The identification of problems experienced by Nigerian students in American universities could result in improvement of programs to meet the needs of these students. Undergraduate and graduate Nigerian students (N=213) enrolled in Kansas state universities in 1979 completed a modified version of the Michigan International Student Problem…

This bibliography supplements and updates the same author's "Residence Halls in U.S. Higher Education," which was published in 1973. The introduction states that every effort has been made not to duplicate the annotations and citations included in the first edition of the bibliography; therefore persons desiring information regarding residence…

Problems facing Brazilian universities are rooted in a problem of goals, the disintegration of the community of scholars, and growth and bureaucratization. Different goals of the university that need to be conciliated are the roles of teaching and research, or helping the young become men and conducting scientific and technological investigations…

This report summarizes the finding from the evaluation of the Entering Freshmen Topology program and lays out the parameters of a new system for the collection of data at William Patterson College. The profile includes student and faculty responses concerning styles, decisions and background information. While the notion is not new that student…

Stress-arousing problems related to specific college student characteristics were investigated. Data were collected from 2,408 university undergraduate students during the 1977-1978 academic year, using a one-page instrument which, in addition to the students' responses, afforded information as to their class, major, campus, type of residence,…

In conjunction with the Educational Testing Service and the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, Greenfield Community College involved students and faculty in an institutional goals inventory designed to identify discrepancies between "what is" and "what should be." The study addressed two types of…

A theory is presented describing the structure of the conceptual patterns and demonstrating how sexism or racism (red-neck or symbolic) is developed and institutionalized in the interview process. After a review of recent research on the subject, the author explores the structural relationship of the American belief system, tracing its roots from…

Based upon the rationale that human behavior can be best understood in terms of the interaction between the individual and the environment, student dissatisfaction with college and probability of dropping out of college were measured by administering a self-scaling instrument called TAPE (Transactional Analysis of Personality and Environment) to…

College students need a learning environment that encourages them to develop their reasoning abilities, as well as to master course content. This booklet discusses an attempt to create such an environment: the ADAPT program at the University of Nebraska. ADAPT, Accent on Developing Abstract Processes of Thought, is a comprehensive,…

In order to assess the attitudes of Harcum Junior College students in regard to education in general, the school curriculum, school resources, and school counseling, a questionnaire was administered to all Harcum students in the fall of 1975, with 258 anonymous respondents. Since respondents were enrolled in all programs except the pre-pharmacy…

The 1966 Master Plan of the State University of New York decreed the establishment of the State University College of Old Westbury. This new college was to be known as the "experimental" college of S.U.N.Y. The goals expressed by this new college are exciting, inspiring, and due to the system which promulgated them, inherently…

This document polls a target group of Fredonia graduates to ascertain their perceptions of the educational experiences that led to an undergraduate degree. The objectives of the survey are: (1) find out the demographic and other characteristics of students attending the State University College, Fredonia; (2) find out the reasons why students…

This report is a followup of Wildcat Welcome Week held at Kansas State University in the Fall, 1968. The report is based on 237 questionnaires correctly completed by new students who attended and participated in Welcome Week Activities. Of the eight sessions which were attended by the largest number of students, five were recreational and three…

A survey of 13 small colleges indicated that there was limited communication between students and faculty outside class and limited thought and exchange of ideas in class despite the fact that American undergraduates today are better prepared, more complex, more sophisticated, and more autonomous than ever before. These students need frequent…

This investigation was designed to determine the frequency and extent of student unrest during the 1968-1969 academic year and to identify possible causal factors. The sample consisted of 382 colleges and universities which responded to a questionnaire concerned with the incidence of protest, their mode, the issues involved, the immediate…