A system for planned change in an academic advising program is proposed that identifies specific steps in response to specific organizational obstacles and problems and matches them with the area of organizational concern (formal structure, system support, human resources) and probable locus of leadership for the proposed initiatives. (MSE)

Compared the academic perceptions and beliefs of liberal and conservative college students (N=460). Analysis of survey results showed liberals demanded more student participation and espoused more academic alienation. Liberals also evaluated the university academic environment more critically and perceived greater real-ideal discrepancies in…

Scanning the external environment will become more essential to colleges in the coming decade. Developing an environmental scanning system can identify important emerging issues that may constitute either threats or opportunities. The organizational features of a mature scanning process are described. (MLW)

Future directions in higher education will be shaped by massive changes in student clientele, economic conditions, instruction, and professionalism. Colleges and universities must prepare for a volatile period. Specific trends are discussed. (Author/PP)

Novels about female students in the early years of British university education for women provide insight into established attitudes about the status and expectations of women just before and during the campaign for women's suffrage. They also illustrate how much, and how little, society has changed. (MSE)

Constant comparison with others is seen as destructive for colleges and universities. The more adept colleges become at using the marketplace terminology, involving the comparative measurement of departments and football teams, the harder it is to re-create an atmosphere that would distinguish one college from all the other front-runners. (MLW)

The experiences of a professor with a liberal arts background who began his teaching career at an open enrollment, working class, urban institution are described. Most of his students are commuters, hold down part-time or full-time jobs, and support families. (MLW)

New approaches to investigate the contribution of extracurricular collegiate life to the moral development of students are described. Living environment is found to have the most impact, according to student perceptions. (MSE)

The relative calm among students in France in the 1970s is explained in terms of the institutionalization of politics within the university, increased diversity on campus, and the relatively increasing returns of higher education. Conflicts of the 1970s are characterized as corporalistic-particularistic-materialistic. (JMF)

Describes and evaluates a university psychology course which provides an academic and personal look at drinking and problem drinking. The structure of the course encompasses three phases: lecture, seminar, and student presentation. (Author/KC)

The diversified role of the academic in Great Britain is discussed. It is suggested that not only must a faculty member teach and do research, but the position demands the qualities of an entrepreneur as the university world becomes increasingly competitive and capitalistic. (SF)

Analysis of a survey of teaching faculty conducted by the American Council of Education (ACE) revealed that most college and university environments are relatively nonsupportive of women faculty and students and that men faculty subscribe to the institution's research image for self esteem while women utilize other value systems to define success.…

If higher education is to contribute to society's betterment, it must aim to produce people of character. This requires basic principles of liberal arts education including time, an appropriate setting, opportunity for observation, and conversation. Religious faith also makes a contribution. Although many colleges and universities attempt to…

Describes attempts to establish at least 20 private universities in Australia between the mid-1980s and mid-1990s, of which only 4 remain viable. Discusses five categories of national higher-education environments. Suggests that most proposed private universities were undermined by their overtly commercial character and the strength and…