Studies suggest that course-integrated information literacy instruction is an effective way to enhance the quality of student research. However, many political science professors are unfamiliar with the growing information literacy movement in higher education today, with strategies for integrating information literacy into their courses and…

Program for high-risk students is described. Grade point averages of 755 high-risk students compared by type of housing. Analysis revealed differences significantly at alpha=.01, while measures of ability were not significantly different by type of housing. Discussion includes implications for helping university experience be more rewarding for…

Describes the activities of companies which write term papers for profit or prepare research that goes into term papers for college students. Notes efforts of universities and the government to control such enterprises and their present legal refuge as "research" organizations. (JT)

To promote student engagement, professors must actively seek to create the conditions that foster engagement. Chickering and Gamson (1987) suggest that good practices in undergraduate education are ones that: encourage student-faculty contact, develop reciprocity and cooperation among students, encourage active learning, provide students with…

To improve students' term papers and their experiences in writing them the author suggests that students be required to submit written proposals for their topics by the end of the second or third week. Proposals would include an overview, tentative outline, conclusion, and a preliminary reading list. A sample proposal is included. (JT)

The model described here details the research proposal, recruitment of students, formation of the team, research process, and the benefits to students and faculty. (SK)

Reports on the success of a research project done by students in a television journalism course, noting that their hard work was rewarded with two hours of radio airtime, coverage in a major newspaper, and personal appearances at a national convention. (RL)

Attitudes of sampled Kent State University students, after the tragedy of May 4, 1970, seemed to indicate they felt Kent State was more prominent but less mature and stable than it was prior to the events. Some decreased acceptance of nontraditional attitudes was also indicated. (Author)

Underlying the programs of undergraduate colleges is the assumption that the 4-year educative process will produce some change in students. This study sought to determine the changes in values of college students by administering the Allport-Vernon-Lindzey (AVL) "Study of Values" three times to the same undergraduate class and once to…

a questionnaire on marijuana was completed by 460 students; one on alcohol was completed by 465 students. Results reveal that the relationship between the use of these two drugs is complex. Students' attitudes toward their parents are related to their use of marijuana but not to their use of alcohol. The use of alcohol is a pattern of continuity…

Discusses how one college professor incorporated the voices of marginalized students into her course, "Race, Culture, and Class." Ex-gang member students were invited to participate in an ethnographic research project in which they interviewed gang members from their communities and shared findings with their more privileged classmates.…

The paper reports on research conducted by third-year sociology students into student identities at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa. This university was formed as a result of a merger between two formerly "racially" defined universities. The research, comprising interviews and observation and taking place at the…

The model organism, "Caenorhabditis elegans," in addition to being well suited to genetics and cell biology teaching applications, can also be useful in the physiology laboratory. In this article, the author describes how students in a junior level college Comparative Physiology course have made use of "C. elegans" in semester-long,…

This article discusses how students in a college-entry-level CAD course researched four generations of their family histories and documented cultural and symbolic influences within their family backgrounds. AutoCAD software was then used to manipulate those cultural and symbolic images to create the design for a multicultural area rug. AutoCAD was…