College Horizons, a month-long summer program offered by Atlantic Community College in May's Landing, New Jersey, gives high school students a chance to become familiar with the college campus. College students act as junior counselors. (JW)

Study results reinforce need to recognize differences among environments and to avoid generalized findings without replication. The study groups tended to agree on perceptions of the environment but there is no evidence to suggest they agree on definition of what environment should be like. (Author)

An experimental curricular track (Primary Care Curriculum) was instituted at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine to educate more students to enter rural primary care and to better develop skills in life-long, self-motivated learning. A study comparing characteristics and results of the Primary Care Curriculum and of a conventional…

Four propositions which are consistent with the role and mission of teacher education foundations of education, dealing with the quality of education, support for faculty members, skills in development and articulation, and independent thought, form a collective plea for professional organization, unity, and involvement. (CJ)

This study focuses on the relative importance attached to selected undergraduate teaching goals. Results support the merits of Holland's Theory as a conceptual framework guiding formulation of academic policies and investigations of discipline-based differences in attitudes and activities of academic professionals. (Author/GK)

Contrary to legend and past experiences of older generations, respondents reported no major barriers to the purchase of contraceptives. Convenience was the major factor determining the place of purchase. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Human Sexuality Section, San Francisco, September 1978. (Author)

Problems confronted by the professoriate in higher education are discussed including: (1) the nature of higher education as a field of study, (2) the nature of the professoriate in higher education, and (3) the campus environment of higher education as a field of study. (Author/MLW)

Delineates those aspects of campus politics common across institutions. First proposes a working definition of campus politics and a rationale for student affairs professionals' involvement in political arenas. Then, outlines some specific "how to's" and "how not to's" of political approaches to establishing programs. (Author)

Examines program development: diagnosis, design, and delivery of a program idea and refers to "level two" programs in sections on diagnosis and design and to "level one" programs in sections on delivery. It is meant to stimulate some ideas for new approaches to establishing successful student services programs. (Author)

Descriptions of Juilliard's reputation, student selection process, staff, and study program illustrate the pressures experienced by the student. The school emphasizes the traditional, nineteenth century role of the musician, which is thought to promote an aloof and remote sensibility of people to art. (LBH)

Colleges' and universities' commitment to community service is largely lip service. Conditions that would encourage more than just the very committed do not exist on most campuses. Communities are not voids to be organized and filled by the more knowledgeable; they are well-developed, complex, and sophisticated organisms that demand to be…

Examines a radical change in policy enforcement and sanctions regarding alcohol use on the campus of the University of Rhode Island; describes the implementation of that policy over an eight-semester period. Evaluation of the policy revealed an increase in violations addressed and a decrease both in more serious violations and in repeat offenders.…

A study investigated college and university compliance with the Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act of 1990, measured by provision of a summary security report with admissions information. Of 149 institutions contacted, the percentage providing any information about the law was low. Only 4 of the 16 institutions providing any information…