Descriptions of 2,863 colleges make up the College Handbook. These are all the undergraduate institutions listed in the 1973-74 edition of Education Directory - Higher Education, published by the United States Office of Education, as well as some colleges that qualified early in the year for listing in the 1974-75 edition of that directory. Most…

Student involvement in educational planning is of importance in ensuring that programs remain responsive to student needs. Such a fundamental shift in perspective in the role of the student requires significant changes, both in attitudes and practices within higher education. To aid in the development of this new role this document draws together…

Ten colleges participated in a project to: (1) help organize and strengthen administrative teams in developing two-year and four-year colleges throughout the Southeast; (2) to assist administrative teams in identifying specific roles for each team member and in developing an understanding of team responsibilities; and (3) to assist administrative…

The thesis of this document is that arbitrary social rules must be eliminated. Chapters cover: (1) what it is like to be a student whose personal activities are controlled; (2) the necessity of environmental freedom as a prerequisite to successful educational reform; (3) the question of environmental control; (4) the legal history of environmental…

Policies and procedures of West Virginia University are presented in the 1976 edition of the faculty handbook. Major sections deal with: university organization; conditions of employment; payment and benefits; graduate school; off-campus education; research; student relations; support services; and other university policies. Appendices consider…

The responsibilities and privileges of the University of Georgia faculty are explained in the 1976-77 handbook. It was prepared for use as a first source and reference for faculty members, and was not intended to be definitive on policy matters. Major sections of the guide deal with: history and purpose of the university; organization; faculty…

Various faculty services and policies are described in the Spring 1975 edition of the Portland handbook. Specific areas covered include: faculty fringe benefits, credit union, Academic Senate, library services, public relations and information, Instructional Media Center, Continuing Education Center, Computer Center, administrative services,…

Oakton Community College is organized into four learning clusters, each comprising a group small enough to maintain "recognizability" and a sense of belonging. Each cluster has approximately 600 FTE students, 30 full-time faculty members, one learning resource faculty member, three counselors, and its own dean. The first of these…

A sample group of 40 financial aid applicants, equally divided between students of high socioeconomic background and low socioeconomic background, were surveyed to determine whether there was a significant difference between groups with respect to their perception of the college environment. High socioeconomic status students were defined as those…

The "Questionnaire on Student and College Characteristics" (QSCC), designed to provide information about colleges that would be of interest to prospective students, was administered to upperclass students at over 200 institutions. This study provides a better understanding of relationships among the 135 items, identifies dimensions that…

Methods of communication on the college campus are receiving more attention only to the extent that the college anxieties and problems are attributed to the lack of proper communication. Because colleges are expected to promote the free interchange of ideas, opinions, and information, more effective communication on the campuses can be expected.…

This study looks at the relationships between a number of personal and social characteristics of a random sample of 254 citizens from the Twin Cities and their satisfaction with a university. Participants were administered a questionnaire, the survey instrument. Results indicated most of the urban citizens had considerable University-related…

This document contains 183 annotated bibliographic citations. The entries are divided into goals and longrange planning, administration and faculty, curriculum and instruction, space utilization and scheduling, student characteristics, recruitment and admissions, prediction and academic performance, perception of the college environment,…

Seven sets of fifteen bi-polar adjectives corresponding to seven elements of organizational climate were compiled as a testing instrument which was administered to 124 working personnel at Platte Technical Community College in the fall of 1975. Respondents included faculty, students, support staff, and administrative personnel. Analysis of the…

This speech is an attempt to analyze and understand the generation of radical students. Though the author feels that all young people rebel, in all generations, he nonetheless contends that the discontent of the 60's was qualitatively different. He traces its historical sources through the increasing number of graduate students and their…