This topical paper compares and contrasts the style, content, structure, and manner of presentation of 10 Black student activist position papers previously compiled by the author ("Black Student Activists--Position Papers and Reactions to Them from Twelve Colleges"). The comparisons and contrasts reflect the particular contextual environment in…

The threat of campus disruption by the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) at Fullerton Junior College (Calif.) provided the basis for this report. An account of the attempt by the SDS to organize at Fullerton and a brief history of the movement were presented. Challenges posed by the SDS were examined along with the causes of student unrest…

This committee report examines past student participation in the government of the University of Wisconsin, formulates principles concerning the role of students, and recommends structural and functional changes to achieve greater student participation. Except for the establishment of certain new committees, the report recommends changes within…

Graduate school is a game for which students need to know the rules and in which students must be willing to play. It marks the end of undergraduate study and the beginning of entrance into a society of the elite. Some of the problems students usually encounter in graduate school are limited social life, adjustment to work loads, disparity between…

In its examination of the circumstances surrounding recent disorders and the closing of state colleges and universities in Ohio, the select committee held hearings at each institution, received testimony and exhibits from persons within and outside the academic community, and gathered information from studies conducted in other states. Directed to…

Based on experience with a simplified admissions concept, Southern Illinois University is satisfied that the admissions process has been made easier for prospective students, high school counselors, and admissions staff. The computer does not make decisions regarding admission of a student, but reduced work loads for everyone concerned. (Author)

UTD created a special college (College IX, nicknamed Maturity College) to deal individually with older students. Its purpose was to create an atmosphere conducive to the integration of older students into the academic, extracurricular, cocurricular, and social life of the university. A Bachelor of General Studies program was also developed.…

Describes the formation of a 15-member student advisory committee for the mass communications department at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro. (KS)

Fraternities and sororities on commuter campuses challenge our traditional views in terms of size, number of chapters represented, housing, recruitment, and achievement of a team feeling to build brotherhood or sisterhood. Alternative models need to be developed to address the commuter-related issues. (KS)

The purpose of this paper is to stimulate discussion about what institutions and students can reasonably expect from one another to enhance learning productivity. Expectations can be divided into five areas: teaching and learning, the curriculum, institutional integrity, the quality of institutional life, and educational services. For each of…

The results imply that student attitudes toward reforms are related to their attitudes toward basic features of the educational system which are affected by items in the student's background, such as his residence, his year in college, and his birth order. None of the relationships discussed explain the high proportion of the variance in…

Offers suggestions for handling what the author believes to be another wave of student activism. (Editor)