This document lists learning-centered principles, and discusses their application to student affairs practices in general and to student services programs at Paradise Valley Community College (PVCC) in Arizona in particular. Learning-centered practices in student service programs identify, measure and evaluate learning objectives; encourage…

The document contains South Texas Community College (STCC) facts and data. It provides a college profile and information on access, completion, transfer rate and success, graduate employment, student development, TASP Test passage rate, academic progress of all students, stakeholder satisfaction, finance, facilities, and an appendix listing…

Examines student and student personnel workers' perceptions of a university environment in order to ascertain areas of perceptual agreement and disparity so that the student personnel worker can help create an environment geared toward total human development. (Author)

A discussion of changes which will take place as institutions of higher learning evolve under the influence of the new concept of the university community and the future of the role of Dean of Students in that community. (JC)

Subjective and objective environments of 13 small colleges were assessed using the College and University Environment Scales and the Experience of College Questionnaire. Results are presented with implications for further study, and for educational planning. (Author/AG)

Universities are poorly equipped to educate growing numbers of Blacks, and counselors try to fit them into existing molds rather than attempt to change institutions to accommodate student needs. Personnel have not adapted to change, and cannot deal with culturally different students. Speech presented at American Psychological Association (Division…

Two research strategies for studying the effects of college environments on student development are compared, using Astin's data on academic achievement and institutional excellence." (Author)

This paper examines, within colleges of varying institutional quality, a core of characteristics that previous studies have identified as strongly associated with students' political activism." (Author)

While any method of data collection is subject to certain unique types of systematic errors, the investigator has available several techniques for detecting such errors or for minimizing their effects on his conclusions. (Author/JB)

Paper was presented at the American Personnel and Guidance Association Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 30--April 3, 1969.

Proposes a decision-making model for organizing and structuring academic and occupational programs and choosing the most efficient management style. Recommends a comprehensive community needs assessment, completion of the Environmental Assessment Scale (EAS), determination of educational philosophy, and selection of appropriate college structure.…

Developed and distributed a survey to students (N=298) in each of four residence halls to assess opinions about the most important factors affecting students' quality of life. Results are presented in a list of 44 variables followed by an importance scale mean for each variable. (RC)