Usable returns from 236 of 400 4-H and Future Farmers of America members were used to assess the content and construct validity and dimensionality of a youth leadership life skills development instrument. Because of perceived unidimensionality of the scale, instrument users were cautioned about using the subscales. (SK)

A study of the Brazilian revolutionary socialist student movement focusing on attempts made by the United States Agency for International Development to restructure Brazilian higher education, and on the efforts of Brazilian students to resist American intervention in their educational system. (EH)

For a successful, member-centered student organization, the adviser must enrich a student's opportunities for growth through leadership and decision-making experiences, help students help each other, and involve students in the curriculum. (Author)

Examined whether significant positive relationships exist between organizational and nonorganizational extracurricular involvement and areas of student development (establishing and clarifying purpose, developing mature interpersonal relationships, academic autonomy) among campus leaders. Findings from 229 presidents of student organizations…

Explores the relationship between college student leadership and alcohol use in low-use student organizations. Results reveal that students with two leadership positions reported drinking three times as much as other students, and twice the national average. Suggests that leadership itself may be a risk factor for alcohol abuse, particularly for…

An earlier version of this paper was presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, San Francisco, California, August 30-September 3, 1968.

Leaders of student governments at the Big Ten universities have formed an organization to solve common problems and revitalize student activism on their campuses. Issues include: combating racism, sexism, and homophobia; pushing universities to establish better ways to recruit and retain minority faculty and students; etc. (MLW)

Designed to help develop informed and capable student leadership in student affairs at Evergreen Valley College (EVC), this student government guide and text for Government 91 focuses on the major leadership needs and objectives of student government within a participatory framework. After an explanation of course objectives and requirements,…

A more complete version of this panel discussion was published in the Michigan State University Orient, Spring-Summer issue 1968.

After meeting with two junior college administration and student groups, the problems of junior college unrest and dissatisfaction became more evident to the author. Several aspects of junior colleges must be considered: (1) junior college students are unique in their diversity of background and motivation, (2) the community is vitally a part of…

This document presents the results of a survey conducted to determine whether students involved in student government view this work as a leisure or learning experience. A sample of 91 students at California State College, Long Beach were surveyed. Data were collected by means of a questionnaire that sought demographic information and attitudinal…

A political science professor suggests that few student leaders represent the student body, instead they are either administrative stooges or spokesmen for special interest groups on the campus. (Author)