A small group of influential educators participated in a Wingspread Conference to discuss the topic of teacher warranty programs. While each of the warranty programs described at Wingspread was distinctive, there were a number of features that all seemed to have in common: (1) teacher warranty programs are a form of quality assurance for…

Perspectives concerning the recruitment of graduate students are offered, with attention to the size and resources of the department and the school, faculty involvement in recruitment efforts, pools of eligible prospects, and obligations to students. Factors affecting upper and lower limits to graduate enrollment are identified, including the…

There are growing numbers of students whose concerns are not academic matters but personal growth and personal relationships. These students are dropping out of school to work and to begin their new lives. (PG)

Condensed from "The Center Magazine, Volume 2 (January 1969), 75.

A House system is planned for Cypress Junior College, California, for an expected enrollment of 12,000. This idea of a residence hall where students live and work together may be organized around a major field (science, engineering, arts) or for a deliberate interdisciplinary mix. Usually a House plan brings living and learning together to…

Examined are two types of leadership. The first type is authoritarian or paternalistic and seems appropriate to a world of machines. This is a defensive leadership built on fear and little trust between people. Techniques for control are developed which often produce undesired results such as apathy or resistance. The alternative is emergent…

This study assesses the effect of informal faculty-student interaction in small groups on college students. The central hypothesis states that behavioral development of college students is enhanced by informal contact with faculty beyond normal associations during regular classroom periods. The sample consisted of 60 volunteer men and women…

This report outlines the activities of the chairman of the Speech Department of San Francisco State College during the 1968-69 postdoctoral fellowship year. The year's study was divided between the Studies in Nonverbal Behavior Department of Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute and the Education Policy Research Center of Stanford Research…

An Ombudsman Proposal Committee met from Spring through Summer 1968 to consider establishing an ombudsman at Colorado State College. The ombudsman concept is aimed at bridging the gap between a governing administrative structure and the constituents of that structure. The basic features of the ombudsman are that: he is an officer of the…

The causes of student rebellion against established social and educational systems are rooted in many forces that impinge upon their lives, 3 of which are rapid social change, affluence, and the fear of technological death. The firm conviction of "new left" activists --the third generation of radical, militant students-- is that they must do…

During the spring of 1972, Educational Testing Service joined with the California State Legislature's Joint Committee on the Master Plan for Higher Education to engage in a study of 116 California State institutions, of which 69 were public community colleges. One purpose was to study the goals of the institutions. Using the IGI--Institutional…

Discusses college counselors' liability for negligence in the performance of their duties, citing the only two court decisions involving college counselor negligence. Summarizes the circumstances in which college counselors may or may not be held negligent, and identifies present and future trends in counselor liability. (JG)

Describes the student revolt that began at Berkeley in September 1964, as observed, experienced, and interpreted by the author. (Author)

Presents a methodology which allows various-sized campuses to measure and communicate student affairs contributions to the educational milieu. (Author/BL)

Results of a survey comparing attitudes and levels of satisfaction between resident college students and commuting college students. (GB)