Profiles prepared by U. S. Office of Education staff members.

An active and viable student council can help to involve both rebellious and uncommitted students in useful outlets. The major causes of ineffective councils are homogeneous membership, weak leadership, and misinformed faculty advisors. Principals should take the initiative in solving these problems. To break down homogeniety, the council should…

Traces the development of the NSA, places it in the context of the 1950s, in which it developed into a major national organization, evaluates its role on campus, and fills in some historical gaps in the growth of student activism and politics in the U.S., since NSA has received little analytic attention. (Author/JM)

Describes study to determine whether students in graduate seminars participate more in student-led discussion groups than in teacher-led discussions. Results show that student-led portions of the seminar had higher rates of responding by more than a two-to-one margin. (KC)

Part of a section, "Concerts on Campus: Should Students Be Involved?

It is the author's contention that student government revitalization will come only when student government begins to play a substantive role in policy making and implementation. The purpose of this paper is to consider, criticize, and propose a number of models for student participation in junior college governance. The first, a traditional…

This document reviews the student-initiated program IMPACT, developed at Concordia Teachers College, Nebraska. The purpose of this volunteer program was to create opportunities for students to become involved with people and society in general as soon as they arrive on campus. A pattern of "withdrawal and return" is created. Students…

A year-old foundation at the Georgia Institute of Technology is the first in the country that is entirely student-operated. Students have raised over $150,000 for its endowment, managed its assets, and used interest on the money to finance almost $6,000 in grants for 10 new student projects. (MSE)

Representatives from industrial arts/technology teacher preparation institutions were asked (1) to describe how their schools' industrial arts/technology club (or American Industrial Arts College Student Association chapter) was involved in professional conference participation and (2) to recommend ways to increase student involvement in…

Executive summary of a study that explored the role of student board members at two- and four-year institutions. The researcher mailed a survey to 590 randomly chosen student and non-student board members and received responses from 266 (45% return rate). Research insights, policy implications, and recommendations for the future were organized…

A study determined predictors of youth leadership life skills development among 400 1992-93 Future Farmers of America (FFA) members in Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. The design of the study was descriptive-correlational-predictive. For the prediction portion, the dependent variable was youth leadership life skills development; the main…

An analysis of student protest movements on 3 separate campuses revealed that leaders of the movements were brighter than average, usually classified themselves as non-religious, but were morally concerned about social and political issues. Participants in the Free Speech Movement (FSM) at Berkeley were found to have similar characteristics, and…

Each year the officers of the United States National Student Association are required to report on their activities. The report is for the year 1974-75 and discusses activities in the administration of the national office including a brief overview of the finances and operation of the national office. On-going administrative programs including the…