This study examined US undergraduate students' intent to study abroad upon college entry and their actual participation in study abroad during their undergraduate years, correlating the college outcomes of three cohorts to identify trends. The findings show that study abroad intent and participation are interrelated and shaped by an array of…

Responses to questions on demography, knowledge about student fees, attitudes toward collection and distribution of fees, and utilization and satisfaction with eight specific fee-funded programs were collected by mail survey from a sample of 1,002 University of Boulder students stratified by class year, ethnic group, and school. Only one-third…

Reported are citizens values regarding the importance of: (1) various university goals and activities; (2) various academic fields or disciplines; and (3) various reasons for attending the University of Minnesota. In a stratified random sample of 722 Minnesota citizens there was a 56 percent response rate and categories of values were identified.…

Questionnaire responses from 782 undergraduates suggest that the perception of educational benefits seemed to be the most critical variable in predicting student satisfaction. Other variables examined were age, student level, grade, and satisfaction with college experience. (Author/LB)

Relationships between faculty members' attitudes toward collective action and their perceptions of the quality of the organizational characteristics of Fordham University were examined. The study was based on modern organization theory, contending that participant needs must be integrated with organizational goals. (Author/LBH)

A study conducted in Israel and the United States to develop a scale of students' satisfaction with college instruction, to assess the dimensions behind the scale, and to examine four predictors (sex, major, school year, and academic performance) that may affect satisfaction with instruction is presented. (Author/MLW)

A study used a latent variable model with various factors to examine the relationship between college student grades and satisfaction. Results suggest satisfaction is a stronger influence on grades than vice versa. It is recommended that popular recursive models be reevaluated because nonrecursive models may more accurately represent effects.…

A sample of 903 physicians evaluated 10 aspects of their medical education for relevance and quality. Individual differences in retrospective satisfaction were related to premedical, medical school, and personality factors. (Author/LBH)

Examination of the perceptions of business alumni (n=585) concerning their undergraduate education from a consumer satisfaction perspective found that, if students have poorly formed goals for an aspect of education, they are likely to base satisfaction judgments on institutional performance; if goals are well-formed, they base judgments on…

The literature is reviewed and data are presented from several studies conducted at two institutions. The data are consistent with previously-reported studies in that faculty participants consistently expressed satisfaction with development services. A conclusion is that improvement depends both on faculty desire and availability of professional…

University employees' reactions to the publication of their salaries in a local campus newspaper are described. Correlational analyses indicated associations between impact of the disclosure and salary level, salary equity/satisfaction, instrumentality of performance-reward outcomes, internal salary attributions, and salary discussion. (Author/MLW)

A study of 125 first-year students at Peabody College (Vanderbilt University, Tennessee) investigated psychological processes underlying college success. Results indicated students' rules of reasoning about effort and ability, motivational goals, and confidence in their intelligence were strongly related to types of participation in college and…

Data gathered from 896 faculty members from two technical colleges, three community colleges, two private universities, and three public universities revealed three dimensions of the presidential role: personal-public image, faculty and student interaction with presidents, and absence of autocratic leadership style. (Author/LBH)

A study is reported of how students in an honors program and a transition program for academically disadvantaged students, as well as students in the regular curriculum, become engaged in a variety of experiences and how their quality of effort in the activities is related to student growth and development. (Author/MLW)

A study examined the relationship between the proportion of women in a college major and students' grades, academic self-concept, mathematical self-concept, social self-concept, satisfaction with the major, and persistence in the major. Subjects were 7,641 women and 5,074 men in 344 4-year colleges. Results suggest no effects on student cognitive…