Examines the design, programming, the audiovisual, physical plant and food service operations of Mount Royal College in Calgary, Canada, that attempts to reduce the distance between living and learning. (Author/PG)

Outlines staff reorganization carried out at Olivet College-- a system well adapted to the small non-public college that is faced with rapid growth. (AD)

The most highly dissatisfied roommate pairs and the least dissatisfied roommate pairs were compared on academic grade achievement and the College and University Environment Scales. Three statistically significant results occurred, indicating roommate relationship might have possible effects on scholastic achievement and perception of the campus…

Today's need is for self-renewing institutions that are constantly experimenting and changing in an effort to meet the need of learners. (Author)

This paper reports preliminary findings on patterns of primary relationships observed in a longitudinal study of student development at Kansas State University. It offers a definition of friendship, reviews some of the research bearing on that definition, and discusses implications for student development in data obtained in a related study at the…

CUES scores for 75 colleges were related to college mean scores of 1964 entering freshmen on SAT(V) and SAT(M), sex composition of students, religion, and size of entering class. There remained substantial variance on the five CUES scales not predictable from the set of five institutional characteristics. (Author)

The purpose of this paper is to develop a model of environmental change and institutional response that shows why a variety of strategies are required by colleges and universities in dealing with declining enrollments. Various forms of environmental conditions that can lead to four different types of declining enrollments--erosion, contraction,…

Provides a brief history of transgenderism before discussing the handful of published narratives by transgender youth. Concludes with recommendations to improve the campus climate for people of all genders. (EV)

Vulnerable people may become susceptible to the effects of shared life stress. To test this possibility, undergraduates and their roommates completed questionnaires on suicidality and stress. Consistent with an assortative relating process, roommates who chose to room together were more similar on a suicide index than were roommates who were…

Two perspectives on higher education's stakeholders and their involvement in the development of knowledge in universities are examined and contrasted: (1) that the "stakeholder" notion of knowledge doesn't allow for critical engagement with knowledge, and (2) that the "stakeholder" view of knowledge acknowledges clear links between knowledge and…