A survey of college student leaders (n=236) participating in 3 workshops identified and ranked 49 salient issues in student government in 6 categories: finance, quality of student life, structure, relationships, representation, and social issues. Results are discussed and detailed in tables for institution type, enrollment, and ranking of issues.…

Issues in sexual harassment for minority women, especially in the context of higher education, are examined; and the efforts of Hunter College (New York) to address harassment on campus are described. They include a sexual harassment panel, workshops, and a publication for faculty. Guidelines for similar programs are offered. (MSE)

A national study of 82 college outcome measures on 25,000 students from 1985-89 looked at the relationship of outcomes, institutional environment (emphasis on institutional, student, or faculty diversity), and campus activism. Results suggest emphasis on diversity in all forms is beneficial to student development and also promotes student…

Service learning programs, which combine practical volunteer community service experience with traditional academic study, are cost effective and meaningful alternatives to college activities programing. Such programs increase learning options, are good public relations, can involve faculty and departments, and attract a wider variety of students…

To increase diversity among college faculty, colleges and universities must go beyond simply recruiting a culturally diverse population. They must recruit faculty with a wide range of experience and perspective to reflect the student population, use diversity to enhance quality, promote tolerance, and create a welcoming campus climate. (Author/MSE)

Part-time graduate students, particularly from minority groups, find that time management and sacrifice are necessary for success. Problems encountered include balancing jobs and academic work, difficulties integrating into the institution's graduate culture, and the need to cut back on some personal activities. However, part-time study…

Heterosexism and homophobia, revealed by surveys to be common on university campuses, must be countered by positive, proactive administrative and faculty action, including statements of nondiscrimination, equal treatment, unequivocal response to acts and words of intolerance, and encouragement of research and curriculum on this and related issues.…

Discussion of the use of part-time faculty looks at college policies and practices influencing hiring of part-timers, problems emerging from part-time appointments, and policy and structural changes needed to increase the effectiveness of part-time faculty. It is concluded that while the problems cannot be resolved to everyone's satisfaction,…

A former professor, current professional organization administrator, and scholar discusses the nature of changes occurring today in higher education, focusing on the contemporary academic climate, politicization of academic life, and what is happening to general education and the liberal arts. Topics discussed include cultural and ethnic diversity…

To investigate how nonnative-English-speaking students at a U.S. college respond to institutional and professorial control, this article examined the power relations in a paired English-for-academic-purposes/psychology course. The study included rights analysis of the data. Rights analysis examines how power is exercised and resisted in various…

Pressure is mounting on college faculty to embrace computer-mediated instructional technologies, and some have become enthusiastic promoters. However, knowledgeable educators understand that technology both liberates and limits teaching and learning. Technology is only one of many tools available for shaping education. (Author/MSE)

Includes two responses to Charles Martell's article on discontinuities and the future of libraries. Highlights include the changing role of librarians when the library as a place will be less important; political and economic influences; institutional changes that will affect academic libraries; and changing student learning styles. (LRW)

A study used theory elaboration to help revise Tinto's interactionalist theory of individual student departure from college to include the effects of organizational attributes on student withdrawal. Results provide strong support for including concepts from organizational theory and suggest future research should use theory elaboration to look for…

Data on reported incidents of murder, forcible and nonforcible sexual offenses, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, and motor-vehicle theft and on arrests for liquor-law violations, drug use, and weapons possession are presented for 487 colleges and universities with populations of over 5,000 for both 1995 and 1996. For each institution…

Analysis of federal crime statistics, community demographic data, and college characteristics found falling rates of violent and property crime on campus, and greater student safety on campus than in surrounding communities. Lowest crime rates were at two-year colleges, highest at medical schools and health science centers. Campus and student…