A discussion of program cosponsorship by two or more college student organizations looks at considerations in making agreements between groups, types of cosponsorship, their advantages and disadvantages, and formation of policy for the relationship. The policy established by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University is used as an…

A short history of the National Association for Campus Activities from the viewpoint of an entertainment professional who is also an associate member representative is presented. Changes over time have included performers managing and booking themselves; rise of professionalism; specialization and image building; and arrival of the full-service…

An effective campaign to recruit members to student organizations must use contemporary marketing strategies. Market positioning involves understanding the prospect's thinking, simplifying the message being conveyed, being first in the prospect's mind, and finding a market niche. The organization should be treated as a product, the potential…

Describes St. Louis College-Meramec's campus activities budgeting process as a guide for other community colleges. The process involves only two meetings and occurs at the end of each school year to minimize problems associated with student turnover. Explains before-meeting, first meeting, and second meeting activities and rules and offers…

We welcome you to the International Conference on Education and New Developments 2014, taking place in Madrid, Spain, from 28 to 30 of June, 2014. Education, as an important right in our contemporary world, began since we exist. Knowledge and skills were passed by adults to the young, and cultures began to extend their experiences through various…

This paper discusses the history, format, implementation, and effectiveness of Student Congress, a legislative session where students debate state, national, or international issues. The first part of the paper discusses the history of the Student Congress in the United States, noting that as it has grown as a national event, its importance as a…

This digest reviews the literature on ways that institutions of higher education can enhance student learning outside the classroom. It considers research on the contributions of out-of-class experiences to valued outcomes of postsecondary education and identifies nine institutional conditions which appear to foster student learning outside the…

Speech communication students and faculty at California Polytechnic State University, where the university motto is "Learn by Doing," take their skills and training beyond the classroom and reach out to diverse audiences by doing speaking. Members of the "student host" corps need to be quick, prepared and diplomatic as they…

School boards across the nation faced with funding cutbacks have addressed the possibility of reducing or eliminating extracurricular activities from school curriculums. However, it would be a mistake to discontinue funding if extracurricular activities contribute significantly to academic achievement. This study attempted to determine if there…

Intercollegiate forensics training and experience are no longer relevant, nor do they provide a useful service for the particpant. The irresponsibility of contemporary forensics has taken three forms: unbelievable growth in the number of forensic tournaments and events, the inclusion of too many individual and impromptu events, and an orientation…

Student activism of the seventies has changed from the highly visible, extracurricular sociopolitical activism noted in the sixties. This study examines the high school activity patterns of 63 currently enrolled Howard University freshmen. These students tended to be more active in school related extracurricular activities than in church related…

This study considered whether occupational groups can be discriminated by unique patterns of antecedent characteristics of an academic and non-academic nature. Statistical materials about family background, educational status at matriculation, and in-college data were assembled and coded on quantitative scales for 3 groups of Yale graduates: (1)…

Growing internal tensions within the San Francisco State College erupted into what may have been the most complex, many-faceted struggle of college upheavals in 1969. Underlying the College's campus disturbances are the rising aspirations of students for experientially-oriented college programs, the surge of minority efforts to gain wide access to…