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Direct linkVoorhees, Rhondie; Petkas, Steven N. – New Directions for Student Services, 2011
The Common Ground Multicultural Dialogue program in the Department of Resident Life at the University of Maryland is an innovative peer education program designed to teach skills for engagement through exploration of contemporary multicultural societal dilemmas. The Common Ground Dialogue Program was launched in 2000 to provide undergraduate…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Peer Teaching, Multicultural Education, Student Leadership
Peer reviewedWoodard, Dudley B., Jr. – New Directions for Student Services, 1994
Proposes that development opportunities designed to clarify one's values and beliefs as part of an overall leadership training model will help meet one of society's most pressing needs: leadership rooted in the cultural value of improving the human condition for everyone. (Author)
Descriptors: Beliefs, College Students, Higher Education, Leaders
Peer reviewedChambers, Tony; Phelps, Christine E. – New Directions for Student Services, 1994
Asserts that with observed and predicted growth in social and political activism among students, higher education and community leaders are challenged to rethink the impact of student activism on students' development and on institutional and community change processes. (KW)
Descriptors: Activism, Community Change, Dissent, Group Behavior
Peer reviewedKuh, George D.; Lund, Jon P. – New Directions for Student Services, 1994
Examines the benefits associated with involvement in campus governance. Discusses implications for enhancing student learning through participation in governance structures and processes. Asserts that participation in campus governance is linked to desirable outcomes for individual students and to positive contributions to the welfare of the…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Students, Educational Experience, Extracurricular Activities
Peer reviewedLavant, Bruce D.; Terrell, Melvin C. – New Directions for Student Services, 1994
Suggests that student affairs professionals must continue to encourage ethnic minority students to become widely involved in student governance activities. Notes that this involvement will help to foster an environment that promotes human growth and development; it will also aid the institution in retaining these students. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Ethnic Groups, Higher Education, Minority Groups
