The examination of doctoral programs in sport management is important from both the perspective of the doctoral student and the larger field of academia. In considering sport management doctoral programs, it is essential to explore the characteristics of the program, programmatic focus and the placement of alumni. As such, surveys were sent to all…

Participation in undergraduate research has been shown to provide a wide array of benefits across many disciplines of study; however, relatively less is known about the impact of this experience on Psychology majors specifically. We collected measures of Psychology students' (N = 229) knowledge of the major (career, core, and…

Undergraduate research programs are becoming more prevalent, but research on the processes and outcomes is limited and deals largely with perceptions of student learning gains. This paper adds to the literature by describing undergraduate research activities from the student perspective. A phenomenological approach was used to analyze journals…

This action research project is designed as a music-based intervention to address and overcome some of the risk factors for low achievement in mathematics that research has linked to poverty level. The National Assessment of Educational Progress found that children who are eligible for school lunch programs in 4th grade score on average 13 points…

Attempts to examine the values of graduate administration majors since these students eventually will be the individuals controlling our institutions. Rokeach's value surveys were used for testing. (Author/HMV)

Article focuses on cohabitation among college students by first considering an explanation for the existence of cohabitation in the larger society and on college campuses and then by identifying a pattern of consensual unions among college students. It concludes that cohabitation is becoming an accepted relationship among college students and…

This study was concerned with trends related to client behavior, and counseling efficacy with respect to religious sentiment. A number of significant relationships were found between counseling efficacy and orthodox religiousity. Hypothesized trends and correlates of client in counseling behaviors and religious orthodoxy were not supported by the…

An anonymous poll of 768 students completed just prior to the 1972 presidential election showed that 81 percent intended to vote, and of those, 65 percent were for McGovern. There was not direct campaign participation by large numbers of students. (Author/EK)

This article provides an accurate account of the history of the Texarkana Project, the first attempt to demonstrate accountability in education by using the engineering model. Using the average per pupil expenditure as a basis for comparison, the cost of engineering in Texarkana is shown to be very high. (Author)

The study reveals that a statistically significant number of teachers took advantage of a legislative option permitting them to retire earlier than previous legislation had permitted. The implications of this finding on the variables effecting attitudinal militancy among teachers and other professionals constitutes the primary thrust of the paper.…

This investigation examined the differential perceptions of black college students across two educational settings, one predominantly black, the other white. Differences in the academic, social, and governance characteristics of the two schools were found. (Author)

In this article, the personality characteristics of today's business students are examined. A group of 15 manifest needs are evaluated by means of the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule and are analyzed within the framework of an analysis of variance model incorporating sex, age, and educational level. (Author)

Students assessed a Special Educational Opportunity tutorial program and specified, when appropriate, their reasons for nonutilization. Results suggest that tutorial programs offered to students on a voluntary basis, staffed by their peers and operated on a one-to-one interaction, should be examined. (Author)

Data concerning drinking motivations from a sample of 3,696 students from 37 colleges and universities throughout the U.S. were compared with such data from a comparable sample of students conducted twenty years earlier. It was found that the percentage of drinkers who use alcohol for reasons associated with its sedative properties has decreased.…

Two hundred and seventy analyses were performed on Study of Values and questionnaire data obtained from 195 male and 197 female collegiates reared Catholic or Protestant. (Author)