Motivational Interviewing for Smoking Cessation Among College Students

Motivational interviewing has shown some success as an intervention for college student cigarette smokers. We tested the efficacy and process of a two session motivational-interviewing-based smoking intervention compared to an assessment/information session. College student participants assigned to the motivational interviewing condition did not differ significantly from participants in the assessment/information condition on smoking outcome variables one month later. However, both groups reported significant decreases in self-reported smoking over time, suggesting that brief interventions for college student smoking can be efficacious. Consistent with theory, the motivational interviewing group reported a significant increase in self-efficacy over time and reported stronger perceptions of the therapeutic alliance after the first session compared to assessment/information participants.     

了解香烟毒性的烟碱提取装置研制与应用

吸烟是青年学生中较为普遍存在的问题,尤其体育专业学生的吸烟率明显高于非体育专业的学生。作者介绍了基础药理学实验教学中,通过指导学生自行研制简易的烟碱提取装置,并将其应用于观察香烟对小鼠的毒性作用,以便为学生了解吸烟对人体带来的危害提供实验依据。     

Is tobacco use a problem among deaf college students?

College students' tobacco use poses a significant public health problem. Effective intervention requires understanding of this behavior among race/ethnic, cultural, and linguistic collegiate subgroups, including deaf and hard of hearing collegians. Findings from a first-ever tobacco-related survey among this understudied population are reported. The authors used written questionnaires and the Interactive Video Questionnaire, a multimedia computer technology developed for use with the deaf and hard of hearing, to interview 241 volunteers on seven California college campuses. They found lower self-reported current smoking prevalence (14.5%) relative to collegians in the general population, but considerable ever smoking (65.1%) and multiple types of tobacco use (37.3%). The authors report on factors associated with tobacco use and on students' exposure to cigarette marketing, gaps experienced in receipt of antitobacco messages and services, and students' antitobacco intervention recommendations. Limitations of the research are described, including possible underreporting of participants' tobacco use.     

Outreach by College Counselors: Increasing Student Attendance at Presentations

Psychoeducational outreach programming by college counselors can be an effective service to meet students' needs; however, getting students to attend outreach programs on a college campus can be challenging. The authors describe a model of an outreach series and the strategies implemented to increase student attendance at the presentations. Information collected from students through focus groups, a survey, and presentation evaluation forms revealed factors that seem to be important to increasing attendance.     

高校学生辅助学习工具费用支出的现状调查与对策分析

辅助学习工具费用是学生在校期间,因学习需要而购买辅助性学习用品所支出的费用,是高校学生学习必不可少的开支。笔者对高校学生(以江西师范大学为例)的辅助学习工具费用支出现状进行了调查与分析,对大学生存在的消费误区提出了相应的解决策略:加强大学生思想道德教育;培养大学生正确的消费观,树立科学的节俭意识;在高校开设消费道德教育和消费心理教育课程;重视加强对大学生消费心理和行为的调查研究;指导大学生解决实际消费问题,提高大学生的理财能力;高校学生应学会合理消费,做到俭而有度;培养大学生良好的消费心理和行为要与校园文化建设紧密结合;积极营造健康的消费环境;父母应为子女的消费把关;社会舆论对大学生的消费行为应予以正面引导等。     

Adlerian Therapy With Recently Romantically Separated College‐Age Women

Most female students in college will experience the breakup of a romantic relationship. Romantic separation can negatively affect their emotional state, social relationships, and understanding of personal identity. Adler's theory of individual psychology (IP), with its focus on social interest and personal worldview, is a useful theoretical framework for assisting this population. In this article, the authors offer a case study to illustrate how college counselors can use an IP approach to meet the unique needs of recently romantically separated college women.     

The legal side of parliamentary procedure

This article describes the ideal comprehensive community college, a general profile of the community college student, and how a speech communication curriculum can be developed to fit the unique functions of the community college. The authors offer suggestions for a speech communication curriculum in college transfer, technical/career education, community services, and compensatory education programs for the community college.     

A MANAGEMENT TOOL FOR REALLOCATING COLLEGE RESOURCES

Community college administrators frequently need to deal with program enrollment shifts resulting from economic and demographic shifts. Reallocating resources between areas of the college to adjust to those enrollment shifts can become a difficult process if there isn't a careful monitoring of enrollment patterns and program costs. The authors describe their use of an enrollment and cost trends report that is published and distributed to the campus yearly. The report, with ten years of trend data on enrollments and credit hour costs, is utilized to provide a basis for planning, budgeting, and prioritizing personnel decisions. The authors contend that the public nature of the report is necessary to educate the campus to the importance of controlling program costs. The resulting campus awareness assists administrative efforts to reallocate funds within and between program areas and provide benchmarking comparisons. The usefulness of the data in legislative lobbying and fund raising also is described.     

Applying Dialectical Behavior Therapy to Self‐Harm in College‐Age Men: A Case Study

Researchers suggest an increase in self‐harm among men. Specifically, college‐age men appear to be at risk for self‐harming behaviors, and counselors often overlook these behaviors in treatment. In this article, the authors describe the issue of self‐harm and illustrate the use of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT; Linehan, 2014 ) with male college students. The authors use a case study to illustrate the use of a modified form of DBT with a male college student who self‐harmed. Limitations of this approach and implications for college counselors are also addressed.     

Community College Students’ Experiences with Homelessness and Housing Insecurity

The goal of this study is to understand how students experiencing homelessness experience community college. In particular, the authors focus on the multifaceted traumas that negatively impact their educational engagement and persistence. The authors conducted a life history with one student experiencing homelessness on a community college campus. Based upon the emerging themes, interviews lasting approximately 60 minutes were conducted with an additional six students experiencing homelessness at the same college. Homelessness creates significant barriers for students. Residential insecurity often forces students to prioritize meeting basic needs over educational engagement. The participants consistently lived on the brink of residential crisis, which took an emotional toll. However, the stories emerging from this study demonstrate how important the participants felt postsecondary education was. They clearly connected their long-term stability to completing community college and transferring to a four-year institution. Unfortunately, their residential situations negatively impacted their ability to persist. Based upon the student experiences, the authors recommend more integrated services on community college campuses. The student narratives illustrate several important themes that have the potential to inform both research and practice. The participants viewed postsecondary education as a pathway to future stability. However, they experienced multifaceted and enduring trauma. The chaos of their residential insecurity resulted in constantly living at the brink of crisis. These students illustrate the need for integrated services at community colleges to support students experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity.     

高职学报的特色与创新

高职学报应体现高职教育办学宗旨及科研特色。地方社会研究、应用技术研究可以办成特色栏目,以彰显学报特色。面向社会,将读者群和作者群扩大到社会,使学报成为与地方社会共享的文化交流与技术交流的平台,是高职学报创新的必由之路。     

相得益彰：试析高校学报与学科建设的互动

高校学报与学科建设是一种相得益彰的关系。就高校学报而论,其刊物的性质以及确定的办刊策略有助于学科建设人才队伍的培养;其特色（重点）栏目的设置则在一定程度上促进学科建设的发展。从学科建设言之,其学术梯队是学报稳定的作者群,而其特色学科、重点学科则是学报栏目特色化的保障,学科建设的不断深入发展会促进学报质量的提高。     

Early commitment on financial aid and college decision making of poor students: Evidence from a randomized evaluation in rural China

Many educational systems have struggled with the question about how best to give out financial aid. In particular, if students do not know the amount of financial aid that they can receive before they make a decision about where to go to college and what major to study, it may distort their decision. This study utilizes an experiment (implemented by the authors as a Randomized Control Trial) to analyze whether or not an alternative way of providing financial aid—by providing an early commitment on financial aid during the student's senior year of high school instead of after entering college—affects the college decision making of poor students in rural China. We find that if early commitments are made early enough; and they are large enough, students will make less distorting college decisions.     

Accidental Equity: The Status of Women in the Community College

Community colleges have a high percentage of women students and a higher percentage of women faculty and administrators than do four-year colleges. Yet the extent to which the community college offers an equitable work and study site for women is not clear. The authors seek to determine this by applying to existing literature an adaptation of Hurtado, Milem, Clayton-Pederson, and Allen's framework for examining an institution's climate for diversity. After applying this framework, the authors conclude that women have been an important part of the community college student and employee base since its inception as the junior college, that numerically women are well represented, and that the climate, while not perfect, is relatively good for women. However, they argue that this situation may be due more to accident than to intentional action or behavior on the part of institutional leaders.     

大学数学教学中数学建模思想探讨

基于自身的教学实践,介绍了将数学建模思想融入大学数学教学中的几个案例。事实证明,在大学数学教学中渗透数学建模思想是培养学生创新能力和实践能力的一个有效途径,同时,对激发学生学习的积极性和主动性也有一定作用。     

A response to strategies and tactics through participatory action research in a developmental mathematics course

This paper explores the value of participatory action research in a community college developmental mathematics course. The authors used the framework of critical mathematics education in order to understand the critical conversations of students about their learning experiences, and also to help the instructor of the course develop the curriculum that attended to student experiences. The authors also draw on Michel de Certeau’s ideas about strategies and tactics to understand how students responded to their past learning experiences. Data results from the study show that students can gain a better understanding of their own learning and subsequently develop deeper content knowledge when they are more involved in the teaching and learning process. Lastly, the authors conclude that as adult learners grow in their understanding of the learning processes and of the content being presented, participatory action research can play an important role in the entire development of thinking and intellectual engagement.     

Parental Attachment,Cognitive Working Models,and Depression Among African American College Students

In an attempt to understand the cognitive mechanisms by which parental attachments predict depression among African American college students, the authors examined a mediational path model containing parental attachment, cognitive working models, and depression. The model demonstrated a close fit to the data, and several significant paths emerged. The authors provide recommendations for counselors practicing in college counseling centers and suggest directions for future research.     

高职高专大学生学情系列调查之一：学习目的及满意度

运用自制的高职高专大学生学情问卷,对高职高专大学生进行调查,结果显示,高职高专大学生的学习目的比较明确,对学校的教学总体上比较满意,但是,他们对学校的培养方式的满意度不高。＂专升本＂的愿望比较强烈,折射出高职高专院校在定位上的尴尬处境。     

偏远地区高校学生大学英语自主学习能力培养探究

大学英语自主学习是大学生英语学习的一种很有效的学习方式,而自主学习能力的培养是大学英语教学的培养目标之一,它对缓解大学英语教学的诸多矛盾起到重要作用。以自主学习理论为指导,立足偏远地区高校的实际情况,探究偏远地区高校学生大学英语自主学习能力培养的可行性,对提高该类高校学生大学英语学习成绩将起到促进作用。     

COLLEGE STUDIES AFTER 50 YEARS OF AGE: A QUEBEC EXPERIENCE

This article presents an examination of an academic program for older adults, offered at a junior‐college level educational institution in Montreal, Quebec. The authors recount the main events of the history of this francophone program and explain its underlying principles. They trace the evolution of the program within the college structure and examine its pedagogy. As well, they offer several results of the program and consider its future prospects. The authors conclude that the program, seen as a social practice, bears a significance for educational gerontology, for education, and for the larger context of contemporary society.