There is scant available research and scholarly discourse related to the unique needs and experiences of Buddhist students in US higher education - even in the small but growing body of literature on religiously minoritized college students. In this chapter, I summarize what little research does exist on Buddhist students, and explain the broader…

Paganism, despite growing as a religious affiliation over recent decades, has rarely been the subject of study within higher education. Due to the general lack of cohesive organizations, a persistent social stigma, and a number of ill-defined identity labels, they have proven difficult to study even within the general population. This chapter will…

Students, particularly those at academic risk, often experience feelings of alienation and lack a sense of belonging. This can make them reluctant to seek help. A sense of belonging and the willingness to seek help are therefore closely linked. Persistent socioeconomic disparities, inherited from apartheid, make this especially challenging for…

Appeal procedures at the University of Michigan that can protect student interests and assure due process are illustrated. The primary purpose of enacting student appeals procedures it to provide students with adequate, legally based channels for airing perceived injustices or inequities. (MLW)

The accounts of several autobiographers concerning the graduate student experience reveal how students find meaning in their academic apprenticeships. Academic autobiographers, now speaking as teachers themselves. focus on what was given to them by their teachers when they were students. (MSE)

When a seemingly routine management decision sparks heated controversy on a college campus, the president must decide how to respond to students occupying a building and issuing an ultimatum to the administration.

The concept of student-institution fit in higher education and conceptual foundation on which it is based is clarified. The concept of fit is linked to enrollment management by a model for operationalizing the conceptual and theoretical construct such that levels of fit can be more effectively managed. (Author/MLW)

Entering the UC Merced campus and turning onto Scholars Lane, students saw, in this order, large cow pastures surrounding the campus, tall chainlink fences enclosing construction materials, orange fences stating "limits of construction," and across the small road, the residence facilities. Students who were willing to brave this…

Understanding the experience of minority students in graduate school requires moving beyond traditional quantitative data and listening to them voice their concerns. Interview data are reported for student family background, graduate and professional school experience, career and commitment, admissions issues, and reactions to Bakke. (Author/LBH)

A review of strategies for resolving conflict in higher education institutions looks first at traditional mechanisms, such as student conduct committees and grievance systems, faculty grievance mechanisms, arbitration, and litigation, and then examines conciliatory methods, including mediation systems for handling student, faculty, and staff…

Discusses what the research says about the social challenges that international students face when leaving their homeland for school in the United States and highlights ways that colleges and universities can encourage the social success of international students. (EV)

Three retention and enrollment management experts share their most effective innovations and best practices that have achieved cost-effective results. Tables provide data on dropout rates, graduation rates, and results of a student satisfaction rating survey of four-year colleges and universities. (DB)

Auburn University in Alabama shows how curricular innovations can stimulate the personalized, cross-disciplinary teaching and learning that are threatened by the large-size and scholarly compartmentalization of many university campuses. The Mentor-Interdisciplinary Seminar program for freshmen and the Ascent of Man interdisciplinary course for…

A survey compared patterns in academic programs and student-university relationships of 142 doctoral graduates in education with 97 students with all requirements except the dissertation to help understand what differentiates the two groups. Results indicate differences between groups in sense of responsibility, employment patterns, financial aid.…

The chief academic officer (CAO) must be prepared to deal with a variety of developing relationships, priorities, problems, and potentials. CAOs who survive and are successful must monitor development in many directions. (Author/MLW)