This is the first in a series of reports, based exclusively on interview data, which concerns the initial reactions to the university experience of a random sample of 100, class of 1966 freshmen. Information is presented on the students' decision to attend college, their reactions to the first few weeks of university experience, their attitudes…

Researchers have been interested in environmental effect on human behavior since the 1930s and have lately developed complex testing instruments and techniques for its study. In this paper, campus characteristics are synonymous with campus environment. Concern is with environmental effects on human behavior, and not the environmental components…

Colleges, vocational colleges, and universities offering programs to facilitate the education of American Indian students are listed in this catalog. The list is designed to aid Indian students of high school age who may be planning to obtain a higher education and also to aid high school counselors and others who are attempting to guide Indian…

The basic purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of using trained peers to lead small process groups in freshman orientation. The College and University Environment Scale (CUES) was the basic instrument used to determine whether perceptions of the college campus climate differed after an alternate freshman orientation program.…

College Activities of the 70's deals with the role of the Activities Director as educator, using the campus as his classroom. This individual is involved in the education of students by assisting them with their socialization and maturation process, through student involvement in presenting programs for and with the entire college community. The…

Freshmen at two institutions sampled had significantly higher ratings of the climate on an intellectualism/scholarship factor than seniors. As length of exposure to the institution increased (comparing freshmen with seniors) assessments of the environmental press by male and female students tended to diverge. (Editor/JT)

Corporate self-interest should guide corporate giving. Managers of publicly held corporations have the right, the capability, and the obligation to establish a philosophical screen to use in determining how shareholders' money is to be donated. (Author/MLF)

Nothing is better calculated to drive a wedge between the corporate community and our universities than efforts on the part of business to dictate to a community of scholars how it shall fulfill its mission. (Author)

This article reviews the extent of white enrollment at black colleges, the characteristics of white minority students, the motivation of whites in attending black colleges, white and black reactions on campus, the impact of white students on black campuses, and resulting attitudinal changes of blacks and whites. (Author)

Responses of 40 minority and 62 nonminority medical students at the Rutgers Medical School were analyzed regarding the school, administration, instruction, faculty, fall tutorial assistance, faculty fall review sessions, special teaching program, and summer program. There was a difference between groups on faculty-related concepts. (LBH)

Reform proposals for Japan's large higher education system include diminishing the trauma of university entrance examinations, strengthening the quality and diversity of undergraduate education, improving graduate school offerings, establishing a lifelong education system, and expanding the scope of international exchange programs. Politics are…

Declining revenues and enrollments in many states, combined with concerns over industrial competitiveness, are bringing changes to community colleges. (MLW)

Discusses the effects of information technology on the environment within which the typical academic library must operate and the effects of the resulting environmental turbulence on the general social context of the university and on the relationship between the university and its libraries. (Author/CLB)

In today's climate of competitiveness and cynicism, colleges and universities should aggressively review and enforce their policies on academic dishonesty. Education about the importance of ethical academic behavior must be part of the institutional agenda from the moment students are accepted. (MSE)

A nine-year longitudinal study of the relationships of degree attainment, social and academic integration during college years, institutional characteristics, sex, and changes in student self-concept is reported. Implications for enhancing student self-concept are discussed. (MSE)