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)

Parents of both sons and daughters expected university to assume a protective role toward students, while both male and female students wished for more liberal policies, according to survey results. (CJ)

Trends cited in 1968 survey of increased student participation in governance are continuing. (Editor)

After the temporary shutdown of a reported 400 insitutions last month, administrators are taking a hard look at the political and economic consequences of student strikes. (Editor)

Author analyzes student unrest and offers nine recommendations for responses. (Editor)

A new population of nontraditional students including foreign nationals and immigrants, refugees, and other aliens has emerged in American higher education. Some of these students' needs are identified and steps institutions should take in order to help meet those needs are described. (Author/MLW)

The rights of students to complete programs into which they have matriculated and the obligations of colleges and universities to maintain these programs for sufficient periods of time to fulfill any existing contracts with students are discussed. Contract principles are applied in protecting a student's right to complete degree programs. (MLW)

Discusses the special needs of commuter students and provides suggestions for improving student services and programs for them. Suggestions are incorporated into an improvement model based on four general categories: services, programs, advocacy, and research. (RC)

Describes the system used by Prince George's Community College to develop a set of criteria for an effective approach to student retention and an action agenda for the development of retention strategies. Provides six criteria (e.g., retention should be student- rather than institution-centered) and outlines the six phases of the action agenda.…

Black student satisfaction at predominantly White universities in the deep South may not be as low as some observers have suggested. This study found Black student satisfaction to be significantly lower than that of White students only with respect to the university's system of rewards. (Author)

This paper outlines the realities of college student death, discusses the needs of the bereaved and campus administrators, and suggests ways of effectively dealing with this issue. The threat of death is a devastating trauma for college students. Prevention, intervention and postvention approaches are discussed. (RC)

Single-issue politics is seen as a threat to both political parties and universities. Single-issue politics rests on the following bases: moral principle, constitutional rights, and protection of a way of life. Single-issue groups will attack a special weakness of universities--their role as developers of moral virtue. (MLW)

The English concept of "academic drift," defined as sloughing off categories of students, usually sub-degree level, to concentrate resources upon degree work, is examined. Three types of European institutes are described and examined for evidence of drift; and the different types of drift are analyzed and evaluated for effectiveness.…