An American community college instructor describes his experience teaching at Seneca College, a two-year institution in suburban Toronto, Canada. Administrative structures, teaching methods, and environments are described and compared. (NHM)

Five problematic terms (disciplinarity, epistemology, mission, orthodoxy, and inertia) speak to the future of writing across the curriculum (WAC) at the college and university level. Inertia makes all the programmatic issues of strict disciplinarity, rigidly objective epistemologies, anti-educational missions, and entrenched orthodoxies just that…

There are a variety of ways in which the two-year or community college can be distinguished from other institutions of higher education. These differences affect the ways in which evaluation is implemented at the two-year college. One difference relates to the mission of the community college. The community college's open-door policy changes the…

Theories concerning the organizational dynamics underlying the dispersion of institutional research activities within colleges are proposed. Two theoretical arguments concern whether or not a centralized, monopolistic institutional research office will be found on a given campus: the informational legitimacy argument and the limited attention…

Results of research on predictors of organizational responses to declining enrollments at 56 small to medium-sized colleges and universities are discussed. Decline was experienced from 1978-1979 to 1981-1982. Severity of decline was selected as an objective predictor of organizational response, while internal agreement on mission and attributions…

The College and University Classroom Environment Instrument (CUCEI) was adapted and validated for the educational context in Spain through use at the University of Seville. The seven scales of the CUCEI are: (1) Personalization; (2) Involvement; (3) Student Cohesiveness; (4) Satisfaction; (5) Task Orientation; (6) Innovation; and (7)…

A handbook of information for foreign students, visiting scholars, and visiting faculty members is presented by Murray State University (Kentucky). The following topics are covered: academic life, automobiles, the Center for International Programs, child care, credential (transcript) evaluation, emergencies, employment, English language, finances,…

This study investigated the accuracy with which administrators describe the college environment as it appears to students. Student personnel administrators projected students as viewing the environment significantly higher in terms of "intellectual stimulation" and significantly lower in "bureaucracy" than students actually did. (Author)

Hypotheses about person-environment congruency, consistency, and differentiation from Holland's theory of careers were tested. Subjects were students who had been given the Self-Directed Search before their freshman year followed by a questionnaire one or three years later. Results support Holland's congruency hypothesis but not the…

The connection between faculty sex composition and job satisfaction among women academics in selected institutions of higher education in Pennsylvania was examined. Responses to a mailed questionnaire were received from 1,089 respondents, including 214 women. Biographical data and demographic information were collected, and job satisfaction was…

DEVELOPED FOR USE IN 4-YEAR ACCREDITED INSTITUTIONS, COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENT SCALES (CUES) WERE CONSTRUCTED FROM THOSE ITEMS WHICH DISCRIMINATED MOST CLEARLY THE ENVIRONMENTAL DIFFERENCES AMONG 50 SUCH INSTITUTIONS. A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF THE USE OF CUES IN 32 JUNIOR COLLEGES IN CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, AND MINNESOTA SHOWED THAT (1)…

PROSPECTIVE JUNIOR COLLEGE STUDENTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF DIFFICULTIES THEY MAY ENCOUNTER IN SUCH MATTERS AS (1) INADEQUACIES OF FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT, (2) PROGRAM DEFICIENCES, (3) SHORTAGES OF ADEQUATE STAFF, (4) TRANSFER PROBLEMS, AND (5) STATUS AND PRESTIGE FACTORS. COUNSELORS SHOULD HELP STUDENTS TO APPRAISE BOTH THE POSITIVE AND THE NEGATIVE…