It might be desirable to have available for professors a book with the title "What Every Professor Should Know About American Higher Education." Some topics that could be included are the organization, function, and purpose of American colleges and universities. Other topics of importance needing examination are various teaching roles,…

In order to gain an overall view of student attitudes toward Waubonsee Community College (WCC), determine the strong and weak aspects of WCC, and provide a data base for later comparisons, a standard Educational Testing Service survey instrument was administered to a random sample of about 650 WCC students. The survey instrument used was Student…

This second updated bibliography lists 79 document abstracts retrieved from the ERIC collection and "Dissertation Abstracts." It includes journal literature covering the defined civil rights of students at the high school and college levels and recent legal pronouncements. (Author)

Because student participation in the affairs of higher education has metamorphosed from a discussion level of expression to one of overt activity, the author expresses various ways in which student personnel workers may assist in preparing other segments of the academic community for the new forms of student participation. Current and historical…

A survey of 13 small colleges indicated that there was limited communication between students and faculty outside class and limited thought and exchange of ideas in class despite the fact that American undergraduates today are better prepared, more complex, more sophisticated, and more autonomous than ever before. These students need frequent…

This updated bibliography lists 92 document abstracts retrieved from the ERIC collection. "Dissertation Abstracts", and the journal literature covering the defined civil rights of students at the high school and college levels, and recent legal pronouncements. (SD)

In this paper the author investigates the function of student evaluation in relation to the educational process. He concludes that traditional approaches are inadequate because they view evaluation as either a static measure of information comprehension or as a coercive tool. The author, instead of viewing education as static, linear…

At Vancouver City College (British Columbia) research was conducted to determine any significant differences between dropouts and the total student population. Data collected from samples of persister and non-persister (withdrawing from all classes before semester completion) students consisted of three types: (1) educational, such as grade point…

Major issues relating to student unrest were discussed at a 1970 Symposium of the Two-Year College Student. The first two papers, "What Are Our Students Trying to Tell Us?" and "Students Demand Moral Leadership--No Less!" both deal with the need for reform in education to keep abreast with social change. Also discussed are the special problems of…

Auburn University in Alabama shows how curricular innovations can stimulate the personalized, cross-disciplinary teaching and learning that are threatened by the large-size and scholarly compartmentalization of many university campuses. The Mentor-Interdisciplinary Seminar program for freshmen and the Ascent of Man interdisciplinary course for…

Colleges have come a long way in identifying, clarifying, and directing issues relative to the itinerant student. The problem is to come up with models of implementing reforms on campus and in individual states that will bring these issues to bear where "the rubber hits the road." (Author)

The price of a higher education is rising fast--but there's also a bright side to the picture, including easier entry to some schools. (Editor)

Colleges and universities continue to struggle with their educational prerogatives and their students' constitutional rights while controversies continue to rage over student newspaper activities. Recent court rulings may provide a pragmatic framework for protecting and promoting the goals of the institution as well as insuring student freedom of…

Aspects of an ombudsman's conduct that may effect his impact on an organization are illustrated. Daily activities are partitioned into three phases: appearance, problem definition, and resolution. Judith W. Harvey's commentary on the paper is included, as is Stewart's reply to her comments. (Author/LBH)

Responses of 40 minority and 62 nonminority medical students at the Rutgers Medical School were analyzed regarding the school, administration, instruction, faculty, fall tutorial assistance, faculty fall review sessions, special teaching program, and summer program. There was a difference between groups on faculty-related concepts. (LBH)