training to prepare college staff to implement outreach efforts following the suicide attempt or death of a student on campus. Offers specific guidelines for management on the suicide crisis, with special attention focused on the friends…

Discusses the student consumer movement, examines problems facing community college transfer students, offers observations on the transfer process, and recommends practices that could make transfer less painful and more equitable. Reviews the activities of Project CHOICE, designed to help students make better choices in selecting a college. (DMM)

The phenomenon of "school-hopping" (students transferring frequently to different schools) and its effects on students is discussed. Strategies for teachers to use with parents who practice school-hopping (often to deny that their child may be in need of special help) are described. (CJ)

A readmission policy for students who were academically dismissed at Salisbury State College is described. The policy allows the student to make the decision of whether or not to return as a matriculated student the next semester. A description of the process and an analysis of the consequences are presented. (MLW)

Explores the development of the sociology of college students in higher education institutions in Russia, focusing on the students as an object of sociological-biographical analysis. Discusses studies of college students that were conducted at the start of the twentieth century. Includes seven references. (CMK)

Examines the ways English teachers might try to make progress with uninterested and/or problem students. Narrates one teacher's experience with a particular male student, and how she partly got through to him. (HB)

Discusses how teachers can help music students overcome performance anxiety. Divides performance anxiety into four major components: physiological, cognitive, behavioral, and psychological. Suggests fighting anxiety with relaxation techniques, imagery, cognitive statements, positive thinking, practice, and preparation. Discourages use of…

Evidence of multiculturalism in New Zealand, populated mainly by the indigenous Maoris and Europeans, has become common throughout the educational system in the last two decades. In spite of efforts at reform, however, Maori leaders contend that the government has consistently failed to meet the needs of Maori students, citing continuing high…

The Roberts Assistance Program (RAP), a model program for student assistance and suicide prevention established in 1988 by the Owen J. Roberts School District in Chester County, Pennsylvania provides services to students in kindergarten through grade 12. Core teams of school professionals from the high school and middle school have received…

An exploration of writing anxiety suggests that it is a normal form of behavior rather than a pathology, but that it varies in degrees of its dysfunctionality. Excerpts from the log books of college students in a writing anxiety workshop illustrate four broad categories of writing anxiety: procrastination, feeling emotionally distressed, thinking…

This paper describes a project designed to improve the delivery of psychological services in elementary schools. One component of the project involves individual undergraduate college students as "associates." As an associate, the student contributes to, or performs, all measures offered by the given school for children evidencing problems.…

Robert Nash responds to questions concerning his personal and professional background, the Simultaneous Multisensory Instructional Procedure for Teaching the Complete Sound Structure of the Language, problems associated with dyslexia, the social/emotional impact of learning disabilities, and the University of Wisconsin's Project Success for…

University administrators frequently fail to acknowledge the different experience of Black students, and typical college environments do not encourage the Black student's sense of dignity. Often isolated, Black students face a dilemma in deciding between group- and self-identity, and frequently disparage the value of the counseling systems…

Describes the development of computer education and computer-aided learning during the first ten years of the British Open University and discusses some of the problems associated with the use of computers in distance education. (Author)

A group of high-potential girls in grades three-six met with researchers to discuss internal barriers to female achievement. Dilemmas identified as blocking girls' success in school included: smart versus social, silence versus bragging, failure versus perfection, media beauty versus marginality, passive versus aggressive, conforming versus being…