Academic and Intellectual Functions. Student organizations reinforce classroom instruction and supplement academic learning. The work of the classroom is guided and directed by the teacher. Student organizations are primarily student directed and operated. Student organizations allow for an understanding of social and cultural forces that exert pressures on the attitudes, values, and actions of individuals and groups in the college community.
Student organizations offer students an opportunity for group interactions.
Group interactions teach students to organize groups, to conduct meetings, to get along with people, and to exercise responsibility as a member of a group. Student Development Functions. Student organizations facilitate the achievement of key developmental tasks. By knowing the characteristics, back grounds, interests, physical attributes, and their social backgrounds, activities can be planned to match students at their particular stages of development, physical status, and intellectual growth. Leadership and Democratic Functions.