The article describes a study using an instrument designed to assess the attitudes of students and faculty toward the university's responses to certain disciplinary situations. (Author)

The program outlined brings the process of discipline more in line with an effort toward greater community responsibility. Student discipline, as a vital function of higher education, insures the preservation of the system and acts as a tool whereby learning can be enhanced for the student and the institution. (Author)

The literature and court cases point to the need for discipline alternatives for handicapped students other than suspension and expulsion. As more cases come to court, and as more specific policies are formulated, the discipline dilemma between this need and actual practice should be resolved. (JOW)

Identifies specific behavioral characteristics of both aggressive and passive-aggressive students, delineates a four-step process that most aggressive students go through as they lose control of their emotions, and describes intervention strategies that teachers can use to deal with each step of the breakdown of control. (FL)

Responds to the previous article by rejecting arguments that the relevance, arbitrariness, or external origin of disciplinary policies have any significant impact on those policies' effectiveness in building student character or promoting self-disciplined learning. Proposes focusing instead on observable conduct and providing encouragement for…

Describes the qualities of a good disciplinary policy. (JM)

Educators can become more effective disciplinarians by identifying the general categories of misbehavior, singling out one or more especially troublesome categories, recognizing ineffective ways of responding, and learning alternative methods. (Author)

The author cautions against the overuse or misuse of in-school suspension as a disciplinary measure and suggests rules that incorporate principles of equity in order to avoid abuse of in-school suspension policies. (KC)

A program designed for the handling of student disruptions uses the basic concepts of Eric Berne's Transactional Analysis in an in-service program to help teachers understand better what is happening in transactions between two people. William Glasser's Reality Therapy is used as the vehicle for attempting to change student behavior. (Author/MLF)

Discusses classroom discipline and presents suggestions on how teachers can become more assertive in their classrooms. (CM)

Compares data on discipline problems in Georgia secondary schools that were gathered in similar surveys of secondary school principals in 1961 and 1974. (JG)

Outlines the elements of the Discipline with Dignity model. Describes three kinds of intervention--crisis, short-term, and long-term--in which students develop new strategies for success in school and life. Claims that these strategies will enhance student development. Contrasts punitive approaches with effective methods that elicit dignity. (RJM)

Reviews "Discipline and Learning in Chicago Schools" by Frederick C. Lunenburg, a study of nine public and Catholic secondary schools in Chicago that focused on pupil control ideologies and styles. (TE)

Examined campus disciplinary officers and environment in which they operate, incorporating existing research with survey designed to provide accurate picture of the organizational and administrative practices surrounding student disciplinary codes. Findings from 327 members of the Association for Student Judicial Affairs suggest that student…