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A Curricular Approach to Ethical Issues in Student Leadership Development.
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Mouritsen, Maren M.; Quick, Tamara M. – NASPA Journal, 1987
Addresses the design and outcomes of Foundations of Leadership Development, a new leadership development program at Brigham Young University. Describes the program from a broad-based, theoretical point of view using ecological and developmental theory and explains how a student leadership class can have a significant impact on the ethical…
Descriptors: College Programs, College Students, Higher Education, Leadership Training
Human Development Theory and Administrative Practice in Student Affairs: Ships Passing in the Daylight?
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Strange, Carney – NASPA Journal, 1983
Warns that as pressures for greater accountability increase, student affairs personnel risk focusing their attention on preservation of educational systems rather than on student development. Emphasizes the need for closer interaction between the theorist and practitioner, grounded in formal theoretical knowledge of human development. (JAC)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Role, College Environment, Higher Education
A Bridge Course for High-Risk Freshman: Evaluating Outcomes.
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Hardy, Dorothy C.; Karathanos, Demetrius – NASPA Journal, 1992
Examines outcomes of a "bridge" course for first-year college students that emphasizes personal and psychological adjustment to the university experience to enhance the likelihood of academic success. Findings from 59 high-risk students who completed course suggest that goal of enhancing likelihood of academic success for such students was…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, College Preparation, Higher Education
The Role of Living-Learning Programs in Students' Perceptions of Intellectual Growth at Three Large Universities
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Inkelas, Karen Kurotsuchi; Johnson, Dawn; Lee, Zakiya; Daver, Zaneeta; Longerbeam, Susan D.; Vogt, Kristen; Leonard, Jeannie Brown – NASPA Journal, 2006
The purpose of this study was to investigate how living-learning (L/L) program participation similarly and dissimilarly affects college students' intellectual growth at three large public research universities. L/L programs have been introduced at large universities in order to create more intimate peer communities that help foster students'…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Intellectual Development, Research Universities, College Students