The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyze some of the major approaches that are taken in the study of student change and stability. The approaches discussed are (1) the atheoretical approach, where the outcome is explored without a theoretical orientation; (2) presumed goals of higher education, where the outcome is cast in terms of the…

This working paper discusses the establishment of Hampshire College with the sponsorship of the University of Massachusetts and Amherst, Mount Holyoke and Smith Colleges. The new college is designed to be an undergraduate institution of excellence that may become an innovative force in the field of higher education. Chapter 1 examines the changing…

Over 381,000 college students are suspended or dismissed each year for academic reasons. These college failouts exhibit the full range of academic potential but are hampered by such things as low self concept, inadequate language skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking, a lack of ability to make sound decisions, a lack of meaningful…

Following a pilot study between 1965 and 1967, the Counseling Center at Kansas State University initiated a 3-year mental health project to identify integrative experiences --those that lead toward more creative and fully functioning individuals-- of college students, and to communicate interpretative reports on the data collected to the academic…

A method is presented which provides for increased subject involvement in the research design along with greater protection of the subjects' rights of privacy. An experimental analysis revealed that with increased motivation subjects took longer to complete the questionnaire; obtained higher, and less socially desirable, Dogmatism scores; and were…

This paper defines student development as a concept, not a program. It provides four organizational models for student development: (1) the single program where all staff are assigned the same responsibility and carry out that responsibility in ways which are quite similar; (2) the program where two or three people are assigned the responsibility…

This document describes a new curriculum and educational program at the Austin College. The program, Individual Development: Encounter with the Arts and Sciences (IDEAS), focuses on the individual development of each student. Emphasis is placed on Austin's movement toward reform, the planning effort to implement the new curriculum, curriculum and…

The interdependence of the school and other community institutions is viewed as undergirding the school's primary function of helping children acquire competence in meeting their life tasks and in adapting creativity to change. First, community conditions may impinge upon a child's capability, and freedom to learn. It is argued that instructional…

Georgia's Coordinated Vocational and Academic Education (CVAE) Program is a statewide program administered with considerable local autonomy in approximately 125 high schools around the state. It serves underachieving students who are potential dropouts, providing them with career education through CVAE classes, interlocking career-related…

To make education more relevant, the 1972 national seminar sought ways of integrating the Future Farmers of America (FFA) program with the broadened agricultural instruction program. Topics discussed included: (1) "Role of the FFA in the Changing Program of Agricultural Education" - William Gray (Moderator), (2) "But How Do We Get…

The consequences of the movement for accountability and individualized instruction were evaluated. (RK)

Sixth-grade pupils at St. Vivian's school recently studied a science lesson on distinguishing between plant and animal cells. Observation of pupils indicated that learning was occurring, but the enthusiasm they had exhibited in earlier science lessons was obviously lacking. Article discussed a model, designed to stimulate learning processes, from…

The Bicentennial year is a good time to discover and introduce to your students many of the excellent art history books written especially for children. Art history can be a tool to stimulate, clarify, and enrich the curriculum for the elementary schoolchild, especially in the social studies area. (Author)

Reports a study in which 63 students took part in a 12-week study to see which treatments were more successful when working with high-risk freshmen. The most effective curriculum for high-risk students included group counseling, study skills instruction, and individual internal/external locus of control counseling. (Author)

Successful elementary teachers have long recognized that the ability to ask questions effectively is an important part of independent learning behavior. Discusses four basic types of questions students should be encouraged to employ in their search for understanding. Also gives eight essential procedures for carrying out a questioning session.…