Suggests ways to interest male secondary students in joining Future Homemakers of America/Home Economics Related Occupations (FHA/HERO) through changing their ideas about homemaking skills and showing them how men as well as women need the training and can benefit from various home economics career fields. (MF)

Authors discuss strategies for keeping classroom control. These include nonverbal communication, the importance of listening, and participation in youth groups. The section concludes with a report from a school that instituted leadership courses and boosted its DECA membership dramatically. (CT)

Incidents of pledges' injury or death as a result of fraternity hazing warrant formal investigation by individual institutions. Survey results and personal interviews at Mississippi State University suggest that hazing exists. Institutions should reevaluate their policies on hazing. (NRB)

Future Homemakers of America members are telling the public about the role of vocational education in their lives. They are involved in a national campaign to inform others of the benefits of vocational education organizations. (JOW)

Data from a survey of 4-H Club leaders in Saskatchewan, Canada, were used to determine the effect of attendance at leadership training events on leaders' decisions to re-enroll or discontinue. It was found that involvement in 4-H activities, supported by leadership training, increased leaders' satisfaction and likelihood of re-enrolling. (MF)

Quality classroom instruction should be the foundation upon which any successful vocational agriculture program is developed. Important components of classroom instruction include Future Farmers of America activities, problem-solving-based instruction, lesson plans, discipline, and the use of a variety of instructional methods and techniques. (LRA)

Between 1965 and 1974, the Chicano Movement identified itself and gained some measure of political power. In so doing, it developed a binary divergence, an internal split between its continuing need for identity and its continuing need for political power. The relationship between these two will determine the future of Chicano thought. (Author/NQ)

A State of Washington study identified activities which engaged vo-ag teachers during summer months (the extended portion of their contracts) and the amount of time devoted to those activities. Collected data are shown in tables and discussed. Average supervision time was 20 percent; the authors recommend 50 percent for true accountability.…

Describes two studies concerned with the implementation and maintenance of Young Farmer programs. Overall findings and implications showed that the local teacher's belief in and positive interest and attitude toward the Young Farmer program is of paramount importance. (HD)

Provides advice to faculty advisers of student organizations on understanding the learning styles, needs, cultures, and strengths of today's "electronic learners." Advisers need to understand technology-related learning patterns and become technologically literate to work with college students. (MDM)

Members of the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA), which translates to Chicano Student Movement of Aztlan, report that their movement is being targeted by school administrators across the country due to its demands for Chicano/Latino studies programs and protests against anti-immigration and anti-affirmative action movements.…

Studied attitudes toward college social context and expectations regarding sexual aggression with 66 sorority members (females) and 34 fraternity members (males). Results show differences in men's and women's expectations and responses, and highlight how men's expectations are related to women's resistance to unwanted sex. (SLD)

A campus atmosphere of cultural pluralism in which individual minority groups can maintain a sense of identity and uniqueness while acknowledging and building on shared experiences and values can empower all members of the college community. Student activities policies and procedures reconsidered in this light can lower barriers. (Author/MSE)

Reviews cooperative learning benefits and advises vocational teachers, principals, supervisors, administrators, and student organization members to cooperate to plan meaningful activities. Describes Future Homemakers of America's planning process; advocates a balance among cooperative, competitive, and individualized working modes; and provides…

Leadership development is a crucial part of the agricultural education program at all levels. The 10 articles in this theme issue discuss adult agricultural leaders, Future Farmers of America (FFA), practicing leadership concepts, teachers as leaders, steps to effective leadership, cooperation among student organizations, and the FFA in urban…