In order to enhance the therapeutic counseling potential of campus pastors, a brief orientation and training program in counseling was designed utilizing a client-centered orientation. The focus of training was on selected recorded interviews between clients and therapists and the reaction of the campus pastors to the interviews. (Author)

This research hypothesizes that graduate students' satisfaction is negatively correlated with the dissonance between graduate students' and professors' value orientations. The degree of satisfaction expressed regarding other students, their majors, the faculty and their programs was significantly correlated with the dissonance between their value…

Hunter College (of the City University of New York) TTT program developed a field-based Teacher Education Program. The Harlem and the New York Public Schools constitute the learning environment where education professors, undergraduates, and cooperating teachers explore teaching approaches, needs and ideas. (Author/EJT)

Women who elect coeducational living when first available do differ from those who do not. Such differences are quite comparable to differences found between volunteers a) for a psychological experiment and b) for creativity training and their respective nonvolunteer classmates. (Author)

The purpose of this study was to discover if there was a relationship in decisions made between adults and 11-year old students assumed to be at different levels of the formal operations stage in their responses to a situation calling for a moral judgment. (Author)

Purposes of this study were to identify major dimensions of college instruction as reported in research literature, and to validate this dimensional structure by means of open-ended survey. Results show strong support for the validity of Instructional Skill and Organization as dimensions of effective college instruction. (Author)

Study seeks to determine the content of higher education law courses in student affairs graduate programs and the legal focus in presentations at the American College Personnel Association and National Association of Student Personnel Administrators national conferences. Reviews syllabi from 23 institutions and conference programs from 1990…

Examines differences in retention rates and college grade point average of academic scholarship and leadership scholarship students. Results indicate no significant difference in college grade point average, however leadership scholars achieved higher retention rates. Results suggest that predictors of college involvement may be indirect…

Provides an overview of the faculty role on campus in terms of specific work activities and reward systems. Discusses the barriers to collaboration between faculty and student affairs staff and provides suggestions for working collaboratively. (Contains 29 references.) (Author/GCP)

Examines differences between the college experiences of students with and without repeated policy violations. Male students (N=60) were surveyed on six college experience variables: involvement with faculty, courses, the student union, clubs and organizations, personal acquaintances, and student acquaintances. Significant differences were found in…

Videos celebrating Hispanic Heritage and Black History month were presented at two regionally and ethnically distinct college campuses. Students (N=62) were interviewed regarding what attracted them to the video. Students of color commented positively on the cultural content as well as the musical and dance components of each video. Presents…

Examines the relationship between Chickering's vectors and the development of moral reasoning in college students. Results indicate that the developmental tasks of Academic Autonomy, Mature Interpersonal Relationships, and Purpose are closely related to the development of moral maturity, and that identity and moral development are parallel…

Student affairs practitioners were asked to assess the importance of "must statements" from the General Standards developed by the Council for the Advancement of Standards in relation to their current position and place of employment. Results indicate respondents felt comfortable with their skills and knowledge to meet the standards that…

Study identifies factors that influence African American students' decisions to apply to and attend doctoral programs in higher education administration. Results indicate that respondents are influenced by academic quality, academic infrastructure, institutional sensitivity to students of color, and positive interaction with faculty. Offers…

Assesses the academic merit of an innovative undergraduate program designed to teach students the importance of critical thinking skills and social science concepts. As a result of these tests, students did improve their knowledge of some critical thinking skills relative to control. (Author)