The role of distributed computing continues to pose challenges, from organizational strategies to definitions and fundamental understandings of the terms. Concerns within the framework of management changes and organizational structures are addressed. (Author/MLW)

In order to counteract the negative conditioning of 18 years, young women urgently need four years of dedication to their intellectual and personal development in an atmosphere of positive reinforcement and respect. For the present, women's colleges are a unique means of achieving this goal. (Author)

The way a person styles his or her name seems to be related, not only to an individual's sex or marital status, but to his or her job. A study of 3,735 university employees' signatures suggests variations form a pattern related to the social structure in the university's work setting. (Author)

This study discusses the movement toward a more contractual relationship between the university and student in the classroom. Problem areas examined include educational advertising, faculty advising, academic dishonesty, grading systems, course expectations, and curriculum design. A model for a dean of student's role as a consumer advocate if…

Joliet Junior College's board found it had a campus-wide communications problem that was helped by a campus-wide committee. Its specific purpose is to communicate about problems that are of concern to all of the campus population, including board, faculty, administration, staff, and students. (LBH)

This study attempted to determine alcohol and drug use rates of students at a college located in a city with a predominant religion that promotes abstinence, and to determine what prevention strategies might be implemented to help students with drug or alcohol problems. In the fall of 1997, 612 students and 119 faculty responded to survey…

Influenced by the project entitled "Strategic Programs for Innovations in Undergraduate Physics", this document is intended to guide a physics department in initial, or mid-stream evaluation of a program of undergraduate physics education. The original Guidelines were developed by the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) in 1986. The…

This book presents a 10-step guide to establishing college and university mediation services, suggesting them as an effective way to handle a wide range of campus conflicts, from conflicts in student groups to those in administrative offices. Chapter 1 reviews the basic terminology of conflict resolution, presents core dispute system design…

This paper addresses the "graying of faculty," faculty recruitment and retention, roles and responsibilities, evaluation, professionalism, and issues related to part-time faculty. The student body of today's community colleges is tremendously diverse, making the recruitment and retention of new faculty even more complicated. As approximately…

This paper analyzes biases in academe concerning what constitutes "legitimate" and "rigorous" scholarship and examines how these biases interact with decision-making power to place minority scholars and their research into a traditionally ascriptive secondary role. Looking specifically at the Chicano/Latino scholar, it is…

Recent years have seen an upsurge in prevention work focused on changing the campus and community environments in which college students make decisions about alcohol and other drug (AOD) use. This approach, called "environmental management," is based on three fundamental premises: (1) Substance use problems are aggravated by a physical, social,…

Mutual interaction and prior contact were hypothesized to be more effective in reducing stress and facilitating coping. Results confirm these predictions only with respect to class achievement scores among mutual dyads. On all other variables, mutual interaction appears to interfere with the process of adaptation. Prior exposure of subjects did…

This study produced data that were benficial in counseling students and in institutional policy decision making. (Author)

The purpose of this paper was to suggest what residence hall programing should be in order to create an atmosphere that students would find fulfilling, exciting, and stimulating. (BY)

Compared attitudes and perceptions of male (N=227) and female (N=54) graduate students in a college of veterinary medicine. Significant sex differences were found in five areas: peer relationships, gender role expectations, perceived sex discrimination, and attitudes about self-disclosure and general competitiveness. (RC)