This study was conducted to discover differences in personality characteristics among student leaders. The personality characteristics of presidents of campus organizations affiliated with one of four distinguishable student subcultures, identified by previous research as vocational, academic, collegiate, and nonconformist, were measured by the…

Drawing on a year long ethnographic study of a middle sized university community, this paper views entry into the counter culture as a process of self-transformation bearing similarity to therapeutic practices; major personal change strategies involve desocialization from conventional culture and from major social institutions--thus affording…

This paper discusses the characteristics of the college fraternity and the impact of the fraternity upon its members. The question of fraternity decline is also briefly covered. (JC)

College freshmen were surveyed to determine their opinions regarding marijuana. Analysis of the data showed that male students in all cases were ahead of female students in exploring the marijuana sub-culture. The data provides a basis for judging future trends in this controversial area of student life. (Author)

Presents the results of a survey on student attitudes that the author's research firm carried out. (Editor)

This article contrasts with a sample of college students the youthful members of two expressively alienated forms of nonconformity: student activists committed to confrontation tactics to force social change and disaffiliated college dropouts withdrawn from incompatible social conditions. (Author)

The Latin American Scholarship Program of American Universities (LASPAU) seeks to give well qualified, well-motivated but financially limited Latin American students an opportunity to obtain the academic training required for successful careers as university teachers in their home countries. (HS)

This study sought to investigate the orientation of student based upon the Clark Trow classification toward their personal future utilizing mock autobiographies. Given this knowledge the multiversity will hopefully provide experiences which will allow the individual student to gain a better understanding of self and the society in which he lives.…

Changes in the student subculture are seen as changes from affective predominance to cognitive predominance. The article examines the implications these changes have for counseling and counseling techniques, i.e., that the counselor is a translator of one cultural style to the other, and his tools are different in an affectively based culture from…

Reviews unique environmental features of the sixties that precipitated the growth of Alternative Youth Programs. Internal characteristics of Alternative Youth Programs are surveyed to identify features of counterculture ideology that were assimilated into the early structure of these organizations and contributed to their early success.…

Explores elements of a student-athlete culture (N=8) so as to provide richer understanding of its dual-role demands. Results revealed major themes that are fundamental in student-athlete culture. Thematic discussion centers on student-athletes' strong cultural immersion, as well as their ambivalence toward, and alienation from, others on campus.…

Examined differences in alcohol abuse, sexual behaviors, and academic integrity among Greek and non-Greek students, and compared differences between Greek men and women. Greek students experienced more alcohol-related problems and were more likely to fabricate sources, but were similar to non-Greek students in neglect of safe-sex behaviors.…

This study utilized a qualitative research method with a sample of 24 students at a private evangelical Christian university in the midwest. The students' developmental years had been spent growing up in mission foreign-field contexts as missionary kids (MKs). In-depth interviews were conducted and transcribed, with coding and theme analysis…

In a search for the causes of student unrest, it is difficult to separate basic causes from the spoken and rationilized causes. This paper attempts to present a level of analysis which is sufficiently generic so as to discern basic trends and issues but at the same time descriptively specific, so as to be useful in facing practical issues and…