This article explores concepts of student support in higher education. It draws on findings from a research project that considered what students understood by "support" and what for them was, or had been, more or less helpful. The project drew on the perspectives of five cohorts of undergraduate and postgraduate students, based in three…

Focuses on the educational experiences of Barbara Young, a high school dropout and visually handicapped adult learner, who obtained a General Educational Development diploma and enrolled at a community college, a state university, and finally at a graduate school for a Master's degree in counselor education and research. (DMM)

Surveyed 120 minority, White, and foreign students to compare perceptions of the university and student needs. Results showed satisfaction with the university among disadvantaged and minority students was generally positive, but solutions to their special problems (social isolation, finances) were aimed more toward the university than toward…

Although infrequently investigated, college student satisfaction and dissatisfaction are viewed as a clear indicator of student unrest. Results of a series of studies aimed at a systematic investigation of college student satisfaction are described. A measure was designed and used to investigate the relationships between student satisfaction and…

An effort to assess the concerns of freshmen entering the University of South Carolina was needed to provide guidance in the planning and implementation of a total service program for freshmen. Since the orientation program provides the opportunity for all entering students to gather according to their respective classifications, the mission to…

Describes the judicial body at Porterville College, California, which takes action on student grievances. (DS)

THIS GUIDELINE DEALS WITH THE DAY-TO-DAY ADVISING OF FOREIGN STUDENTS. SUCH ADVISING IS THE MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FOREIGN STUDENT ADVISOR. THE ADVISOR SEES THAT INSTITUTIONAL RESOURCES ARE BEING WISELY USED ACCORDING TO THE SPECIAL NEEDS AND PROBLEMS OF FOREIGN STUDENTS. THE SOURCES OF SUPPORT, LINES OF COMMUNICATION AND ASSISTANCE, METHODS…

A survey designed to inventory problems encountered by pharmacy students is described. Student problem prevention programs, it suggests, should focus on financial counseling, workloads, student participation in committee and planning activities, the importance of learning and professional performance as opposed to grades, and job and career…

Five groups of undergraduate students (dropouts, low stopouts, low persisters, high stopouts, and high persisters) were compared in terms of their use of various campus facilities and their responses to a checklist of personal problems. The use of campus facilities is correlated with continuance in school. (Author/MLW)

The kinds of assistance needed by foreign college students in dealing with problems encountered during their college sojourn, as well as resources used in resolving those problems, were examined. Male (N=27) and female (N=17) students were interviewed during the spring quarter of 1977 on the University of Minnesota, Duluth, campus. Results…

This paper describes the problems and successes of adult working-class women at Staten Island Community College (New York) who have been moved by the aspirations enunciated by the women's movement to enter the college in increasing numbers. Among the problems that such reentering women face in the pursuit of a higher education are ambivalence and…

From a counseling perspective, examines the emotional problems of undocumented and out-of-status foreign college students. Indicates that these students often suffer from a fear of deportation, loneliness, and depression connected to their citizenship status. Provides suggestions for college counselors in handling foreign students' special needs.…

A support service for students at Wayne State College is described that is coordinated by the learning center and supported by a network of referrals. The target groups are students who have been placed on academic suspension or probation, the chronically absent, and those who are having difficulty with basic writing, term paper writing, test…

Present difficulties of student personnel work on college campuses are outlined as the impetus for the reconceptualization of student needs. Drawing from the behavioral sciences made it possible to conceptualize higher education as a developmental community with available "power factors" for promoting desirable changes in students. The necessary…

The author feels that the university's response to drugs should be based on contemporary philosophy of student-university relationships which emphasize the primacy of learning and student development in an atmosphere of academic and personal freedom. This response should be two-fold: (1) education, and (2) provision of help to those involved in…