Reviewing environmental measures of college environments and making environmental measures more useful are purposes carried out within a framework of four decision-making categories requiring environmental information, considered from input, contextual, and output perspectives. (JH)

THE OBJECT OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DISCOVER WHAT CHANGES, IF ANY, OCCUR IN THE ATTITUDES, VALUES, AND ORIENTATIONS TO LIFE OF AMERICAN YOUTH AS THEY PROCEED THROUGH THE FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE EXPERIENCE. THE TARGET POPULATION WAS 183 MEMBERS OF THE 1960-61 FRESHMEN CLASS OF A SMALL MENNONITE LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE IN A MIDWESTERN STATE. THE CONCEPTUAL AND…

Pace's College and University Environment Scales (CUES) fails to consider the interdependency of the individual and his environment. A random sample of students (A) and two samples of general psychology students (B) and (C) were used to determine the legitimacy of CUES claims of freedom from: (1) sampling bias, and (2) correlation with individual…

The College and Environment Scales Survey (CUES) was administered during the winter of 1973 to students who had completed at least four quarters at the University of California (UC) Irvine campus. The survey, designed to investigate the students' perception of the atmosphere of the campus, dealt with such campus conditions as the levels of…

American higher education today includes between 450 and 600 colleges and universities with roots in Protestant Christianity. The subject of this profile is what that orientation means for their character and environment, and how it influences their student and alumni. (MJM)

This document presents an inquiry into university provision for campus religious life. Emphasis is placed on the question of custody; the basis litigation; support given; precedents for adjudication: what models of religious coordination are available; and who is responsible. Appendices include a statement regarding the relationships between the…

The purpose of this study was to examine the conceptualization and function of college images as a factor in college choice. Specifically, the study focused on the images held of three University of California campuses by entering freshmen and examined: (1) the accuracy of the images held by freshmen prior to their actual enrollment at their…

A description of several different approaches used to obtain information about college environments is given. Those seeking such information include high school seniors, college administrators, student personnel workers, counselors, and college presidents. Guides published detailing this information include the "American Universities and…

A trend has been developing in college and university health programs for closer and more continuing interaction with the administrative and academic sectors of the institutional community. (MM)

White students have attended predominantly black institutions because of geographical location, low tuition, and the availability of relevant curricula. Now, many black institutions are resisting the influx of white students. (Author/JP)

Combining a phyletic approach based on history and current organizational theory and a phenetic approach through a national sample of institutions and multivariate analysis, a structural taxonomy was developed. Autonomy and centralization of decision making and participation and formalization of procedures were common to both approaches.…

The Institutional Functioning Inventory was administered at six small, Christian, liberal arts colleges. Significant differences were found among institutions, but these colleges shared many environmental characteristics. (Author)

The report of an intensive tour of 11 special summer programs for gifted and talented students includes descriptions of the National Music Camp, Interlochen, Michigan; National High School Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois; Governors programs (with a table giving information in 10 categories); and talent searches. (MC)

This article presents a rationale for centering formal academic training in the affective domain. (Editors)