A survey conducted at the University of Zambia in order to see whether adjustment problems existed and to give some insight into the type of problem experienced is discussed. A large number and wide variety of problems were identified. (Author/MLW)

Suggests that the disparity between staff expectations and actual reality is related to misunderstandings about how student affairs units are supposed to function. Presents seven stress management measures to help staff members cope with and take advantage of seemingly inexplicable situations. (JAC)

Educators need to do more thinking about the environment they create for students, and for women students in particular. The author intends to encourage thinking and discussion on how best to promote deliberately and positively the maximum unhomogenized development of both young women and young men. (Editor/LBH)

This paper intends to begin a conversation about and suggest some principles for building more inclusive campus communities. The author explains what class culture is, how classism is embedded in everyday practices and why it is important to consider the way class shapes students, faculty, and staff, and in particular the working class. The paper…

This collection serves as an interpretation of traditions, rituals, legacies, and the historical challenges associated with the University of Alabama. As such, it is a consolidated historical record of the cultural history of the university. The chapters are: (1) "Introduction" (Chad Caples, Lillie Hagood, Kurt Johnson, Anne Kanga, Julie…

This paper explores the relationship between different types of college orientation programs and the students' subsequent integration into the school's academic and non-academic environments. (RWP)

This paper concerns the role of student personnel workers as models for the rest of the university community in experimentation for the positive renovation of higher education. (JC)

The author presents evidence that indicates that what is perceived as an erosion of academic freedom is not imagined, but that this threat comes from within the university rather than from without. (Author/PG)

This study is organized as follows: first, students' attitudes to their college environment are measured; second, objective indices are calculated using factual information; third, the measured changes in students in variables such as achievement, attitudes and values, are related to the environments in terms of the previous two scales (subjective…

This study explores the effects of residential mobility on the adaptation of college students. (Author)

Projecting present trends, the author envisions the possibility of business-run institutes replacing universities as training centers, and the eventual separation of professional schools from liberal arts education, the latter focusing on educating a leisure class for self-motivated and self-centered, inherently and personally satisfying" work.…

Three methods of assessing college environment (student perceptions, student self-reports, and objective institutional data) were compared by use of multimethod factor analysis, a new technique which removes method variance by focusing on correlations between rather than within methods of measurement. (CK)

Discusses problems of professional identity, Competence, and involvement in campus activities, all with view toward effecting changes necessary to move ahead with the times. (CJ)

Youth is changing, especially in social outlook and attitudes and interpersonal style. (Editor)