College Student Journal back issues from March 2001:
PERCEIVED LEVELS OF ACADEMIC STRESS AMONG FIRST TIMERS IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES.
Mar 01, 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 process, students accommodation provision, ...
INTEGRATING INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS IN BUSINESS COURSES.
Mar 01, 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 international topics. These suggestions apply ...
SUBSTANCE USE AMONG VIETNAMESE AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS.
Mar 01, 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 believe that all Asian Americans can be classified ...
SEXUAL VALUES OF COLLEGE STUDENTS.(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 01, 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. However, men were six times more hedonistic than ...
THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE OF CHINESE STUDENTS IN AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES: A CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE.
Mar 01, 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, strategies used to cope with language ...
A MODEL FOR TRAINING AND EVALUATING GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANTS.
Mar 01, 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 GTAs. We encourage readers to adapt these ...
ADJUSTMENT ISSUES OF TURKISH COLLEGE STUDENTS STUDYING IN THE UNITED STATES.
Mar 01, 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 better English language skills reported having ...
VICTIMIZATION AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS.(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 01, 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. Both childhood physical and sexual abuse ...
DIFFERENCES AMONG WOMEN ATTENDING UNIVERSITY ON THINKING, LEARNING AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE.(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 01, 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 graduate classes) identified themselves and ...
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SLEEP LENGTH AND GRADE-POINT AVERAGE AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS.(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 01, 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 psychological maladjustment symptoms have been found ...
IDIOSYNCRATIC ROLE-ELABORATION, ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, AND ADJUSTMENT AMONG AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN-AMERICAN MALE COLLEGE STUDENT-ATHLETES.(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 01, 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: killeylh@umdnj.edu. Idiosyncratic elaboration and ...
WHAT COLLEGE STUDENTS SAY ABOUT INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS: A SURVEY OF ATTITUDES AND BELIEFS.(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 01, 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; however, they were skeptical about the academic ...
I SAW IT IN THE MOVIES: SUGGESTIONS FOR INCORPORATING FILM AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN THE COLLEGE HISTORY SURVEY COURSE.
Mar 01, 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 of study where feature films are available. In ...
STUDENT TEACHERS PERCEPTIONS OF A TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM.(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 01, 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 effectiveness, it is important that the students ...
COMPARING DEMOCRATIC MATURITY TEST SCORES FOR GERMAN AND AMERICAN COLLEGE FRESHMAN.(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 01, 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 significantly superior in personal maturity, ...
RECIPIENTS OF UNWANTED SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS.(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 01, 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 sexual heterosexual encounters and that these ...
STUDENT RETENTION IN AN HISTORICALLY BLACK INSTITUTION.(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 01, 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 developed by Bean & Metzner (1985) as an ...
COLLEGE STUDENT USE OF THE INTERNET FOR MATE SELECTION.(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 01, 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 friendship, not romance or sex, was the primary goal ...