Presents a method for funding IRAs (instructionally related activities) including forensics, based on the California State University system. (PD)

College faculty members should try to combine the college curricular and extracurricular activities of their students. (Editor)

Presents an annotated bibliography of 33 items in the ERIC system on the subject of academic debate and forensics. Items surveyed cover the period 1970 to 1979 and reveal content and progression of thought. (JMF)

Provides advice to college programming boards on how to work effectively with agencies when booking talent for campus shows, focusing on the research, negotiation, booking, and program implementation phases of the process. Includes risk management and contract check lists, along with the assistance that the National Association for Campus…

A discussion of the non-Greek, nongoverning college student organizations, which are the majority on most campuses, looks at the various types of groups, their membership, functions, and characteristics, provision of support services for them, and their role in academic and campus life. (MSE)

Examines John Dewey's work, as well as research from alumni, employers, and the literature, to support the claim that college students who participate in college union and extracurricular activities develop better career and community leadership skills. (EV)

Student life educators continue searching for ways to assess campus programs. This is an exploratory study for an alternative assessment approach based on a hypothesized relationship between participation in campus activities, student self-efficacy, and student dispositions toward aspects of mental health and substance abuse. Focusing on the…

The authors conducted two surveys of four-year public colleges and universities regarding religious affairs and activities on their campuses and also regarding the personnel to whom these functions are assigned. Results indicate that the majority of America's public colleges do accept a degree of responsibility for religious activities.…

In this 1970 study, 160 graduating seniors at the State University of New York at Buffalo were administered the Senior Survey, a questionnaire designed to elicit seniors' perceptions of their university experiences and their plans and expectations for the future, as well as some demographic information. Major findings of the survey indicate: (1)…

Original documents, artist's riders, technical riders, and sponsor's riders all go into a contract for a performance and they are all negotiable. Common practices used in negotiating contracts and riders with performing artists for a campus activities program are discussed. (MLW)

Examines the growth over 14 years of the I. E. Nationals, an intercollegiate speech tournament sponsored by the National Forensic Association that includes forensic events such as impromptu and expository speaking, interpretation, rhetorical criticisms, etc. (PD)

Urges the inclusion of the speech to stimulate--"epideictic oratory"--as a standard contest category in tournaments. (PD)

Transcript, editorial analysis, and critiques of the National Debate Tournament final debate between teams from Harvard University and Northwestern University are presented. (JMF)

Discusses examples of unique ethical issues faced by community college student programmers: member commitment, poor program attendance and lack of programming board diversity, and conflicts of interest (EV)

Examined what skills are gained through participation in campus activities. Found an overall moderate positive relationship between the two variables of involvement in campus activities and learning outcomes (13 of 25 learning outcomes measured). (EV)