This report describes the results of a series of studies examining changing beliefs concerning civil liberties among students attending several small colleges which differed dramatically in student characteristics, institutional goals, climate, teaching practices, and student-faculty relationships. The findings indicated that: (1) there was a net…

That the impact of the college experience is a product of more than just the classroom and library has become a recognized fact. Many variables determine the content of what a student learns and also the degree and direction of his personal growth and development. This study sought to examine one facet of the learning environment--the house within…

This study sought to: (1) determine the opinions, attitudes, and group opinions of different curricular groups; (2) determine the student's reaction to college policies and practices in an effort to determine whether or not the student's perceived needs were being met and/or whether they perceived changes which they felt needed to be made; and (3)…

The equivalency of item sampling and student sampling of attitudes of college students was investigated. A factor analysis of student-sampled data collected during Spring 1968, was compared with a factor analysis of item-sampled data collected each quarter from Fall 1968, through Winter 1970, at Mankato State College, using the Campus Environment…

Several arguments are made for changing the present system of grading in college. The arguments deal with: (1) the negative effect of grading on the teaching situation--the system is capricious and variable and encourages "grade grubbing"; (2) the lack of accuracy and uniformity of grades; (3) the effect of grading, as an enforcer of the…

The paper offers this basic proposition: The higher the social insulation of professional organizations, the higher the professional autonomy within them--and vice versa. Essentially the paper offers an interconnected set of propositions dealing with environmental pressures on the autonomy of college/university faculties coupled with a discussion…

Expressed satisfaction of students with their environment was measured before and after three conditions: (1) discussion to develop recommendations for administrative change; (2) opportunity to express feelings to each others; (3) no treatment. Findings show students would benefit from opportunity to express ideas concerning environmental change.…

The author writes briefly of his experience as president of The Defiance College, a small college in danger of closing. He makes a plea for humane teaching and proposes that colleges losing students seek to enroll those past the age of 55 in residence courses designed to prepare them for their new stage in life. (JMD)

Suggested are three ways that values education, judging, moral discernment, and value-guided action can be developed within higher education: organization of the curriculum to heighten sensitivity to values and enhance dexterity in using them; field study to foster ideas in action; and the environment and example of the college itself. (JMD)

Calls attention to a process of social negotiation in specific contexts between the distressed person and those with whom he/she is involved that shapes the way troublesome events are progressively understood. (Author/AM)

Examines the process by which the college experience contributes to the adolescent's work on identity. Analyzes specific variables which determine the college environment's influence upon students, namely: 1) the amount of student-teacher interaction; 2) the identity status of the students; and 3) the degree of fit between student values and the…

This replication of a 1971 study compared students' and parents' attitudes toward 32 issues of university life. The results indicate that there was little change in the attitudes of students and parents over the four-year period since the first study. Basic areas of agreement and disagreement between students and parents remained. (Author)

Social and experiential needs of commuting students are discussed along with the role to be played by institutions in meeting these needs as the institutions attract more and more nontraditional students. (LBH)

Chicano and Anglo perceptions of the university environment were compared on the seven scales of CUES II. Of the seven scales, only one, the practicallity scale, reached the level of significance, with the Chicano group scoring significantly higher. None of the other F statistics approached the level of significance. (Author)

Differences in the CUES II dimensions of psychological climate found between two campuses of a multicampus community college suggest that, environmentally, multicampus colleges are as diverse from one campus to another as one institution is from another institution. (Author)