This essay proposes that, in the current changing world, the traditional liberal arts model of higher education, advocating liberal learning for human freedom, does not go far enough to liberate specific groups from concrete mechanisms of deprivation and oppression. A critique, rebuttal, and second response are also presented. (MSE)

States that students often enter college with few problem-solving skills. Urges colleges to offer appropriate skills-building courses to students as well as to school personnel, since they will be counseling students on financial aid and other issues. Asserts that, by integrating problem-solving skills into the curriculum, students will be better…

What higher education has to offer society is the opportunity to promote the individual development of students through open-ended inquiry. The traditional curriculum has limitations, and higher education should make a greater effort to lower disciplinary barriers and offer access to higher-order cognitive, social, professional, and physical…

Discusses how curriculum evaluation of Virginia Western Community College's two-year communication design program has caused the art curriculum committee to examine four central issues and make difficult decisions about how best to serve its current student population. Looks at: job preparation vs. providing a solid foundation, physical…

The process of education is examined. It is suggested that the transition from high school to college should be dynamic, with freshmen jolted and challenged in direct ways. College is a way to fulfill a student's vocation in the present as well as prepare for a future goal. (MLW)

The transition from upper secondary to undergraduate university education in Australia is examined. It is suggested that in the student's first year of university, the year 13, increased efforts must be made to make the student aware of the dual nature of education; i.e., the acquisition of knowledge as well as social responsibility. (LBH)

Describes student affairs organizational component within institutions of higher education as historically subordinate to academic affairs. Argues that significant advances have been made in tearing down wall between academic and student affairs missions. Offers following articles, which address academic and student affairs interdependence, as…

A sample of 462 student affairs professionals responded to a survey questionnaire designed to conceptualize a model institution of higher education committed to facilitating the development of the whole student. The respondents represented 74% of a randomly selected population sample drawn from the membership lists of ACPA, NASPA, and NAWDAC. The…

This speech examines the image of the university as a powerful center of knowledge in the contexts of both the traditional university and the modern research university. The institution's role in thinking and research, personal growth, and social change are discussed, especially as these areas interrelate and can create an exciting intellectual…

Identifies four points of educational leadership that are crucial in the evolution of the community college movement. Urges leaders to define educational goals; build bridges between traditional and nontraditional education; add a community service component to associate degree requirements; and reaffirm their commitment to equity as well as…

Our higher education system does not nurture the inner lives of students or help them acquire the self-understanding that is the basis for a satisfying life, nor does it provide the safe and nurturing environment people need in order to grow. What is needed is a more holistic way of conceiving education, one that accepts the importance of…

This mission statement expresses purposes of the State University of New York at Albany, and is the opening essay in a planning process that is the responsibility of the Office of Academic Planning. Focus is on the pertinent elements of mission and on criteria for institutional development. The statement contains the following: historical…

Service learning in higher education can be a powerful method of citizen education, by building students' concrete civic skills in the areas of intellectual understanding, communication and problem solving, and civic attitudes of judgment and imagination. A basic condition is that broad definitions of service and citizenship be assumed, and used…

The extent to which U.S. colleges and universities contribute to the fulfillment of students' lives is discussed by Secretary of Education William Bennett in an address to Harvard University. Secretary Bennett's observations are based on his experiences as a law student, freshman proctor, and tutor at Harvard University, as well as his subsequent…

Intellectualism and impersonalism are seen as making many academic activities miseducative. It is advocated that academics organize curricular and extracurricular activities to direct students toward an understanding of themselves and the world in which they live. [This issue commemorates JHE's 50th year. Reprints of notable articles (HE 511…