This article provides a broad overview of the definition of web-based surveys examining some of the benefits and burdens related to using the Web for data collection. It draws upon the experience of two years of data collection on 10 university campuses demonstrating that there are noticeable differences in the speed with which web-based surveys…

The sources of faculty work dissatisfaction in U.S. colleges and universities were studied in 1978-1979. A sample of 1972 faculty teaching in 24 institutions were mailed questionnaires, and 1,096 usable responses were received. The sample included faculty from eight universities, eight liberal arts colleges, and eight community colleges. Five…

The Free University of Berlin is, according to the authors, not an institution of higher learning but of permanent political agitation. They trace the historical consequences of the institutionalization of the student revolt of the 1960's through legislation enacted by the states to reform the universities. (JT)

Designed to improve internal communications at Michigan's Macomb Community College (MCC), this plan identifies strategies, goals, objectives, and activities which are consistent with established policy and an organizational assessment. After section I provides introductory comments, section II considers the policy implications of the…

As part of the process of redefining institutional growth and vitality, the Dallas Community College District is attempting to become a "learning society," that is, an institution which is capable of on-going critical self-examination, which is process-oriented, and which encourages the development of new ideas. The major components…

This essay discusses the scholarly ethos in schools of education, the social milieu within which educational research is generated, taught and/or ignored. Ethos is defined as the central character of an institution, i.e., the modal characteristics and norms of the teacher education subculture. What students learn about research is far more a…

The yearly percentage of minority earned doctorates in psychology has not increased appreciably since 1978. An attempt to discover departmental variables associated with the production of greater percentage rates involved 13 institutions drawn from the population of college and university psychology departments offering the Ph.D. degree. The…

The ecosystem approach to environmental assessment of college residence halls asks students to identify issues they feel strongly about, and to recommend action the university might take to enhance or rectify a situation. This approach was used to examine life in the undergraduate residence halls at Indiana University. A forced-choice…

Students' perceptions of the Purdue University environment were compared with their perceptions of an ideal university environment on a 41-item, 4-scale questionnaire. Results indicated that the students felt Purdue differed significantly from the ideal on 38 of the items. (Author)

A sample of students at the University of Texas completed a form indicating attitudes toward 42 organizations, movements, and agencies in the campus milieu. Findings indicate that a positive orientation to campus life exists in general and factor analysis revealed that students use a sophisticated cognitive map in evaluating organizations. (Author)

This handbook is designed to acquaint parents of students attending Mitchell College of the administrative and academic policies and procedures of the college. Discussions of registration, likely problems a student may encounter during the first semester, how and when parents can learn about a student's academic progress, academic standards,…

FROM INFORMATION GIVEN TO THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF JUNIOR COLLEGES BY 581 COLLEGES, 36 VARIABLES WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE AREAS OF TYPE OF CONTROL, CURRICULAR EMPHASIS, FINANCIAL CHARACTERISTICS, AND MISCELLANEOUS CHARACTERISTICS. AFTER THE COMPUTATION OF INTERCORRELATIONS AMONG THESE VARIABLES, FACTORING OF THE RESULTANT CORRELATION MATRIX…

Institutional autonomy is a relative concept affected both by external constraints and by the attitudes and experience of those within the institution. The identity of an institution is the image established by the dynamics of its constituents and the freedom they exercise in establishing this identity determines its autonomy. In California,…

The American Council on Education in 1966 began a large scale annual survey of entering college freshmen. This report presents the results of the follow-up studies through normative reports and through individual institutional reports furnished to students and administrative representatives at participating colleges and universities. The original…

The American Council on Education has been conducting a longitudinal research study to assess the impact of different college environments on the student's development and to provide a source of current, readily available, descriptive information about the student population. The findings presented in this paper are based on the followup of the…