University and college campuses in the United States utilize disciplinary/judicial processes to help address student behavioral problems. These include administrative, majority-peer, and minority-peer processes. This descriptive research was undertaken to find which of these three discipline/judicial processes were the most effective. The…

This longitudinal study had 2 goals. The 1st goal was to describe trajectories of academic and emotional adjustment in college science programs. The 2nd goal was to determine whether these trajectories differed as a function of students' self-reports of the quality of their relationships with parents and teachers. The sample consisted of 498…

With the globalisation of education, large numbers of students with interrupted schooling and low English literacy levels represent both a quantitative and qualitative shift in the kinds of students faced by teachers in classrooms. In Australia, after a year in an intensive English language programme, immigrant and refugee students are placed in…

A VOLUNTARY COUNSELING PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS IN FAMILIES WITH AN ALCOHOL PROBLEM WAS INSTITUTED AS PART OF THE OVER-ALL ALCOHOL EDUCATION PROGRAM IN THE SCHOOL. TO DETERMINE THE NEEDS OF THE PROGRAM, A STUDY WAS DONE COMPARING 317 STUDENTS WITH 65 STUDENTS DISPLAYING AN ALCOHOLIC PROBLEM IN THEIR FAMILY. THE STUDY CONCLUDED THAT BIOGRAPHICAL DATA…

Three main questions are considered: (1) what concerns and worries do students feel? (2) to what extent do they think their personal problems warrant professional assistance? and (3) where would they turn for help if it were available? The Mooney Problem Check List, 1950 revision, form C, was used with 1114 Purdue undergraduate, single, full-time…

Following a short introduction about the current status of student unrest and campus disruption, this paper discusses the contributing factors: (1) the unique aspects of the present generation gap; (2) confusion on the role of the university in contemporary society; (3) the inability, on the basis of their organizational structure, of universities…

A brief research project on some special needs and problems of black students at Chabot College (California) grew out of the 1969-70 violent climate of ethnic student activism. Twenty-five black and 25 white students completed both the Mooney Problem Check List and the Personal Integration Scale of the Omnibus Personality Inventory. Significant…

Troubled children need teachers who acknowledge the child's burden and then get on with business. They need to believe that they are essentially the same as every other child in school and, despite their problems, can succeed. (MT)

Examined barriers to learning in adult students (N=111) using the Adult Student Survey. Results indicated that in many cases students were able to predict barriers before enrolling. Lack of time was the most difficult barrier to anticipate correctly. (JAC)

The new school administrator must have expertise, wide experience, and professionalism to deal with the new breed of students and parents. (DS)

Describes three cases in which parental counseling together with student counseling brought about immediate alleviation of a crisis situation in the home. (AN)

Many gifted learning disabled (LD) students are identified by their handicapping condition rather than by their giftedness. Some suggestions for dealing with these students include providing opportunities for concentration on strengths as well as weaknesses and finding ways to circumvent the specific disability so that enrichment can take place.…