Defines total community coverage as the presentation of divisive issues through such media as electronic town meetings and public debates. Suggests ways to improve these media formats, including a 4-level model. Describes in depth each level--Foundations, Conceptual Awareness, Investigation and Evaluation, and Action Skills. Presents a case study…

Provides an overview of this special issue that examines the implementation of the Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) Initiative in seven local communities. An overview of the SS/HS Initiative is provided. Critical lessons learned from the seven sites are discussed with a focus on the special role that school psychologists can play in…

The Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative in Pinellas County, FL, emerged as a part of a broader local effort to implement creative educational and mental health programs to support children and families. Describes Pinellas County's plan, and highlights the instrumental roles played by school psychologists, which included grant writing, program…

A study at Potchefstroom University (South Africa) over two academic years investigated changes in study skills and strategies during the first year of university study, and their relationship to academic achievement. Gains in scores on the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory, administered to 306 introductory chemistry students and 201…

Describes aspects of the moral voice of the self and of the institution, and makes suggestions for assessing and reducing the dissonance between these two forces. Examines student services' ethic of care and argues for the desirability of "moral bilingualism": the need for an ethic of care and an ethic of justice. (RJM)

Claims that pairing children fosters interpersonal development, problem-solving skills, and moral development, when other interventions have failed. Offers tips to school counselors on getting started, on session content, on play and problem-solving activities, and on ways to explore moral dilemmas. Outlines the counselor's role in pair…

Contends that, because writing is one intellectual activity that finds its direct source in the emotions, writing teachers must come to terms with the existence and importance of familial diversity and examine more fully the manner in which the emotional and intellectual lives of their students intermingle. Discusses, in this context, personal…

Suggests that effective advising practices can be found on a continuum including prescriptive advising, developmental advising, and counseling. Discusses technological tools for positive intervention with students (such as e-mail), and addresses developmental theories, use of narrative, defense mechanisms, and reframing. (EV)

Investigated the metacognitive development of a group of students in a course aiming to develop deep approaches and conceptual understanding. Found considerable diversity in the approaches used by students, and also in the degrees to which those not initially using a conceptual (deep) approach were able to develop this approach. (EV)

This study compared the levels of student engagement between fraternity and sorority members and other undergraduate students. After controls, Greek members appeared to be equally and sometimes more engaged in academically challenging tasks, active learning, student-faculty interaction, community service, diversity, satisfaction, and on learning…

Measures of social support, personality, and workload were related to psychological burnout among 149 college students. High levels of burnout were predicted by negative temperament and subjective workload, but actual workload (academic and vocational) had little to do with burnout. Low levels of burnout were predicted by positive temperament,…

Examines the effects of interactional diversity experiences on a range of desirable outcomes for White students and students of color in different types of higher education institutions. Though White students had less contact with students from different backgrounds, such experiences positively affected the self-reported gains for both Whites and…

In response to an article (Hany, 2001) discouraging the practice of acceleration through grade skipping for gifted students, this article defends acceleration as one option for gifted students, describes use of acceleration in Germany including early school entrance, individual grade skipping, acceleration in one subject, and acceleration in…

Measured the psychosocial development of college students with and without learning disabilities using the Student Developmental Task and Lifestyle Inventory. Found significant differences between groups in terms of their academic autonomy and mature interpersonal relationships. (EV)

Calls for more active involvement by student affairs personnel in influencing and leading campus institutional reform efforts. Argues that their skills and knowledge entitle student affairs personnel to a full partnership with the educational enterprise. (Author/CM)