The relationship between the ideal of a university and its reality in the experience of its members has become a major issue of controversy. The courts, however, rarely discuss the university in terms of a community. Most cases concerning student-institutional relationships that reach court are decided ad hoc, for the law leaves student rights and…

Changes in self esteem or life goals of college students are likely to be related to the degree of success experienced in various types of extracurricular activities. To test this hypothesis, questionnaires containing 8 items requiring self-ratings and 8 items describing desirable accomplishments, aspirations or goals were administered in 1964 and…

The report covers preparatory work for a further two-year study of student affiliation and drop-out at a four-year urban commuter college, Portland State College. The principal task was the development and testing of a series of scales measuring various aspects of student affiliation. After preliminary testing, scale test items were administered…

A study was conducted to analyze the personal needs and college press profiles of Negro teacher trainees at Fayetteville State University (N.C.) during the early sixties. The students' perceptions of themselves in relation to institutional press (administrative policies, academic regulations, social rules, and their concomitants) were seen as the…

The position of ombudsman at institutions of higher education is discussed in terms of role, responsibilities and limitations. The author believes the need for an ombudsman stems from a greatly increased student enrollment and an accompanying impersonality regarding academic and administrative procedures. There is a discussion of typical problems…

The first article in this review examines research on student rights, administrator and faculty attitudes, and administrative remedies. The next analyzes student unrest and protest activities in terms of cause and degree, extent of government involvement, and institutional characteristics. The third article considers new and revised legislation,…

This report discusses student violence within the framework of causes, issues, and false and true solutions. The author decries the abdication of responsibilities by both college administrators, who have permitted students to "do their thing," and leftwing students, who crusade thoughtlessly against educational institutions. Some true solutions…

The Project on Student Development in Small Colleges is a 5-year research and action program which has studied institutional characteristics, student characteristics, attrition, and student development in 13 small colleges across the country. The results of this study on personality development indicated that personality development during college…

Whether students should be directly represented in the governing councils of the university can be answered only after considering whether there are important differences of interests between students and those who now govern. In the US, faculty and administrators have typically denied the presence of conflicting student interests and cited a…

The inevitable confrontation at Columbia University during the Spring of 1968 was instigated by a small group of student extremists whose objectives were to destroy the university. These students gave some legitimacy to their activities by associating themselves with other students to exploit basic issues of widespread concern: the war in Vietnam,…

This statement of student rights summarizes Monterey Peninsula College policy regarding classroom conduct, student records, student affairs, off-campus freedom, and discipline procedures. It was adapted from the text of the "Joint Statement on Student Rights, Freedom." The types of misconduct for which students are subject to college…

No precise explanation can be offered for student uprisings at colleges and universities, but a sense of social purpose seems to pervade these disruptive activities. A college education, once a matter of free choice, is now a twentieth-century imperative for social and economic mobility. Modern students, frustrated by the inescapability of the…

In this paper several court decisions relating to student rights and privileges are considered, particularly in the light of student unrest that is now extending to junior colleges. An individual's rights are guaranteed and protected by the federal Constitution which states that: no person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due…

Information has been compiled regarding present and former students at Harrisburg Area Community College (Pennsylvania). Topics included in this study are academic ability and achievement, family background, enrollment in the college by curricular area, students' evaluations of the college, activities of former students, and their evaluations of…

An effort to assess the concerns of freshmen entering the University of South Carolina was needed to provide guidance in the planning and implementation of a total service program for freshmen. Since the orientation program provides the opportunity for all entering students to gather according to their respective classifications, the mission to…