The final report represented a culmination of a 2 year assessment of the operation and impact of the first institution of higher learning under Indian control, Navajo Community College (CC) at Many Farms, Arizona. The major portion of the data were collected from July, 1970 - May, 1971, although conclusions can be based on evaluation which began…

An assessment of the effects on Indian higher education of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's declaration of internal emergency concludes that dissent, unrest, and laxness have been banished from campuses, the curriculum and structure of higher education are not affected, but teachers in some fields are constrained for fear of political repression.…

Applies the Organizational Climate Index methodology in analyzing the work environments of professors in graduate departments of educational administration affiliated with the University Council for Educational Administration. (Author/IRT)

In response to evidence of concern for student academic learning activities outside the classroom, the author discusses the implications for learning in four general settings in which faculty and students interact: gathering and evaluation of information, dissemination of information, faculty-student committee work, and personal relationships. (JT)

Humanities majors at one of two institutions studied rated the institutional climate significantly higher on an Aestheticism/Idealism factor than their peers in the social sciences. Social science majors at both universities rated the climate of their institution significantly higher on a Bureaucracy factor than either humanities or natural…

The major factors affecting the academic performance of Black students in predominantly White colleges center upon a lack of confidence in their abilities, a shortage of advocates, particularly personal advocates, and the continuing denial of educational opportunities for Blacks. (Author/EB)

A study to determine the reason(s) for the change to the left of political attitudes of students between their freshman and senior years found that the role of the professor and other factors cannot be totally discounted, but that fellow students probably played the greatest role. (Author/EB)

Eugene D. Genovese, the new president of the Organization of American Historians, and the first Marxist to hold that post, is interviewed. Among the topics discussed are the Bertell Ollman incident at the University of Maryland, academic freedom and political discrimination on campus, campus activism, and Genovese's academic career. (JMD)

The development of a women's studies program at conservative Utah State University is described. The anticipated controversy over this curricular innovation has not materialized because the developers followed a careful strategy for designing and implementating the program. (JMD)

An analysis of the interaction between social competence and type of environment showed that residents of low-rise dormitories were significantly more satisfied and established more dormitory-based friendships than residents of a high-rise mega-dorm setting. A number of interactions were found between social competence, type of environment, and…

Experiences within Edinburgh's Centre for Research in the Education Sciences are cited in this discussion of the "external" determinants of success in postgraduate work (the kind of information helpful to a recruiter) and "internal" determinants (information about the intellectual life of an institution that is of potential…

The authors discuss coping behaviors for nursing school teachers new to university faculties, stating that success is an unintended result of role socialization. Organizational constraints, goal conflicts, dealing with reality, the overload discovery syndrome, and improvement suggestions are included. (MF)

College student change on values, intellectual orientation, and personal development was analyzed in the context of a causal model. Research was based on logitudinal study of students in a large liberal arts college and a small, innovative, living-learning environment. College impact on students was mediated through human interaction with…

Possibly the major conclusion which could be drawn from this study is that for black college students attendance at a predominantly white university and political and racial alienation are directly related. (Author)

In group work little attention is paid to the environmental influences upon members. The EAI-G provides a tool for gauging the campus impact upon group participants. (Author)