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Peer reviewedYudof, Mark G.; Busch-Vishniac, Ilene J. – Change, 1996
Discussion of the Total Quality Management approach looks at elements that can and can not be applied in the university context. The approach is seen to offer a technique and justification for constantly seeking improvement, fostering willingness to change, distributing decision making, promoting positive attitudinal change, and shifting focus…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Environment, Educational Trends, Higher Education
Peer reviewedSmith, John – Change, 1976
An assessment of the effects on Indian higher education of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's declaration of internal emergency concludes that dissent, unrest, and laxness have been banished from campuses, the curriculum and structure of higher education are not affected, but teachers in some fields are constrained for fear of political repression.…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Environment, College Faculty, Developing Nations
Peer reviewedChange, 1985
A 1984 Carnegie Foundation national survey of 5,000 college students is discussed. Responses from liberal arts colleges were compared with those from all other non-specialized four-year institutions. Student attitudes toward general education, college mission, undergraduate education, campus life, faculty, and interaction with faculty members are…
Descriptors: College Environment, Educational Objectives, General Education, Higher Education
Peer reviewedSaltrick, Susan – Change, 1996
A discussion of technological advancement in the context of the traditions of higher education considers what may be sacrificed if higher education is too readily seduced by new technology, particularly if it is treated as a replacement for real experience and physical environment. A moderated approach that blends the best of both virtual and real…
Descriptors: College Environment, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Technology
Peer reviewedWechsler, Henry – Change, 1996
A Harvard School of Public Health survey of 17,592 college students concerning alcohol consumption found 84% reported drinking during the school year, with 19% frequent binge drinkers. Half of these were binge drinkers in high school. Also investigated were other drug use, dangerous behavior, secondhand binge effects, and gender effects. A 12-step…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Education, Alcoholism, Behavior Patterns
Peer reviewedLevine, Arthur – Change, 1981
There is a sense among today's students that they are passengers on a sinking ship, even though they are optimistic about their own futures. A new curriculum including interdisciplinary study, majors in problems rather than disciplines, career internships, and theses is proposed to counter student attitudes. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Environment, College Role, College Students
Peer reviewedLevine, Arthur; Cureton, Jeanette S. – Change, 1998
Changes in America's undergraduate students (cultural diversity, age, expectations of college and career, psychological and social background, patterns of socializing) add up to the demise of traditional residential college life. Colleges can address these shifts by focusing their efforts, using all available opportunities to educate student,…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Students, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Attainment
