Strategic planning for Centre College consists of two basic analyses: assessing the environment and discovering institutional identity. A strategic planning committee's job consists of several steps: articulating the institution's identity, analyzing strengths and weaknesses, setting goals, analyzing how strategies are working, and producing a…

Surveyed 121 undergraduates on their alcohol use. Respondents indicated that if they were having an alcohol or drug problem, they would turn to a friend for help. Students who belonged to two or more college organizations were found to have light to moderate drinking patterns. Suggests strategies for deterring misuse of alcohol. (Author/NB)

Examines violence on college campuses by reviewing its types, prevalence, and underlying factors. Discusses institutional responses to prevent campus violence through tertiary, secondary, and primary prevention activites. (Author/ABB)

Examines the functions of chief information officers on college campuses, and describes three major categories that the functions fall into, depending on the nature of computing within the institution; i.e., information technology as (1) a strategic resource, (2) an aid to operations, and (3) a source of confusion. (CLB)

The impact of several environmental and institutional factors on college and university enrollments between 1975-76 and 1980-81 is examined. Separate enrollment analyses of public and private two-year and four-year institutions, and of the major doctoral, comprehensive, and baccalaureate institutions of four-year schools were made. (Author/MLW)

Fraternities are criticized for deteriorating student behavior, but college administrations are also under fire for not controlling or taking responsibility for the organizations. Conflict over the organizations' value continues. (MSE)

It is necessary to find ways to make the university a learning community, not just a place for teaching and research to coexist, accompanied by extracurricular activities. (MSE)

Colleges and universities have refuted Secretary of Education William J. Bennett's charges that they are not combatting drug abuse on campus. Another study has found that college policies concerning alcohol abuse have not been supported by adequate abuse-prevention programs. (MSE)

Examined research attitudes of graduate students in counseling psychology, the research training environments in graduate programs, and the impact of programs and environments on students' attitudes. Results indicated the role of environment on attitude change seems to depend on students' training levels, suggesting a training environment by…

A population ecology model of institutional fitness broadens the scope of perspectives on organizational success. The approach allows systematic thinking about internal and external factors identifies the critical dependency relationships between a college and other organizations that supply resources. (MLW)

It is suggested that the American liberal arts college, more than any other institution, claims to be what Alasdair MacIntyre calls a "community within which civility and the intellectual and moral life is sustained." This view is discussed within the context of MacIntyre's philosophical framework. (MSE)

Different types of donors may respond better to different types of approaches. Models built for four major donor groups (alumni, nonalumni individuals, business organizations) are described. (MLW)

Freshmen participants in a student development transcript program demonstrated significant progress on developmental tasks and had highly positive perceptions of the university environment. (Author)

To meet the growing need for immediate information to support administrative decision making, the Cooperative Computer Center, a computing consortium serving Chicago State University, Governors State University, and Northeastern Illinois University, established an Information Center. The heart of the center is its user-friendly software.…

This digest addresses two aspects of managing bereavement on campus: 1) the need for effective counseling practices to help students manage grief, whether due to a death on campus or due to the death of a loved one, and 2) the need for institutional procedures to respond to the death of a campus community member. Administrators and faculty in…