Presents pilot study designed to examine the relationship between level of job satisfaction and interpersonal style in work environments for women faculty. Findings tend to support previous research identifying a climate within the academic work environment that can be personally and professionally toxic to many women who have obtained faculty…

Examines four strategies (rational planning, social interaction, human problem solving, political approach) for planned change and applies them to the development of campuswide retention program. Concludes that an effective strategy often uses all four of the approaches at concurrent or various times during the process. (Author/ABL)

The results show that there is great variability in the attitudes of faculty and students when it comes to the adjudication of disciplinary offenses. This would indicate that there will probably always be some dissatisfaction in the academic community with the handling of various offenses. (Author)

Presents the results of a study examining fear of AIDS and the level of AIDS knowledge and homophobia among student affairs administrators and faculty members. Student affairs administrators were found to have more knowledge and less fear of AIDS than faculty members. Presents a discussion of these results and recommendations for practice.…

This paper describes a university initiative, cochaired by a faculty member and a student affairs administrator, to increase the collaboration between academic and student affairs. The initiative, called Claiming a Liberal Education, adapted a conflict resolution model, intergroup dialogues, to increase the interaction and communication between…

A random sample of students, faculty, and administrators at a large research university in the Midwest participated in a survey to determine severity of student misconduct and the importance of information used to determine disciplinary action. All groups agreed on the most critical information for disciplinary action and the most serious…

The territorial imperative ought not to threaten the well-being of a species. For faculty and student affairs, symbiotic relationships must be sought through a redefinition of territories, and through recognition that territories are not mutually exclusive. For student affairs, one route to new ground is through research. (Author/PC)

Collective bargaining in higher education will neither solve all the problems that lead to faculty unionization nor destroy the collegiate institution. Students often view faculty unions as detrimental to their interests and respond by forming their own organizations if the contract directly affects their lives. For the student personnel…

The author sanctions the involvement of student personnel workers not only in facilitating individual development but in building curriculum and improving methods of instruction. To build a development team of faculty and student personnel workers, he suggests alterations in administrative structure, equal involvement in campus decision-making,…

This study explores how committed principal administrators, faculty, student personnel professionals, and students are to the developmental philosophy and programs, how committed they perceive the university community to be, perceptions of the developmental functions now performed, and the degree to which they would like more developmental…

Reports on Washington State University's effort to formalize, coordinate, and further develop its leadership education, tapping the expertise of student affairs professionals and discipline-based faculty to establish an interdisciplinary minor in leadership studies. Provides objectives, expected student outcomes, and curriculum for the minor. (JBJ)