A study of the problems of reconciling nontraditional student needs, expectations, and attitudes with the traditional college environment and structure, conducted through interviews with 25 nontraditional undergraduate students in Britain, is reported. Implications of the results are discussed. (MSE)

The author discusses the four constituent groups that compose a university community: (1) students, (2) faculty, (3) administrators, and (4) those who pay for things that tuition does not cover. Emphasis is placed on the latter two groups and the power they possess. (CH)

Widespread demonstrations at China's major universities highlight the frustration many young people feel about university conditions and their future job prospects and dramatize long-standing divisions among China's leaders on contacts with the West. (MSE)

The self-reported stress of 826 university central administrators, deans, and departmental chairpersons as measured by the University Administrative Concerns Questionnaire are compared. Analysis of variance indicated significant mean differences in the amount of role-based and task-based stress. (Author/MLW)

Forecasting activity at Montgomery College in Montgomery County, Maryland, is centered in a program called "Focus on the Future." All constituencies of the college and representatives of the external community are invited to attend workshops and participate in an analysis of issues that will affect the college's future development. (MLW)

A survey of a state university's adult commuter students found them less likely to study on campus than at home, using the library infrequently, having little social life or time on campus, not extensively involved in on- or off-campus organizations or events, and generally not experiencing traditional campus involvement. (MSE)

Due to desegregation of formerly White schools, traditionally Black colleges must compete for enrollments with better financed institutions. The caste structure of American society prevents integrated schools from meeting Black students' psychic needs; therefore, active, honest recruitment can attract students by informing them of the advantages…

People possess social characteristics that determine the type of interactive contexts they fabricate with others. The analysis of college background (two-year vs. four-year institution) as a differentiating characteristic in task performance was examined. (MLW)

University employees' reactions to the publication of their salaries in a local campus newspaper are described. Correlational analyses indicated associations between impact of the disclosure and salary level, salary equity/satisfaction, instrumentality of performance-reward outcomes, internal salary attributions, and salary discussion. (Author/MLW)

A program of planned organizational change based on the interventions of a neutral third party used organizational development and dispute resolution techniques to alter the structure and process of academic negotiations. Analysis indicates that the interventions had no impact on campus climate but did significantly imnprove campus bargaining…

The advising program may be more amenable to influence and change than other functions within a college or university. Ways that academic advising programs may be used to increase levels of coordination within an institution are described. (MLW)

A longitudinal study of over 2,000 graduates from eight college types generally supports the validity of Holland's premise: that model environments reinforce the characteristic predispositions and attitudes of their corresponding personality types. There are implications for the study of inter- and intra-institutional diversity. (MSE)

Proposes improving teacher education by reducing the number of teacher training programs, requiring graduate study for certification, raising admission and subject matter requirements, increasing funding, and creating better institutional climates including stronger links between research and practice. Briefly reviews several national reports'…

The emerging technologies potential has not altered teaching methods in higher education because of such factors as prohibitive cost and faculty resistance to change, but these are symptomatic of more pervasive organizational attributes and educational system dynamics, including student influences, faculty incentive structure, lack of leadership,…

The freshman orientation process at Fordham College is used to illustrate the processes and advantages of building a sense of community for freshmen, one element supporting successful advising. Among the techniques used was a Values Program, a grouping of courses to encourage learning and stimulate moral development among students. (MSE)