For a study of students' reaction to the New College program, questionnaires were sent to 504 students who made up the New College entering classes of 1960-1964. There were 203 respondents to the questionnaire which consisted of: 1) a face sheet designed to obtain information regarding educational experience after New College; 2) a rating scale…

This report is concerned with the relationship of professors and undergraduates at Stanford University. Its purpose is to create the substance for a debate about the quality of teaching and learning at the undergraduate level. The major themes of the report are: (1) Stanford's rise to national excellence as a major research university over the…

This report presents the thesis that most college health services will have to undergo critical reexamination and drastic changes before students can rightfully participate as consumers and before effective planning becomes standard operating procedure. The two basic areas where these changes will have to occur are: (1) in consideration and…

This volume includes articles on the subjects of student participation in decisionmaking in social work schools and in higher education. Also included is a selected annotated bibliography on student participation. (CS)

Colleges which will prosper in the 80's will not mislead prospective students and parents. Success will be determined by ability to create a distinctive campus lifestyle, to develop auxiliary academic programs with the purpose of generating nonrestricted funds, to demand strong administrative leadership, quality instruction, and a realistic…

Investigates whether different types of interview or similar introduction to a department had any influence on an applicants' eventual acceptance or rejection of a conditional offer made by a university department. The objective of this research was to provide factual data on which to base decisions concerning admissions procedures. (Author/RK)

In this study of 460 SIU-C students, five topics related to academic excellence are explored. The results are discussed within a political model of the academic system, treating the university as a political system and students as quasi-citizens who possess a rudimentary academic belief system. (Author/LBH)

Drew University encourages seniors to participate in a half-hour interview to express their feelings about positive and negative aspects of the institution as a means of monitoring its own progress at educating and fulfilling its responsibilities toward students. (MSE)

Kent State administrators insist they are committed to building a memorial to those who were killed when Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on demonstrators, but they blame slow fund raising on lack of public interest in the effort. (MLW)

Demonstrators who shut down the campus of Gallaudet University forced the resignation of the newly elected president, Elizabeth A. Zinser. A better spirit of cooperation between faculty and the administration is expected. (MLW)

An analytical framework for understanding the relationship between the situational context of the institution and the student and the criteria by which the student chooses a college is outlined and illustrated. (MSE)

The background and content of an agreement with the Veterans Administration is presented as a model for consideration by other institutions. (Author)

It is suggested that graduate schools continue to disregard the characteristics and needs of their students, and that reform in the direction of flexibility is needed. Proposals are made regarding self-determination of graduate program, student course initiation, student involvement in planning course structure, evaluation of the educational…

This article presents information on the characteristics of campus information and referral services. These services were developed as a means to increase student awareness and student use of campus resources. Results indicate the need for an expanded role for such services. (Author)

This digest cites studies of academic dishonesty in two- and four-year institutions, examining variables such as frequency of dishonest behavior, individual and environmental factors associated with dishonest student behavior, and responses of faculty. Academic dishonesty appears related to: (1) individual characteristics such as student academic…