Reviews the leftist, the liberal, and the rightist conceptions of the modern university, with negative and positive features of each viewpoint considered in an historical context. (Author)

The president's most basic responsibility and greatest potential source of satisfaction is to have close, unbiased, well-informed and constant contact with students. (IR)

Pregnancy among single college women is cause for much concern. This article suggests that the college should take the initiative in offering help and in seeking new ways of prevention. Institutions should provide medical care, counseling, and educational programs in an atmosphere of understanding, compassion, and trust. (Author/BY)

Local needs must be considered in outlining a job description for campus ombudsman. Given are 10 provisions in addition to some notes on approach. (EK)

Explains the concepts of academic misconduct, due process rights, and the implicit contract between students and the university. Discusses ways to incorporate due process in nursing school course catalogs, course requirements, evaluation methods, and grievance procedures. (SK)

Explains how one university extended the electronic reach of its students without sacrificing the university's nearly 150-year-old mission of personalized education. The five-year partnership between the school and a communications company and other cooperative arrangements with suppliers, service, and software manufacturers in transforming the…

Evaluated effects on college freshmen attending Northern Kentucky University of a learning community (LC) program which simply clustered three courses without thematic linkage or integration. Comparison with non-LC students found the LC students had higher grade point averages, earned more hours, were more satisfied with their college experiences,…

Used an innovative benchmarking research methodology including surveys and site visits to identify best practices at selected adult-centered institutions. Distilled findings into one overarching theme, "Adult learner centered institutions have a culture in which flexibility, individuation, and adult-centered learning drive institutional practice,"…

A campus redesign at an urban university transforms its image to a more welcoming environment. Lecture halls that previously were covered with a contiguous plaza walkway system were uncovered. Ground-level paths, lined with trees, shrubs, and grass, replaced decaying asphalt pathways. (MLF)

Determines whether student-university relationship attitudes and satisfaction evaluations distinguished those who returned to a university from those who did not. Shows that respondent relationship attitudes differentiate those who returned to the university from those who did not, which provides a quantitative illustration of the benefits of…

Describes the efforts of British Columbia's Royal Roads University, a school dedicated to distance learning. Explores how a personal touch and ongoing technical support have yielded high student retention for the institution. (EV)

Discusses how a plagiarism scandal has again "mired" the University of Virginia's fabled judicial system in "trauma" and lawsuits, while some systems that are less well known, such as that of Georgia Tech, may be functioning more effectively. (EV)

Analyzed alumni survey data to examine the impact that academic departments have on student satisfaction and development. Controlling for individual characteristics, found that characteristics of departments such as faculty contact with students, research emphasis, and proportion of female undergraduates had a significant impact on satisfaction…

Reviews court cases in 2000, including "Schaer v. Brandeis University," which reveal that courts continue to defer to college and university decisions pertaining to students, whether in the academic or disciplinary context. (EV)