A teacher educator gives reasons why the vocational agriculture teacher should become involved in preparing his students for Future Farmers of America (FFA) contests and some steps and precautions he should take to successfully integrate FFA contests into the instructional program. (MF)

Beginning with his own experience as a student, a horticulture teacher discusses the importance of students' practice in actually working on agricultural projects. He notes that experience obtained from participation in Future Farmers of America fairs, shows, and contests is particularly important for both students and their teachers in applying…

This study evaluates a model predicting that school size affects student participation in extracurricular activities and that these leisure interests will continue in young adult life. High school social participation, it is hypothesized, also is influenced by curriculum track placement and academic performance, which are affected by student…

This booklet contains questions that are intended to serve as a starting point for asking meaningful questions about the quality of the first year of college so that a two-year college campus can enhance the learning, satisfaction, and retention of new college students. The previous edition considered the first-year experience for both two-year…

Novels about female students in the early years of British university education for women provide insight into established attitudes about the status and expectations of women just before and during the campaign for women's suffrage. They also illustrate how much, and how little, society has changed. (MSE)

Despite limited monetary resources, a small New York City vocational and technical high school has concentrated efforts to expand its physical education program in three areas: facilities, curriculum, and extracurricular activities. (JN)

Suggests eleven steps for the adviser of a student business organization in developing a program of work so that students (1) learn the management-by-objectives approach to planning and evaluating, (2) are involved in committees, (3) use principles of delegation, (4) base the budget on the planned activities, and (5) record chapter activities. (MF)

Suggests that private day schools cannot imitate boarding schools in offering a full "menu" of academics, athletics, and the arts to each student. Both student interests and parental finances would be better served if these three components were separated into optional tracks, each with its own tuition cost. (SJL)

What should a student activities program be? What should it provide? Who should be responsible for its organization and smooth operation? Answers these questions in a discussion of this important part of every school's total program. (Editor/RK)

Three steps are given for incorporating Future Farmers of America (FFA) activities into the vocational agriculture curriculum: Convincing local school administrators that the FFA is really an intracurricular activity; teaching classroom and laboratory units on the FFA; and relating FFA contests and awards back to classroom instruction. (MF)

Suggests ten major factors that may influence students' feelings about and participation in activity programs. (Author/RK)

Describes the efforts undertaken at Slippery Rock State College to bring foreign languages to the public's attention. These include festivals, programs for high school students, programs for local chambers of commerce and service organizations, clubs, conferences, and the development of an international business degree for foreign language…

Vocational education students have been traditionally excluded from participating in nonvocational areas of their schools. A teacher initiated new programs to reduce prejudice against vocational education students, allowing them to participate fully in extracurricular activities and in the National Honor Society. (TA)

Discusses the concept of community as it applies to the college campus, focusing on community as a place to be, identifying implications for space utilization; a way of being, offering suggestions for community development; and both a place to be and a way of being, examining the implications for creating community interactions through campus…

Examines whether extracurricular science activities can reduce the decline in attitude toward school science in junior and senior high school levels. Concludes that students exposed to extracurricular science activities had a more positive attitude toward school science. Sixteen references are listed. (YP)