People who work on campuses and make decisions are just beginning to recognize that the way their institution organizes itself and behaves constitutes a type of out-of-class curriculum. Efforts to "green" the campus must encompass all aspects of university life. Author offers guidelines to help bring institutions into compliance with the…

Many colleges understand the importance of teaching students how to work well with others and make an effort to introduce this during orientation week. But do students retain this skill throughout their college years and well after college? Argues that in order for these efforts to be effective, this practice needs to be made an integral part of…

States that as higher education was defining itself in the early part of the century, creating learning environments for students was at the core of its work. Therefore, it is not a radically new idea to suggest that both academic affairs and student affairs should focus on student learning. (Author/MKA)

As campuses become increasingly diverse, it is more important than ever to promote understanding across differences. The author describes an approach for helping student from different backgrounds talk and learn from each other. (Contains 14 references.) (Author)

A fair amount of what we know about college students and how they are affected by their college experience has been learned from the data gathered in the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP). In this article, CIRP's founder surveys the past, present, and future of the thirty-seven-year-old program. (Contains 12 references.) (GCP)

Describes five observations concerning college student behavior arising from discussions and interactions with students in the classroom and in counseling sessions. Discusses how students react to a changing environment. Presents ways in which college campuses can respond. (MKA)

Presents a comprehensive review of the research on diversity and its impact on students. Summarizes the findings of research in relation to four dimensions of diversity: access and success of underrepresented students; campus climate and intergroup relations; education and scholarship; and institutional viability. (Contains 20 references.) (GCP)

Defines learning communities as integrated comprehensive programs in which transformative learning takes place through community process as students develop professionally, civically, and ethically. Presents a model that explains the features, processes, and outcomes as necessary elements. Describes four well-known learning communities.…

States that college students get more out of their educational experiences when the collegiate purposes are clear and consistently communicated across the campus. Also states that the cognitive, interpersonal, and intrapersonal developments of students are equally important. Offers four suggestions on how college faculty and student affairs staff…

Author describes four significant themes that highlight adult students' descriptions of how they experience learning on campus. Three themes address the negative side of the experience (sense of impostorship, exclusion from the cultures that have previously defined them, and notion that college will turn their life around). The hopeful theme that…

Argues that colleges need more than new techniques to engage students; they must transform college culture. Stresses that teaching and learning be the main topic of conversation, and that such conversations should be more informed and more information-based. Teaching itself can be viewed as substantive, intellectual work. (RJM)

Argues that achieving cultural diversity on college campuses requires nothing less than a complete transformation of institutions of higher learning. Discusses strategies in recognizing racial and social inequality, new ways of seeing minority students, new ways of developing curriculum, and suggestions for reinventing the university. (RJM)

Claims that, to prepare students for the future workplace, some notions are best forgotten. Educators must design seamless learning approaches, and institutional policies and practices must engage students in a variety of learning activities. Schools should cultivate an institutional ethos that promotes involvement in educationally purposeful…

Defends affirmative action and explains its historical principles in order to dispel myths surrounding the program. Discusses the pervasiveness of inequality in society and discusses ways that decision makers in higher education can respond to critics of affirmative action. Examines college admission needs and the current legal and political…