Investigates whether different types of interview or similar introduction to a department had any influence on an applicants' eventual acceptance or rejection of a conditional offer made by a university department. The objective of this research was to provide factual data on which to base decisions concerning admissions procedures. (Author/RK)

In this study of 460 SIU-C students, five topics related to academic excellence are explored. The results are discussed within a political model of the academic system, treating the university as a political system and students as quasi-citizens who possess a rudimentary academic belief system. (Author/LBH)

Drew University encourages seniors to participate in a half-hour interview to express their feelings about positive and negative aspects of the institution as a means of monitoring its own progress at educating and fulfilling its responsibilities toward students. (MSE)

Kent State administrators insist they are committed to building a memorial to those who were killed when Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on demonstrators, but they blame slow fund raising on lack of public interest in the effort. (MLW)

Demonstrators who shut down the campus of Gallaudet University forced the resignation of the newly elected president, Elizabeth A. Zinser. A better spirit of cooperation between faculty and the administration is expected. (MLW)

An analytical framework for understanding the relationship between the situational context of the institution and the student and the criteria by which the student chooses a college is outlined and illustrated. (MSE)

The background and content of an agreement with the Veterans Administration is presented as a model for consideration by other institutions. (Author)

It is suggested that graduate schools continue to disregard the characteristics and needs of their students, and that reform in the direction of flexibility is needed. Proposals are made regarding self-determination of graduate program, student course initiation, student involvement in planning course structure, evaluation of the educational…

This article presents information on the characteristics of campus information and referral services. These services were developed as a means to increase student awareness and student use of campus resources. Results indicate the need for an expanded role for such services. (Author)

This digest cites studies of academic dishonesty in two- and four-year institutions, examining variables such as frequency of dishonest behavior, individual and environmental factors associated with dishonest student behavior, and responses of faculty. Academic dishonesty appears related to: (1) individual characteristics such as student academic…

The Annual Student Satisfaction Survey at Oregon's Rogue Community College (RCC) allows the school to measure achievement in services, classes, and facilities. Three hundred and eleven students responded to this winter 2000 survey. Findings include: (1) seventeen percent of all respondents at the Redwood and Riverside campuses were very satisfied…

A study explored the relational control patterns which exist in academic advising sessions. Fourteen advising sessions between advisors and undergraduate students during the registration process were audiotaped and analyzed using a relational control coding scheme. Results indicated that neutralized symmetry (one-across, one-across) was preferred…

This study examined the first-year postsecondary experiences of students through an action research project with small groups of students at three postsecondary institutions (one community college, one university college, and one university). The paper reviews the action research design method and highlights its utility in analyzing the effects of…

Study results show that most citizens did not consider a week-long campus disturbance to be a legitimate form of social protest and that their attitudes toward campus dissent were related to attitudes toward campus freedom of expression and beliefs about campus life. (Author)

Analyzes activism among students at the California State Colleges during the 60's in terms of three threads which ran through the various causes: (1) the rights of students as citizens; (2) the need for course relevance; (3) development of a multicultural environment on campus placing the individual first and the institution as merely…