Brings together 25 years of experience of keeping journals, thinking about landscape, and attending Quaker meetings. Suggests that good writing happens not despite our "busyness," but rather because we have found ways to attend to our outward lives by attending to our inward lives. Considers how the journal becomes a doorway to the…

Introduces to higher education Bronfenbrenner's ecology model of development. The model reflects reciprocal influences of individuals and their environments and offers needed advances in understanding, studying, and influencing college student peer groups. Describes the model, draws illustrations from research, and analyzes its implications for…

Examined how age (age 22 and younger vs. age 28 and older) and enrollment status (part-time vs. full-time) contribute to learning and personal development of traditional and new-majority students at 6 metropolitan institutions. Administered College Student Experiences Questionnaire to 2,485 students. Found that relationship between age, enrollment…

Two studies assessed perspective-taking training strategies for effectiveness in promoting ego-identity formation among older adolescents. Found advances in ideological achievement among experimental groups. Further significant findings were absent. Given limited findings of both studies, it was concluded that it may be very difficult to create…

Surveyed male homosexual college students (n=61) about how they came to identify themselves as gay, how they discussed this with their families, what kind of social relationships with other gay people they have, and the nature of their involvement in gay social and political activities. (ABL)

Examines factors that influence the change process and qualities of learning that contribute to transformation on college campuses. Focuses on how learning communities can create and sustain change, change how participants see the world, and change the understanding of relationships and making of commitments. Sees learning as comprised of…

Describes mentoring in gerontology education from several perspectives: mentors versus advisors, types of mentors, phases of mentoring, mentor selection, and career advancement issues. (SK)

In "The Other Curriculum: Out-of-Class Experiences Associated with Student Learning and Personal Development," George Kuh (1995) cites numerous benefits associated with a college education, including gains in knowledge, autonomy, social maturation, and personal acceptance; modest gains in verbal and quantitative skills, cognitive…

A survey of faculty development activities reveals more plans than programs, but examples from several institutions illustrate how programs can be implemented. (Editor)

This edition provides an introduction to the psychological-humanistic education (PHE) movement. SUNY and the NY State Education Department have established a PHE program to develop new methods to achieve human potential, generate basic research, effect social change, and establish training programs and learning opportunities. The program is…

At the end of every academic year, an alumni survey is administered to recent graduates of Boise State University, Idaho. A great deal of data has accumulated over time, with some covering a 10-year period. Data are available for 1992, 1995, 1997, 2000, and 2001. The smallest sample was 475 in 2000; the largest was 960 in 1995. Findings show that…

Author argues that students should attend the best college they can get into, looking for one with a history of moral as well as intellectual contributions and the resources to help students discover their own identities. (BP)

Problems faced by counselor education programs is that of reconciling the split between the traditional academic emphasis on teaching and research and practical experience and personal growth. Contends counselors' failure to recognize the value of theories in counseling may pose some problems for our profession as a whole. (Author)

Values Scale results were compared for 152 nursing and 111 management undergraduates. Personal development and altruism were most important for nursing students, who had significantly lower means than the management sample on a t-test for lifestyle, advancement, autonomy, authority, creativity, economic, and risk values. (SK)

Notes nursing education is supposed to facilitate both personal and professional development, but inattention to self-assessment limits the former. Problems with self-assessment include conflicts between student self-ratings and teacher evaluations of students, focus on professional demands instead of the whole person, and differences in…