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Antonowicz, Dominik; Pinheiro, Rómulo; Smuzewska, Marcelina – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
Student representation in Poland has a relatively short but turbulent history. This article offers an historical appraisal of the development of student representation at the national level in the context of rapid and deep structural changes in Polish higher education. Based on a desktop analysis of official documentation, legislation, ideological…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Participation, Educational History, Student Government
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Luescher-Mamashela, Thierry M.; Mugume, Taabo – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
The transition from one-party rule and other forms of authoritarianism to multiparty democracy in the 1990s has had a profound impact on the organisation and role of student politics in Africa. Against the background of student involvement in African politics in the twentieth century, leading up to student participation in Africa's "second…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Politics of Education, African Studies
Gutierrez, Anthony Christopher – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study is to examine the professional standards and competencies that California community college student government advisors perceive as important, their confidence level in those professional standards and competencies and the role that they believe professional organizations can play in developing those skills. This study…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Workers, Community Colleges, Standards, Competence
Caine, Rebecca – Sustainable Endowments Institute (NJ1), 2012
The University of Colorado at Boulder's student run Environmental Center leads the campus' sustainability efforts. The Center created the Energy and Climate Revolving Fund (ECRF) in 2007 to finance energy-efficiency upgrades. The ECRF functions as a source of funding for project loans and provides a method of financing projects that seeks to save…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Sustainability, Student Government, Financial Support
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Whitney, Rich; Meents-DeCaigny, Ellen – Journal of Catholic Higher Education, 2014
This study uses the socially responsible leadership and leadership efficacy scales in the Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership (MSL) to examine leadership programs at one Catholic campus, and their influence on socially responsible leadership and leadership efficacy. Examining students that identified as involved in 14 campus leadership…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Church Related Colleges, Leadership Training, Campuses
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De Carvalho, Roussel – Management in Education, 2012
Student participation in the education policy debate in Brazil has a long history, albeit focused mainly at the university level. In secondary schools (students aged 14-17) participation has been much more patchy and with variable results. The gremio associations (similar to student councils in the UK) are the main pathway to student voice within…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Foreign Countries, Student Government, Student Leadership
Miles, Jennifer M. – Online Submission, 2010
Student involvement is encouraged at contemporary colleges and universities. Involvement in student organizations can assist with academic and social integration, as well as retention. One way for students to become involved is through student government associations. As student government members, students participate in the governance process at…
Descriptors: Females, College Students, Student Government, Student Leadership
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Griebler, Ursula; Nowak, Peter – Health Education, 2012
Purpose: Participation is a core value for health promoting schools. Student participation at schools is often implemented in various forms of councils. The aims of this article are to summarise the effects of student participation in student councils, to show who benefits most and to discuss characteristics that make student councils effective.…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Student Participation, Student Government, Social Environment
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Hall, Molly R.; Culver, Steven M.; Burge, Penny L. – Journal of General Education, 2012
General education requirements are a cornerstone of the U.S. system of higher education, making up approximately 30 percent of the average undergraduate degree program (Brint, Proctor, Murphy, Turk-Bicakci, & Hanneman, 2009). While there appears to be a consensus among U.S. educators and employers that general education is a valuable component…
Descriptors: Degree Requirements, General Education, Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Study
Middleton, Charles R. – Trusteeship, 2010
Shared governance is one of the many distinguishing characteristics of quality in American higher education. As a result, students found their way into the governance structure at many institutions of higher education. No sector was exempt, as students became fairly common features of the landscape of board membership in both public and private,…
Descriptors: Governing Boards, Governance, Trustees, Higher Education
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Van Meter, Kimberly; Blair, Erica; Swift, Alexandra; Colvin, Carolyn; Just, Craig – Journal of Service-Learning in Higher Education, 2012
The current era of American discourse and dialogue is increasingly characterized as becoming less civilized. This lack of civility, whether real or perceived, negatively impacts our ability as a society to address our most wicked problems. The vast majority of students pursuing undergraduate degrees today seem blissfully unaware of the problems…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Service Learning, Undergraduate Students, Dialogs (Language)
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Powers, David M. – College Student Affairs Journal, 2009
The purpose of this paper is to provide student affairs professionals with an overview of the law regarding the constitutionality of expenditure limits in student government elections. Unlike campaigns for federal and state office, it is clear that the limited case law on this topic does allow universities to limit the amount of money that student…
Descriptors: Expenditures, College Students, Student Government, Elections
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Dundar, Selma – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2013
This research has been designed because it has been realized that there is only little research carried out about the student participation in the administration for the structuring of the democratic authority in the higher education system in Turkey. In the relevant literature, concepts of democratic authority and education have been approached…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Democracy, Democratic Values, Higher Education
Kaiser, Sara R. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this historical case study dissertation is to discover the story of Dr. Katharine Rea in her role as dean of women and later faculty member in the higher education and student personnel program at the University of Mississippi. As the dean of women in the 1960s Rea was responsible for the well-being and quality of the educational…
Descriptors: Educational History, Case Studies, Feminism, Activism
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Youniss, James – Applied Developmental Science, 2011
The timeliness of civic education for American youth is discussed. Particular attention is given to the history of calls for civic education, the state of civic education in schools today, particularly those serving youth in disadvantaged contexts, and the specific ways in which schools can better address the civic education needs of contemporary…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Student Government, Disadvantaged Youth, Extracurricular Activities
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