The University of South Florida Student Ambassadors, two dozen students chosen by the alumni association, serve as the association's emissary to everyone from fellow students and top administrators to prospective donors and media. Student, campus, and community relations are discussed. (MLW)

Eleven theme articles focus on serving rural youth in the International Youth Year and describe vocational agricultural education in developing nations, new models for international agricultural education, and goals and objectives of the Association for International Agricultural Education. (SK)

Discusses court decisions in relation to the Equal Access Act and provides two sample policies for schools to follow. One limits student activities, and the second allows noncurriculum-related student meetings. (MD)

Reports a survey of teachers, administrators, and students concerning the value of summer programs. (SB)

A former president of the National Union of Students in Great Britain discusses financing student unions and prospects for the future of unions. (PG)

National study indicated that as the numer of FFA chapter members increased, the mean participation score decreased and that high membership percentage in an FFA chapter is not necessarily a prerequisite for increased membership participation. (SB)

Students' reactions to the occupation of a university building were surveyed on the first and last day of the occupation as well as several weeks following the end of the occupation. Results of the survey show that the conflict tended to polarize attitudes about radicals against them and increase attitudes favorable to conventional political…

The findings in this study that pledges, rushees, and independents differ in their Social Spontaneity Factor Scores and Family Income is not unexpected in view of previous results. These data suggest that not only are independents different from pledges but that rushees are also different from independents. (Author)

It is argued that the court decision in Widmar v. Vincent, striking down a university's restriction on building use for religious activities, is consistent with the First Amendment's Establishment Clause precedent, does not threaten to undermine its purpose or intended reach, and may in fact clarify it. (MSE)

Finds that minority students' participation in journalism school programs is limited. (HOD)

Argues that diverse student populations represent a challenge and an opportunity for faculty and students to create a single student body and to thus lay the foundation for effective participation in a democracy. Suggests adequate facility arrangement, flexible curricula, and various extracurricular activities to fulfill this goal. (WL)

Reviews the roles that each of the following components of the Future Farmers of America (FFA) will play in the 1980s: leadership programs, supervised occupational experience programs, contests, the "National Future Farmer" magazine, publicity, the National FFA Foundation, the FFA Alumni group, the FFA Supply Service, and the Work…