Describes the shift at King's College (Pennsylvania) from a teaching-centered to a learning-centered campus culture. Issues discussed include the curriculum redesign process, strategies used for developing trust and sustaining change, creating leadership for change, and strategies for motivating faculty. A survey of faculty concerning motivation…

The college campus should be a vital, coherent, humanly scaled environment that engages its inhabitants in the experience of place and can serve as a life model of a rich and satisfying community. The new millennium will bring influences that heighten the need for campuses to expand the sense of community and renew awareness of human unity. (MSE)

Extends previous research, which investigated relationships between female students' perceptions of a "chilly campus climate" and cognitive outcomes in the first year of college, by examining those relationships through the junior year. Results, implications, and limitations of the study are discussed. (Author/GCP)

"Ex Corde Ecclesiae," the Pope's document intended to define the relationship between the Catholic church and Catholic higher education institutions, has renewed debate on what makes a Catholic college Catholic. Over 200 colleges and universities in the United States are examining revised norms to be incorporated into the governance…

The life and works of poet Robert Frost are examined for insights into his philosophy concerning higher education, particularly formal education, his own style of teaching, perceptions of the teacher's role within and outside the classroom, and the relationship between student and teacher. (Originally published in 1936) (MSE)

A study used the College Student Experiences Questionnaire database to examine whether a "chilly classroom climate" exists for women students in higher education, and if so, whether faculty behavior contributes to this environment. Results show female students were not experiencing this climate, and reported college experiences and gains…

Attempts to generalize about sexual harassment on campus by examining narrative examples of selected cases through media coverage, interviews, or official documents, only to learn that those whose jobs it is to work with sexual harassment cases find there are no fixed rules. Sees need for due process, clearer institutional policies, better…

Examines the impact of inner-city values on the social adjustment of inner-city commuter students. Notes that inner-city commuter students can be affected by the social climate of a college by becoming part of mainstream or marginal groups or failing to develop social connections within the college. Describes methods for helping this population…

Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Campus Resource Centers (LGBT CRCs) are new service units in the field of student affairs. Study surveys LGBT CRC directors to learn about their education, salary, operating budgets, and other pertinent issues with which to identify and document a growing new profession. (Contains 14 references and two tables.)…

Despite campus tensions and varying student attitudes, gay students are coming out increasingly within the fraternity system. An anthology of personal accounts of gay students in fraternities around the country indicates the diversity of experiences and reasons for joining fraternities. (MSE)

Ideas gleaned from the journal of a president of Moravian College (Pennsylvania) immediately after beginning the job identifies many of the tasks and challenges greeting new presidents in the early days of their tenure, focusing on establishment of productive relationships with community leaders, faculty, board members, and staff and learning…

The "Quality of Student Life" approach to studies of student satisfaction moves toward a coherent theory of satisfaction, based on an ecological perspective. Exploratory study (n=266) of senior undergraduate students demonstrated viability of this approach and the utility of the instrument developed to measure its dependent outcomes.…

The degree to which administrative approaches and techniques used in business have been adopted in Australian higher education, and in public agencies governing higher education, is examined. It is concluded that the assumption that corporate management techniques are the only form of efficient management is both erroneous and incompatible with…

A review of the physical development of college and university campuses over 40 years looks at themes evident in each decade and identifies some constant underlying principles: the timelessness of a well-ordered campus; characteristics fostering collegiality, communication, and interaction; and qualities that give each campus a unique sense of…

Examines the relative impact of sociologists from historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) on U.S. sociology, particularly in the South. Explores measures of HBCU sociologists' participation in professional conferences and scholarly journals. Suggests that American sociology may be better understood as racially segmented into a primary…