This study reports on a multi-faceted assessment effort for diversity underway at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The four major elements of this project include: (1) archival research of the institution's history of segregation and desegregation; (2) a report on the status of women and minority faculty, staff, and students;…

Most campus alcohol and other drug (AOD) programs include prevention, intervention, and treatment services designed to address individual students' knowledge of the consequences of alcohol and other drug use, to improve their skills in resisting such behavior, or to address existing problematic use of or addiction to alcohol or other drugs.…

Suggests that student personnel practitioners support a student role in collective bargaining because student programs are affected when resources are shifted. Five options for student involvement are described. Urges students to meet and confer with bargaining parties prior to collective negotiation to express student concerns. (RC)

Rather than seeing America as a mosaic of cooperating cultures, Americans may have set the stage for developing a separatism. An Anti-Defamation League report suggests that there may be a fragmentation of American society from the growing emphasis on ethnic and cultural differences. Incidents of bigotry on college campuses are discussed. (MLW)

Higher education is seen as having had a good decade in the '70s, but changes that have occurred include: the rise of the public sector, regulation, more public money, larger institutions, decline in public confidence, enrollment rate shifts, aging faculty, "defensive" posture, new students, and new market orientation. (Author/MLW)

A 27-item measure assessed college peer environments in terms of friends' interests as perceived by individual students. Four dimensions of interests were identified in cluster analyses: collegiate activities, intellectual pursuits, apathy or alienation, and traditional adult orientation. These dimensions were related to social, psychological, and…

The responsibilities of colleges and universities toward handicapped students under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 are matched by the responsibilities of disabled persons themselves toward their institution. Advanced planning by both colleges and students and an end to arrangements that segregate the handicapped are advocated.…

Changes in the college and university environment (oversimplified instructional materials, demand for detailed instructions, avoidance of challenge in curricula, overuse of student evaluation of faculty) suggest that in their efforts to recruit and retain students, institutions have promoted students' increased intellectual dependency. This…

A survey of 580 senior medical students in 10 schools investigated perceptions of mistreatment during undergraduate medical education; a follow-up survey of 571 subjects examined perceptions of mistreatment during the first year of residency. Similar results from the two surveys is seen as providing compelling evidence that the perceived level of…

Examines a range of support strategies, chosen according to affordability, that community colleges can use to integrate and retain adjunct faculty, including (1) teaching and administrative services; (2) fair hiring and employment policies; and (3) improved communication, participation, and morale. (18 citations) (YKH)

Presents a comprehensive ranking of all national liberal arts colleges based on publications cataloged by the "Journal of Economic Literature" (JEL) from 1989-1994. Concludes that, although economics research is important at the highest ranked colleges, it remains a secondary consideration at the rest. Briefly discusses previous rankings…

An extension of an earlier study of 842 college students' conceptions of learning draws on in-depth analysis of the experiences of 12 individuals. It was found that individual comments about learning are only understood when viewed within the larger context, highest-achieving students were those who were most reflective in learning, some students…

A study examined four "bimodal" medical schools (University of Washington, University of North Carolina, University of California/San Francisco, University of California/San Diego), ranked highly in both production of primary care physicians and receipt of National Institutes of Health research grants. The study examined institutional…

Used survey data to investigate the experiences of a group of young women students at a large, inner-city university. Survey questions focused on teaching and tutoring, social life, financial resources, housing, personal security, and health. Results raise concern for the achievements, gender effects, and other issues for women. (RJM)

Examines tensions and balances between what colleges of education and teacher educators are and should be, personal/professional elements of teacher educators' lives, and how they negotiate experience in the academy while retaining their beliefs. The paper examines research on new faculty members and educational reform, offering personal voices…