Offers some penetrating insights into the reasons for the failure of Fordham's experimental college, Bensalem. (PW)

The study was designed to identify and compare campus environmental perceptions of currently enrolled seniors who transferred from junior and four-year colleges. Emphasis is placed on how the results of this study were utilized in terms of developing a specially designed transfer student orientation program. (Author)

The study concludes that faculty and curriculum profiles are moderately consistent, are closely tied to psychological theory, are measured independently of student characteristics, are related in meaningful ways to other measures of the college environment, and appear to reveal differences in relative emphasis on various subject matter areas.…

On the faculty side increased mobility plus heavy emphasis upon professionalization while for the students increased mobility coupled with nominal residence, leads to a breakdown in university structure. (Author/KH)

College girl describes the change of her attitudes to those of not wanting to force the turn of events and of trying to relate to the people she is with. (RJ)

Students were compared on alienation and three of its components: powerlessness, normlessness and social isolation. Among the findings were that the Puerto Ricans were less socially isolated than the white and black groups and that blacks showed more powerlessness and normlessness than whites. Implications for the university were discussed.…

Surveys literature to report on studies which shed light on the campus subculture with which the freshman must contend, and how the anxieties this subculutre produces manifest themselves. (CJ)

Alternative scoring methods yield essentially the same information, including scale intercorrelations and validity. Reasons for preferring the traditional psychometric scoring technique are offered. (Author/AG)

By integrating the interests of students with unusual approaches to subject matter mastery, education should see a new kind of co-learning take place between the student and the faculty. (Author)

An alternative to the traditional orientation program was developed that forced students to consider their physical and psychological outer limits. Students were confronted in a new and unique way that contributed to the self actualization process of the female portion of the group. (Author/BY)

Overall, the results of the study suggest that older students may be generally more satisfied with college than are younger students. (Author)

The data contained evidence of unqualified use of amphetamines; however, differences observed among the stratified random sample were believed to be attributable to chance alone. Indication of trends was not advised. (Author/BY)

The Medical School Learning Environment Questionnaire (LEQ) was developed to detect changes within the environment of an institution. (Editor)

This study sought to investigate the orientation of student based upon the Clark Trow classification toward their personal future utilizing mock autobiographies. Given this knowledge the multiversity will hopefully provide experiences which will allow the individual student to gain a better understanding of self and the society in which he lives.…

Describes the Rochdale Co-op College, Inc., a student development corporation. Financial and administrative problems were encountered as the students attempted to arrange classes and seminars, and to live together. (DM)