Reviews recent state and federal court decisions involving the official recognition of homosexual organizations on college or university campuses and offers legal guidelines for college administrators to follow in dealing with such organizations. (JG)

The American Vocational Association (AVA) has not yet "maximized" its support of student organizations, according to Victor Van Hook and officials from six student organizations who spoke to the second general session of the AVA convention. Despite their recognized value in activating students, vocational youth groups are reaching only a…

Two vocational agriculture teachers discuss long term planning, student eligibility, final planning, and overall value of 4-day summer trips to points of agricultural interest throughout the State of Oklahoma. (JT)

Describes the Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) at a high school in Canton (Massachusetts), a school-sanctioned student organization that gives gay and straight students a safe place to discuss sexual orientation issues. The GSA serves as a forum for educating students and can be a base for larger community education efforts. (SLD)

Nine former members of New Farmers of America (NFA), an organization for black agriculture students from 1927 until the 1965 merger with Future Farmers of America, were interviewed. NFA helped develop leadership and human relations skills; black agriculture teachers played a pivotal role. Merger led to decline in black leadership in agriculture…

The authors used path analysis procedures to construct and test a causal model of participation in vocational student organizations. Of the eight variables investigated, seven had significant effects. Sophomore year participation was the best indicator of senior year involvement as a participant or a leader. (Author/CH)

Describes the experience of a member of "Orgullo Latino," a Hispanic student organization at Raritan Valley Community College, Somerville, New Jersey. Relates some potential problems of socializing in such groups, and recommends that Hispanic students investigate them and find their own niche. Includes annotations and addresses for 16…

Campus activities programing benefits from good training of student volunteers. Business training theory can be applied to student organizations. Training programs should be designed for four phases of volunteer experience (recruitment, testing, active, and exit) and emphasize leadership development. (MSE)

Responses from 709 Ohio eighth graders indicated that self-esteem and self-perceived development of competence, coping, and contributory life skills are complementary. Participation in 4-H and other clubs positively influences perceived development. (SK)

The responses of 1,012 baccalaureate graduates to a questionnaire survey one month following graduation were analyzed to determine the effectiveness of supplementary career preparation experiences. Effectiveness was defined as securing baccalaureate level employment. Work experience related to career goals was the only experience of universal…

Future Farmers of America (FFA) members (n=291) who attended the Washington Leadership Conference completed a leadership skills inventory. Size of FFA chapter, involvement in activities, and service as an officer were slightly positively correlated with perceptions of leadership skills. (Contains 18 references.) (SK)

Asserts that preparing student leaders to be facilitators will help student groups operate more efficiently and make an adviser's job easier. Describes four main types of skills that can be developed to assist students in becoming facilitators and in strengthening their facilitation skills. (EV)

The cultural landscape of graduate employee life in the research university faces significant change. Ten years ago just a handful of recognized graduate employee unions existed. Today, more than two dozen campuses have recognized unions and another two dozen or so are in the process of organizing graduate student employees. The extant literature…

This article describes the author's experience dealing with animal rights protests. It describes a group convened to address the issue of animal care and use in education, comprised of faculty from veterinary medicine, veterinary students, members of the Vegetarian Resources Network, the director of Oregon State's Program for Ethics, Science, and…

For this study, the author interviewed 57 men who were college undergraduates between 1945 and 1999. The participants' years of attendance were not concentrated in any single period of time but rather represented fairly equally each year of the 55-year period. The men attended over 50 different institutions (some attended more than one institution…