The need for all-women colleges is discussed in this, the second of four transcripts of radio programs on college today. Dialogue on the following subjects is provided: the need for women's colleges; women comment on life at all-women's colleges; history of women's colleges; education at Hood College, Frederick, Maryland; Hood students'…

Oakton Community College is organized into four learning clusters, each comprising a group small enough to maintain "recognizability" and a sense of belonging. Each cluster has approximately 600 FTE students, 30 full-time faculty members, one learning resource faculty member, three counselors, and its own dean. The first of these…

From the experience of the California State University, Northridge Freshman Cluster Program and other institutions' experiences, it is found that cluster students have been generally more persistent while in the cluster program, viewed the program as helpful in making and maintaining friendships, and performed at about the same level as noncluster…

One hundred twenty-eight parents of first-time freshmen at Grand Valley State Colleges responded to a three-part questionnaire in fall 1973. Responses showed that: 80 percent were satisfied with their child's college choice; 41 percent felt they had some influence on that choice; over half attend church regularly; the three most frequently…

An overview of the evolution of the innovative University of California, Santa Cruz, looks at its origins, campus organization, curriculum and instructional philosophy, campus design, leadership and faculty, student population, campus life, and curriculum design. Strategies for and obstacles to effective change are highlighted. (MSE)