Recently added articles from College Student Journal:
College students' dietary practices affect lutein/zeaxanthin intake: a two-generation, ethnic and gender study.(Report)
Sep 01, 2008; Osaseri, Uyi E. ... Lutein and zeaxanthin are important anti-oxidant nutrients obtained only from foods that are essential for good eye health. The purpose of this study was to assess food choices rich in lutein/zeaxanthin and compare the amount of lutein/zeaxanthin intake amongst college students and their ...
What message should health educators give regarding electromagnetic fields?(Report)
Sep 01, 2008; Al-Khamees, Nedaa A. ... The possibility of extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields (ELF EMF) causing a number of medical conditions and common symptoms remains a concern and presents somewhat of a quandary to health educators in view of conflicting results. This study investigated the relationship of a ...
Study abroad in West Africa: an interdisciplinary program of international education.
Sep 01, 2008; Lowe, Tony B. ... This article describes development of an interdisciplinary study abroad program to West Africa at the University of Georgia to help students gain a global perspective. The program is interdisciplinary with several disciplines including social work, clothing and textile, history, and ...
Using computer to solve mathematics by junior secondary school students in Edo state Nigeria.(Report)
Sep 01, 2008; Olusi, F.I. ... The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of computer aided instruction and traditional method of instruction on the junior secondary school students achievement in mathematics. Four research questions and hypotheses were stated and tested in the study. The design of the study ...
A health probe in college students living in Los Angeles and in Taiwan: dietary pattern, physical activity and energy balance.(Report)
Sep 01, 2008; Wang, Li Hui ... The objective was to examine differences of dietary pattern, physical activity and energy balance in 240 college students with 137 of them enrolled in California State University, Los Angeles (LA) and the other 93 enrolled in China Medical University in Taichung, Taiwan (TW). A three-day ...
Perceptions of college business students: gender and alcoholic managers.(Report)
Sep 01, 2008; Smith, James O. ... This paper investigated the perceptions of undergraduate business students toward male and female managers who were alcoholics. Since most of the respondents were soon to graduate and seek employment opportunities in business organizations, their perceptions and predispositions seemed ...
Historical analysis of college campus interracial dating.(Report)
Sep 01, 2008; Firmin, Michael W. ... Interracial dating on American campuses has had a relatively stormy past. Until the past three decades or so, it was outlawed in some states. Southern institutions, in particular, such as the infamous Bob Jones University have made this issue divisive even among their own constituencies ....
Social inequality on the college campus: a consideration of homosexuality.(Report)
Sep 01, 2008; Lance, Larry M. ... Aversion to homosexuals for many in the American society comes close to a true phobia, as a persistent and irrational fear. National surveys investigating attitudes toward homosexual relations between adults reported a majority of those responding believed that such relations were wrong ....
Factorial structure of brief cope for international students attending U.S. colleges.(Report)
Sep 01, 2008; Miyazaki, Yasuo ... Literature on coping strategies and assessments has not previously included international students, who make up approximately 4% of university students. Results of an Internet survey of 555 graduate and undergraduate international students in U.S. universities are reported. The survey ...
A question of degrees for academic librarians.
Sep 01, 2008; Wyss, Paul Alan ... Certain colleges and universities require that their academic librarians have an additional advanced subject degree for either being eligible for hire or for continued employment. This paper reviews this topic and examines how using metaphors may help the field of librarianship make sound ...
The American high school.(Report)
Sep 01, 2008; Ediger, Marlow ... Of all levels of schooling, the high school receives by far the most criticism. There are continuous innovations recommended in journal articles, textbooks, and speeches at state/national conventions on ways to improve the secondary level of schooling. At one teacher education convention, ...
An explanatory model of student-athlete drinking: the role of team leadership, social norms, perceptions of risk, and coaches' attitudes toward alcohol consumption.(Report)
Sep 01, 2008; Lewis, Todd F. ... Research has established that student-athletes drink more alcohol and experience greater consequences compared to their non-athlete peers, prompting many investigators to consider university athletes an at risk subpopulation of college students. However, a dearth of research exists on ...
Lack of stereotype threat at a liberal arts college.(Report)
Sep 01, 2008; Rivardo, Mark G. ... Stereotype threat has been demonstrated to reduce the performance of stereotyped individuals in the threatened domain (Steele & Aronson, 1995). This study attempted to replicate the finding that stereotype threat instruction can erase the performance deficit women experience in math ...
Measuring attitudes towards sorority and fraternity members: indication of implicit, ingroup favoritism.(Report)
Sep 01, 2008; Wells, Brett ... The purpose of this study was to explore implicit attitudes towards members of social fraternities and sororities. Participants completed both an explicit (rating scale) and an implicit (Implicit Associations Test, or IAT) measure of attitudes toward members of social ...
Crisp sets and Boolean algebra: a research strategy for student affairs.(Report)
Sep 01, 2008; Banning, James ... A review of student affairs journals clearly points out that most, if not all, research strategies within the field fall within traditional approaches based on quantitative methods and, more recently, qualitative methods. The purpose of this article is not to discourage use of these time ...
The effect of supplemental instruction on timely graduation.(Report)
Sep 01, 2008; Bowles, Tyler J. ... Supplemental Instruction (SI) is a national program designed to aid college student learning. Many researchers have noted that analysis of the impact of the SI program on student achievement is problematic as a result of the inherent self-selection bias. We apply a sufficiently ...
Investigating the role of life status changes and negative emotions in compensatory consumption among college students.(Report)
Sep 01, 2008; Yurchisin, Jennifer ... The purpose of our research is to investigate whether a relationship exists between life status changes, negative emotional state, and compensatory consumption among college students. Undergraduates from four states completed a questionnaire which assessed the degree to which they were ...
Understanding undergraduate research experiences from the student perspective: a phenomenological study of a summer student research program.(Report)
Sep 01, 2008; Falconer, John ... Undergraduate research programs are becoming more prevalent, but research on the processes and outcomes is limited and deals largely with perceptions of student learning gains. This paper adds to the literature by describing undergraduate research activities from the student perspective. A ...
An exploratory study of undergraduate college students' perceptions and attitudes toward foreign accented faculty.(Report)(Survey)
Sep 01, 2008; Kavas, Aysel ... The findings of an exploratory survey related to students' perceptions of factors, including accent and pronunciation, influencing their learning were presented. Data were collected from students through a self-administered questionnaire at one Southeastern University. A big majority ...
Targeting, segmenting and positioning the market for college students to increase customer satisfaction and overall performance.(Report)
Sep 01, 2008; Wright, Robert E. ... Numerous studies have explored the relationship between marketing efforts and firm financial performance. Studies have looked at potential lifetime value of customers, to demonstrate the value of keeping customers. Various other studies have looked at the relationship between customer ...