High school students in Phoenix, Arizona, were surveyed to determine their perceptions of participation in school clubs and activities. Clubs/activities were categorized as being (1) athletic; (2) social; or (3) academic. Reasons given for joining certain clubs/activities conformed to expectations: students in athletic clubs joined to perform in…

Distributive education students from vocational clubs in New Jersey are working alongside elementary teachers to enhance the career education movement in elementary schools by developing units of instruction and classroom projects relating the elementary curriculum to the marketing and distribution occupational cluster. (SA)

This publication, one in a series of mongraphs on college unions, focuses on the outing-informal recreational activity taking place out-of-doors, usually undertaken by students in groups, and usually noncompetitive, a natural extension of the student union program. Main sections of the monograph include: (1) a suggestion for a basic program, (2)…

In the late 1960's, especially after the 1964 Berkeley movement, numerous power blocks joined in the struggle for control of US universities. The range of demands on the higher education system serve to separate the competing groups into 4 general categories. The Anarchist Left, or radicals, comprises about 5% of the total college student…

The project focused on securing evidence to support or reject the assumption, based on their support by educators and industry, that vocational youth organizations (Distributive Education Clubs of America, Home Economics Related Occupations Clubs, Future Farmers of America, Future Homemakers of America, Future Business Leaders of America, and…

This governance constitution of the University of Maine at Portland-Gorham was approved by the Board of Trustees of the University of Maine on February 27, 1974. Covered are: (1) academic actions; (2) meetings; (3) organization and administration; (4) the faculty of graduate studies; (5) the graduate council; (6) new academic organizations; (7)…

Dealing with various aspects of planning, programming, and piloting the multiphased college union organization amidst the college or university environment, this annotated bibliography has classified and indexed into a meaningful and methodical form of codification books, monographs, papers, and magazine articles written or published during…

An active and viable student council can help to involve both rebellious and uncommitted students in useful outlets. The major causes of ineffective councils are homogeneous membership, weak leadership, and misinformed faculty advisors. Principals should take the initiative in solving these problems. To break down homogeniety, the council should…

This study deals with administrative and operational patterns of 278 college unions located in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and Japan. Emphasis is placed on physical plant, organizational structure, professional staff, financial operation of the union, general union policies, relationship to departments, facilities, and…

The major purpose of this study was to develop guidelines for use in the initiation and operation of student organizations associated with agricultural programs at 2-year, post-secondary educational institutions in the United States. To gather the necessary data, a three-part questionnaire designed to elicit data on institutions, agriculture…

This speech discusses ways in which students may meaningfully participate in school governance. Some ways to involve students in decisionmaking include (1) the establishment of student advisory councils to central administrators, boards of education, and principals; (2) the initiation of student participation in school curriculum committees and ad…

A leadership development program at the University of Arizona for vocational education majors who lack leadership experiences is described. The program provides leadership development experience with student activities in a local Future Farmers of America chapter and practical vocational experiences prior to student teaching. (MF)

To study organized student activities, between late 1975 and early 1977 conversations were held at 41 colleges and universities with staff and students most directly concerned with student activities. The conversations focused on students' interests, needs, and participation; program evaluation; institutional support; and staff role. (Author)

Notes that the black student movement reached a high point in the 1960s and early 1970s. However, due to repression of the black movement in general and ideological division and confusion, the student movement is on the decline in the late 1970s. (Author/AM)