The ecosystem model is a design process utilizing an ecological approach. The manual presents processes developed and used during on-site campus applications of the model. It illustrates how work on a micro-level ecosystem project can be divided into stages, with instructions for accompanying discussions and process procedures for each. The manual…

A study of education students' perceptions of actual and ideal educational environment showed similarity between student and faculty perceptions of ideal environment, dissimilarity between student actual and ideal perceptions, but little relationship between student perceptions and achievement, sex, educational background, or personality needs.…

Discusses sociological findings on the impact of college on students, the objectives of staff, and the characteristics of student culture drawing implications for teachers and learners, e.g. need for better integration of academic and non-academic college life so they are not perceived as making competing demands on students' time. (JT)

The managerial problems encountered in the merging of two schools of education are discussed. (JD)

The role of a women's college is addressed in terms of institutional environment, student motivation, career aspiration, noncurricular activities, counseling and other student services, and breaking sex stereotyping of men as well as women. (LBH)

A survey taken on 50 large public campuses confirms that today's college students are concerned about jobs, satisfied with their academic programs, interested in athletics and religion, and believe in the value of a college education. (Author/LBH)

An environmental assessment of ethnic minority students was performed using the College Student Questionnaire and the Environmental Satisfaction Questionnaire. Significant differences between ethnic groups, between sexes within ethnic groups, and differences by class, college, and sex were found. (Author)

The Medical School Learning Environment Survey was developed to measure aspects of the learning environment relevant to student stress. Results of the first administration and plans for future projects using the survey are discussed. (Author/LBH)

The State University of New York-Plattsburgh is examining the total impact of the college experience on its students with standardized tests to measure academic achievement and student surveys to measure attitudes about learning, their own experience, and the institutional environment. (MSE)

The simplest form of institutional identity program is a wordmark--a typographic treatment of the institution's name--and a set of guidelines for presenting the wordmark on all communications. A more detailed program might include a logo, standards for the placement of information on the paper, family of typefaces, etc. (MLW)

A case study of a state college illustrating a framework to diagnose culture in collegiate institutions is presented. Organizational culture as a concept for understanding management and performance in higher education is explained, previous attempts to define culture in higher education are outlined, and essential elements of academic culture are…

The University of California at Berkeley, with a tradition of supporting social change, is openly confronting serious racial issues. Black students and others support the institution's new public stand against racism. (MSE)

Learned journals are swollen with academic mediocrity. Suggestions for authors of the many second-rate manuscripts needed to pad the contents of learned journals are presented along with suggestions on marketing mediocrity. (MLW)

The concepts of institutional saga and culture were used to describe the dynamics at work when a new president was selected at three Catholic colleges sponsored by women's religious orders. Institutional data analyzed were transcripts of interviews, field notes, and documents. (Author/MLW)

Describes attempts to develop quantitative formulas for determining book fund allocations, and discusses the difficulties of this approach in a university environment characterized by scarce resources and conflicting departmental goals. A set of procedural rules intended to promote fair and equitable allocations is presented. (36 references) (CLB)