Student led classes in two newly integrated high schools help ease tension among pupils and introduced students to elective courses such as American Folklore, Folk Music, Science Fiction and Creative Writing. (AF)

This study examines personality differences and similarities between student groups in protest activities by comparing activists to student leaders and random students. Results indicate many similarities in personality dimensions but protesters are more adventurous, autocratic and individualistic. They are also more spontaneous and irresponsible.…

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)

Describes a program in which student leaders were trained to help change the climate of an urban high school. (IRT)

In recent years student affairs professionals have had well-documented success in organizing valuable learning experiences in the community for college students. An in-depth review of a community-based student leadership program at Northern Michigan University provides a model that benefits students and the surrounding community. (Author)

Case study of English primary school that instituted several democratic procedures involving pupils and staff in leadership activities. Findings suggest that Hargraves's capital theory of school effectiveness and improvement and Furman and Starratt's theories of the democratic community require a student dimension. Includes discussion of…

Considers how to involve students more in discussing poetry. Describes a class activity involving creating a low-risk poetry porthole: the list poem. Talks about learning how to discuss the poetry of others. Presents ideas for making the transition to the discussion of "school" poetry. (SG)

Advocates development of a strong college student leadership program. Describes important components of such a program and leadership role student affairs professionals should take in its implementation. (Author/CM)

When moral authority transcends bureaucratic leadership in a school, commitment and performance outcomes far exceed expectations. In transactional leadership, the leader and the led exchange needs and services to accomplish independent objectives. In transformative or bonding leadership, leaders and followers are united in pursuit of common goals.…

Investigates how leadership dynamics of the computer-supported group work of student project teams contributed to the teams' choices and uses of technology. Finds that powerful individuals--experts and advocates--determined how the groups used technology to support their group writing. (RS)

The Family Environment Scale was used to measure perceptions of home environments of 76 students attending a leadership training program and those of their parents. Significant differences were found on the Independence, Intellectual-Cultural Orientation, and Expressiveness Scales, with students scoring home environments notably lower than their…

Conducted three-year study to examine development of college students using Student Developmental Task and Lifestyle Inventory (SDTLI). Administered SDTLI to 1,193 first-year college students in 1989 and to 256 students from original sample 3 years later. Found student change patterns related to membership and leadership in student organizations.…

Describes workshop designed to increase college student awareness of cultural values held by culturally diverse participants and to challenge foundations upon which cultural beliefs are developed that may prevent appreciation of self and others as cultural beings. Describes half-day workshop, part of semester-long leadership development program,…

This article addresses the importance of training students in leadership skills to the benefit of the community's well-being, with emphasis on the positive and negative roles sometimes served by student leaders in schools for Blacks in South Africa and with examples of positive leadership training programs. (DB)