A diverse society has created a diverse education system, which in turn requires diverse and complex mechanisms of quality control. The diversity and complexity of the industrial, service, and knowledge-based economy, with its vast variety of occupations and dynamic labor markets, heavily influences the curricular structures and academic profiles…

Colleges often seek to promote a psychological sense of community (PSOC) among their students. However, there is limited research on factors promoting PSOC, and little empirical evidence on whether students of different ethnic backgrounds might experience PSOC differently. This study, which took place on a predominantly White campus, explored…

This article examines trends in university planning and management concerning interdisciplinary research. The analysis of institutional documents of 99 research universities reveals regularities in the types of approaches employed. In addition to the traditional approach of creating centers and institutes, universities have taken actions to…

This article is based on a two-year multi-method research project, funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council, investigating the experiences of international undergraduate students in UK higher education. In investigating the influences on their experiences and the strategies that students employ, the study has also revealed something…

This article outlines a methodology for characterising features of programme-level assessment environments so that the relationship between features of the assessment environment and students' learning response can be studied. The methodology was developed through the detailed case study of nine undergraduate degree programmes: one in each of…

This report contains the recommendations of the select committee for lesbian and gay concerns for Rutgers University. The executive summary outlines the principal goals and objectives for the university. Section 1 describes an agenda to improve public relations at Rutgers. Bigotry and homophobia are discussed and representative comments from a…

Two papers describing and reacting to the proposed abolition of a department of communication are contained in this document. The first paper ("Proposed Abolition of a Department of Communication" by Thorrel B. Fest) describes the factors that led the attack. Environmental factors--distrust of the discipline, decreasing funds, and…

Reviewing environmental measures of college environments and making environmental measures more useful are purposes carried out within a framework of four decision-making categories requiring environmental information, considered from input, contextual, and output perspectives. (JH)

THE OBJECT OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DISCOVER WHAT CHANGES, IF ANY, OCCUR IN THE ATTITUDES, VALUES, AND ORIENTATIONS TO LIFE OF AMERICAN YOUTH AS THEY PROCEED THROUGH THE FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE EXPERIENCE. THE TARGET POPULATION WAS 183 MEMBERS OF THE 1960-61 FRESHMEN CLASS OF A SMALL MENNONITE LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE IN A MIDWESTERN STATE. THE CONCEPTUAL AND…

Pace's College and University Environment Scales (CUES) fails to consider the interdependency of the individual and his environment. A random sample of students (A) and two samples of general psychology students (B) and (C) were used to determine the legitimacy of CUES claims of freedom from: (1) sampling bias, and (2) correlation with individual…

The College and Environment Scales Survey (CUES) was administered during the winter of 1973 to students who had completed at least four quarters at the University of California (UC) Irvine campus. The survey, designed to investigate the students' perception of the atmosphere of the campus, dealt with such campus conditions as the levels of…

American higher education today includes between 450 and 600 colleges and universities with roots in Protestant Christianity. The subject of this profile is what that orientation means for their character and environment, and how it influences their student and alumni. (MJM)

This document presents an inquiry into university provision for campus religious life. Emphasis is placed on the question of custody; the basis litigation; support given; precedents for adjudication: what models of religious coordination are available; and who is responsible. Appendices include a statement regarding the relationships between the…

The purpose of this study was to examine the conceptualization and function of college images as a factor in college choice. Specifically, the study focused on the images held of three University of California campuses by entering freshmen and examined: (1) the accuracy of the images held by freshmen prior to their actual enrollment at their…

A description of several different approaches used to obtain information about college environments is given. Those seeking such information include high school seniors, college administrators, student personnel workers, counselors, and college presidents. Guides published detailing this information include the "American Universities and…