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Scollay, Susan J. – Journal of Higher Education, 1982
Research on new administrative campus positions (e.g., affirmative action officers) created by extensive federal involvement in higher education is reported. It is suggested that these positions have not contributed significantly to the expansion of administrative access for women and minorities. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Administrators, Affirmative Action, College Administration, Data Analysis
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Grunig, Stephen D. – Journal of Higher Education, 1995
Based on survey data from 70 universities, this study concludes that differences in the organizational structure of development offices have no significant effect on fund-raising efficiency. However, because decentralized offices may be able to expand their activities more rapidly than centralized programs, decentralization may facilitate overall…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Centralization, College Administration, Comparative Analysis
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Mills, Kenneth C.; And Others – Journal of Higher Education, 1981
A conceptual and practical plan is outlined for campus alcohol abuse prevention programs. Barriers to program success are identified, and a prevention strategy is presented that focuses on methods to: (1) define alcohol-related problems, (2) negotiate a prevention contract, and (3) develop a peer problem-solving approach to alcohol education.…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Alcoholism, College Students, Drinking
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Glazer, Judith S. – Journal of Higher Education, 1982
The rationale for graduate consortia, the constraints on cooperation, and guidelines for designing and managing an interuniversity consortium are examined. The experiences of five New York city doctorate-granting universities when they launched a project to test the feasibility of doctoral cooperation in arts and sciences are described.…
Descriptors: Consortia, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Study, Higher Education
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Shepherd, Gordon; Shepherd, Gary – Journal of Higher Education, 1996
Based on a survey conducted during the Persian Gulf War, a study focused on political views and war attitudes of faculty who direct college honors programs. Academic disciplines and age distributions are analyzed as possible explanations for directors' greater liberalism and dissent tendencies compared to other faculty. Also discussed are…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, College Faculty, College Programs
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Cowley, W. H. – Journal of Higher Education, 1999
Summarizes the recent report on college athletics by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, which cites nine unfavorable results of athletic development on college students and examines administration of athletics, its excesses, athletic participation and its relationship to student health, the role of coaches, collegiate…
Descriptors: Athletes, Athletic Coaches, College Athletics, College Environment
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Bringle, Robert G.; Hatcher, Julie A. – Journal of Higher Education, 1996
This paper argues that the current interest in service learning provides universities with a unique opportunity to engage their students in community service, expand their educational agenda, and build reciprocal partnerships with the community. Specific activities for implementation of such a program are delineated for the four constituencies of…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Faculty, College Role, College Students