Many aspects of the liberal arts college's institutional culture combine to work against effective classroom teaching, including student demands for educational relevance and concrete answers, faculty ambition, the desire for institutional prestige, and the need for enrollments. (MSE)

Describes how quality circles were implemented at Des Moines Area Community College, following the administration of a quality of work life survey of college employees. Reveals benefits in terms of improved quality and satisfaction; provides information on the quality circle process. (DMM)

Ways that educators can improve the campus environment to promote student learning are examined, with special attention on collecting the correct facts before trying possible remedies. (Editor/LBH)

Malcolm Knowles, in his theory of adult learning (1972, revised 1980), presents adults as motivated, self-directed learners. Basically, once a person starts seeing himself or herself as an adult, he or she has an expectation of being independent in decision-making, valuing personal experience, and desiring respect. Courses, curriculum, and…

This digest compares long range planning with strategic planning in the community college, focusing on examples of colleges' strategic planning processes and on the future of strategic planning. Long range planning tends to be static, focusing on developing a plan based on what has already happened, while strategic planning emphasizes process over…

This collection contains Regent policy documents from the University of Wisconsin system. The policies represent significant policies approved by the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents. The document, which is intended to serve as a ready reference for those charged with carrying out Board policy, groups the policies into 85…

This publication is designed to guide presidents of community colleges and their administrative staff as they focus on alcohol and other drug (AOD) abuse prevention. The first section reviews the challenges facing community colleges in reducing student substance use and the strengths the colleges draw on in addressing it. The second section…

Tremendous discrepancies between student and parent perceptions of the environment suggest that even though parents may have a reporter on the scene," their perceptions are still not congruent with those of students. (Author)

The article describes a living learning arrangement that tries to create a living learning environment. (BY)

Pilot study compares characteristics of forty students who committed misdemeanors with a control group, in hopes that understanding them better will lead to more effective counseling practices. Chi-square analysis tables included. Study basis of paper presented at APGA, Detroit, 1968. (CJ)

Within some students, creativity lies like a seed seeking nurture and friendly environment. As an organizing, directing, confining presence, the college can stifle creative impulse and destroy its energy. Teachers should be sensitive enough to recognize creative spirit, and tactful enough to keep it alive. (AD)

Several methods of measuring the impact of college attendance on students are compared. Such methods as two-stage input-output, path analysis, partitioning variance, and stochastic models are discussed. Some discussion is also devoted to the conditions under which one method might be used in preference to another. (CWB)