College Student Journal articles from June 2003

College Student Journal archives from June 2003

Errata.
June 1, 2003... In the Table of Contents for Volume 37, #1, March, 2003 the final entry was truncated. The item should have read: Using Student Preferences to Fashion a New Business Management Curriculum Antoinette S. Phillips, Randall P. Settoon, & Carl...

Critical incidents in the evolutionary history of personal freedom.
June 1, 2003... This feature seeks to summarize each of the major critical incidents that have contributes to our present concept of personal freedom. If the same or similar incidents occur later in history, only the initial critical incident is included....

Retention implications of a relationship between age and GPA.
June 1, 2003... The purpose of this study was to identify the extent to which age and GPA are related among 158 students attending community college. The resulting positive correlation was .33 and statistically significant at the .0001 alpha level. It was...

Do types influence types? Examining the relationship between stuedents' and parents' Holland codes.
June 1, 2003... This study examined the relationship between students' and their parents' three-letter Holland codes. Results revealed a moderate level of congruence between the two codes. Implications of the results are discussed. ********** The...

Night-sky watching attitudes among college students: a preliminary investigation.
June 1, 2003... Night-sky watching attitudes were explored using a small sample (N = 45) of college students. Responses to questions regarding students' interest in, enjoyment of, mood improvement related to, and thoughts related to watching the night-sky were...

Weddings: some data on college student perceptions.
June 1, 2003... One-hundred and ninety-six undergraduates at a large southeastern university completed a confidential anonymous 47 item questionnaire designed to assess wedding attitudes and perceptions. Significant gender differences included that women would...

How important are the first few weeks of college? The long term effects of initial college experiences.
June 1, 2003... This study sought to examine whether college students' initial experiences, specifically experiences during the first few weeks of college, could be linked to degree completion. The study focused on a cohort of first year students at a...

Checklist for quality online instruction: outcomes for learners, the professor and the institution.
June 1, 2003... The purposes of this paper are to examine the evolution of online instruction and to describe the outcomes to tools made in relation to the learners, instructor and department at a midsize university. Multiple differences are identified with...

Teaching the teacher: ethical issues in graduate student teaching.
June 1, 2003... Recent surveys have indicated that many psychology graduate students perceive themselves as inadequately prepared to teach undergraduate courses. Graduate student instructors often face ethical conflicts between their competence to teach and...

An investigation of first-year college student's psychological sense of community on campus.
June 1, 2003... This study examines various personological and experiential factors as they relate to first-year college students' Psychological Sense of Community (PSC). More specifically, this longitudinal study examines how PSC develops over time and how...

Racial differences in information technology use in college.
June 1, 2003... Data from the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:2000) was used to describe the extent to which information technology use in college differed by race. Information technology use was defined as using the Internet for research...

Evaluation of a graduate school Web-site by graduate assistants.
June 1, 2003... Since the early 1990s, tremendous growth in the use of the Internet has occurred. The Internet has rapidly become one of the most powerful forms of information media within this period of time. In the next few years, the World Wide Web (i.e.,...

Barriers to persistence among African American intercollegiate athletes: a literature review of non-cognitive variables.
June 1, 2003... For many universities which sponsor intercollegiate athletics programs, it is a constant battle to maintain the balance between academic success and competitive success. There is a great deal of criticism and discussion both on and off college...

Optimism and stress: an African-American college student perspective.
June 1, 2003... The purpose of this study was to examine the role of life event stress on African-American college students as a function of optimism. One hundred and six African-American college students attending a Historically Black College participated in...

Using small group learning strategies with adult re-entry students.
June 1, 2003... The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of small group learning and the affiliation motive on achievement, attitude, and interactions of adult re-entry students. College re-entry students identified as high or low need for...

The effects of academic environment and background characteristics on student satisfaction and performance: the case of South Carolina State University's School of Business.
June 1, 2003... In the increasingly competitive markets for high quality students entering colleges or universities, this article examines and evaluates factors affecting student behavior and performance at a historically black college or university such as...

Intellectualism vs. career preparation: a comparative assessment of self reported growth among graduating college seniors.
June 1, 2003... Critical scholars have often proclaimed that US colleges have failed to generate substantial levels of intellectualism among their graduates, and have emphasized career development at the expense of intellectual growth. In addition, such...