A 75% response from a survey of 161 agricultural, 131 home economics, 86 auto mechanics, and 70 carpentry teachers identified the best indicator of faculty commitment to vocational student organizations to be membership rate. Faculty in vocational schools to which students must be transported for part of the school day may be less committed. (SK)

Discusses the value of a nonperformance speech communication organization for both students and departments. Suggests criteria for discipline-centered student organizations. Offers a case study of one such club at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, and evaluates the effectiveness of this program. (HB)

Pre/posttest results from 149 ninth-grade agriculture students in Polk County, Florida, showed that student achievement in agriscience was not related to supervised agricultural experience scope, Future Farmers of America involvement, interest in agriculture, or socioeconomic status. Grade point average was positively related to achievement. (SK)

Discusses approaches to relations with college/university alumni members of fraternities and sororities in the context of widely reported incidents of serious accidents, hazing, and alcohol abuse. Offers examples of ways to reach out to Greek alumni from Hamilton College (New York), Bowdoin College (Maine), Dartmouth College (New Hampshire),…

Explores various impediments facing the academic labor movement, especially the resistance of tenured radicals, focusing on the experiences at Yale University. Discusses how graduate student organizing can jeopardize student-faculty relationships, affect chances for academic jobs, and create personal and professional tensions in many…

Presents information on how physical education and sport faculty members can integrate student personal and professional development activities into the curriculum, examining: the importance of having a student organization; how to start a student program; the advisor's role; incorporating the program into instructional and program goals;…

Examines the effect of different types of college experiences such as work, course-related activities, and involvement in clubs and social organizations to determine if the traditional notions about "college involvement" pertain to adult students. Results indicate that the more time that adults were engaged in course and other related learning…

Reports on a decline in fraternity membership, which is ascribed to changing demographics, bad publicity about alcohol abuse and hazing incidents, and changing student values. Graphs illustrate fraternity membership trends at six universities, including 10-year comparisons in membership, academic performance, and pledges; and average number of men…

A systematic, labor-intensive inventory of all local environmental groups in the Delmarva Peninsula and the state of North Carolina found 566 local groups, 7-20 times the number in published directories. Unexpectedly, high school student groups made up about 30 percent of the total. Groups' diverse objectives, primary activities, and alliances are…

A meta-analysis of eight studies from 1991 to 2000 determined the effect of Greek life, clubs and organizations, faculty interaction, peer interaction, living on campus, and employment on critical thinking. Students involved in these activities experienced a .14 gain in critical thinking compared to students who were not involved. (Contains 58…

White students and teachers who are exposed to information about how oppression works seem to recognize that there is a problem and want to do something to ameliorate the situation. They show up for meetings of diversity clubs, attend conferences and workshops, and will speak to others about their growing understanding of how privilege/ racism…

Briefly describes the development and growth of one day care center using only limited funds and donated materials. Center is designed to accomodate the children of commuting and working university students. (ED)

The rapid development and application to universities and colleges of the constitutional principles of the First Amendment are analyzed with special reference to Healy v. James and its present and possible future ramifications in the area of student affairs including use of university facilities, student conduct, and organizational activities. (JT)

Questions the value of traditional student government at community colleges and suggests several alternatives. Student government, as now conceived, is largely irrelevant to older students, part-time students, married students, and working students. Also, it has no power and is financially and legally dependent upon the administration, which…

A study was conducted to collect information related to Future Farmers of America (FFA) advisors, chapters, and school characteristics. Specific objectives were to determine FFA activities influenced by the advisor's experience, and to identify factors perceived as contributing to the preparation of teachers for the role of advisor and to the…