This essay, describing events surrounding a student demonstration at the University of Massachusetts, provides an understanding of the mechanics by which the confrontation came into being, and analyzes relevant opinions and attitudes of students. In 1968, the university's student majority supported radical student leaders in a tactical switch from…

Based on its conclusion that a unicameral senate would be both desirable and feasible, Florida Atlantic University's Committee on University Governance drafted a proposal to establish a "single university-wide Senate, which truly represents Administration, Faculty, and Students." The two parts of the proposal present (1) the composition…

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of various activities designed to retain dropout-prone college students at Southwest Missouri State College through the use of experimental grouping and the development of counseling and guidance activities for these students. One hundred forty potential dropouts were selected from the…

The legal aspects of the many campus issues were the concerns of the conference sponsored jointly by the Institute of Higher Education and the Center for Continuing Education. The conference, held at the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education, July 1972, presented and discussed decisions and trends concerning campus law and their…

This report, compiled as a class project in the Department of Administration at Appalachian State University (North Carolina), presents the ideals and practical aspects of a truly developmental community college. It includes a definition of student development, a statement on the changing nature of the student, a comparison of the traditional and…

This paper describes the summer Parent Orientation Program at the University of Maryland and an evaluation of the program several months later. The goal of the program was to educate parents in the facilitation of their son's or daughter's transition from high school to college. Another goal was to recognize parents as a vital part of the…

Students try to fashion for themselves a simplified and intelligible picture of the world and then to substitute that for the world of experience. Student personnel workers often resist this displacement and intervene in the development of each student. This obstructs development for some students. (Author)

Understanding the experience of minority students in graduate school requires moving beyond traditional quantitative data and listening to them voice their concerns. Interview data are reported for student family background, graduate and professional school experience, career and commitment, admissions issues, and reactions to Bakke. (Author/LBH)

Heading off potential problems now can only increase the chances of survival for college placement and recruitment. Recognizing these problems for who and what they are is a good way to start. (Author)

Discusses the purposes of the university and the importance of the reflection of educational goals in the planning of student residential systems. Encourages active participation on the part of faculty and administration as well as students. Presented at the Big 10 Housing Officers Operations Meeting, November 16, 1976. (DOW)

A questionnaire survey of graduates of University of Michigan's Residential College during 1971-1974 indicates that those students were not disadvantaged in the competition for postgraduate and occupational opportunities. The strengths of RC and other experimental colleges lie in their energetic cultural, social, and political life. (LBH)

Recent developments in student judicial (disciplinary) systems were surveyed at large institutions of higher education. The past five years have seen more standardization of procedural due process and some growth in judicial structures. The dean of students office, instead of student judicial committee(s), still conducts the majority of…

Describes the federal regulations requiring colleges to examine their public relations programs for misleading and inaccurate statements, and the innovative approaches used by various colleges under the Better Information for Student Choice project to give students the information they need for making decisions about college attendance. (RT)

Lists and describes 200 current issues and controversies involving student editors, faculty advisers, and the campus communications media; also lists materials relating to each item, copies of which are available upon request. (GW)

Some functions for members of a scholarship committee are presented along with a suggested technique for committee operation and examples of problems handled by members of such a committee at the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Georgia. (LBH)