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College Student Journal articles from March 2001
An academic journal presenting original investigations and theoretical papers on issues affecting college students. Includes articles on values, attitudes, opinions, and learning affecting the areas of undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools.
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College Student Journal archives from March 2001
PERCEIVED LEVELS OF ACADEMIC STRESS AMONG FIRST TIMERS IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES.
March 1, 2001... This investigation preliminarily explored the level of perceived academic stress among first timer undergraduates in Federal Universities in Nigeria during the 1997/1998 academic year. The influence of such variables like, gender, admission...
INTEGRATING INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS IN BUSINESS COURSES.
March 1, 2001... Educators in Colleges of Business face continual pressure to include international aspects of their disciplines when teaching their courses. This paper suggests several easy, practical, and interesting ways to supplement text material on...
SUBSTANCE USE AMONG VIETNAMESE AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS.
March 1, 2001... Little is known about substance use among Vietnamese American College students. Previous studies showed that substance use is more prevalent among White, African-Americans and Hispanics, than in Asian Americans in the US. As a result, many...
SEXUAL VALUES OF COLLEGE STUDENTS.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... Six-hundred-twenty never married undergraduates at a large southeastern university identified the sexual values which guide their behavior in sexual decision making. Both women and men were more relativistic than absolutist or hedonistic....
THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE OF CHINESE STUDENTS IN AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES: A CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE.
March 1, 2001... This article reports a case study on the cross-cultural learning experiences of two Chinese students in American universities. It described their experiences in the following areas: motivations for learning, frustrations and satisfactions,...
A MODEL FOR TRAINING AND EVALUATING GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANTS.
March 1, 2001... Although authorities frequently express concern about the training and support of graduate teaching assistants (GTAs), their involvement typically begins and ends with concern. This paper presents a proven model for the effective training of...
ADJUSTMENT ISSUES OF TURKISH COLLEGE STUDENTS STUDYING IN THE UNITED STATES.
March 1, 2001... This study examined the adjustment issues of Turkish college students in the U.S. The Instrument of Student Adjustment Strain (ISAS) was used in the study. The participants were 79 college Turkish students. Results indicated that those who had...
VICTIMIZATION AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... This research focused on the relationship of memories of childhood physical and sexual abuse, rape and attempted suicide. Two samples (1992, n = 958 and 1998, n = 1520) of college undergraduates were compared by use of similar questionnaires....
DIFFERENCES AMONG WOMEN ATTENDING UNIVERSITY ON THINKING, LEARNING AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... This study focused on how women differ as to their best performance time, their thinking and learning processes, and academic performances. The participants were 183 women, from 17 to 62 years of age, who (were enrolled in undergraduate and...
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SLEEP LENGTH AND GRADE-POINT AVERAGE AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... Previous research indicated that short sleepers (those who typically sleep 6 or fewer hours out of every 24) report more symptoms of psychological maladjustment than do long sleepers (those who sleep more than 9 hours). The presence of...
IDIOSYNCRATIC ROLE-ELABORATION, ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, AND ADJUSTMENT AMONG AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN-AMERICAN MALE COLLEGE STUDENT-ATHLETES.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... Ley A. Killeya is now at Department of Psychiatry, UMDNJ-RWJ Medical School. Please address correspondence to Cognitive Skills Program, UBHC D-338, 675 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854. Telephone: (732)-235-4129. Electronic mail:...
WHAT COLLEGE STUDENTS SAY ABOUT INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS: A SURVEY OF ATTITUDES AND BELIEFS.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... A sample of 1028 college students were asked to indicate the degree to which they agreed or disagreed with a set of statements concerning intercollegiate athletics. Students were generally supportive of intercollegiate athletic programs;...
I SAW IT IN THE MOVIES: SUGGESTIONS FOR INCORPORATING FILM AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN THE COLLEGE HISTORY SURVEY COURSE.
March 1, 2001... For many undergraduates, history courses are inherently uninteresting and the required papers are boring. The analysis project described here is designed as an alternative to the traditional history research paper but is adaptable to any field...
STUDENT TEACHERS PERCEPTIONS OF A TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... The evaluation of an institution must, to a large extent be based on the degree to which its educational program meets the needs of students in the area it serves. Since these needs are related to the opportunities, conditions, program...
COMPARING DEMOCRATIC MATURITY TEST SCORES FOR GERMAN AND AMERICAN COLLEGE FRESHMAN.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... The study sought to compare scores on The Democratic Maturity Test between German and American college freshman students. The test is designed to measure two things: (1) personal maturity, and (2) social integration. The American students were...
VIRTUAL FOOD SERVICE SYSTEMS: TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMING UNIVERSITY FOOD SERVICE STRUCTURE.
March 1, 2001... Although university food service providers face rapidly changing constraints, the two traditional food service structure models -- single contractor and self-operated -- have retained their near-universal grip on university campuses. In some...
RECIPIENTS OF UNWANTED SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... We examined the prevalence of unwanted sexual encounters among male and female students at a small Midwestern residential college. Our results replicate a growing body of research that indicates that men and women are the recipients of unwanted...
STUDENT RETENTION IN AN HISTORICALLY BLACK INSTITUTION.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... This study looked at the ability of pre- and early-matriculation variables to predict the retention or attrition of black residential and white commuter students at an historically black, open admissions university. Using a categorical scheme...
COLLEGE STUDENT USE OF THE INTERNET FOR MATE SELECTION.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... One-hundred-ninety-one never married undergraduate university students completed an anonymous 28 item questionnaire designed to assess their attitudes toward and involvement in use of the Internet to find a mate. The data revealed that...