Whereas higher education in general has not fully met its responsibility for preparing individuals for international citizenship, a group of 50 small, selective, independent liberal arts colleges has made a substantial contribution through their long-standing commitments to international matters in both curriculum and institutional environment.…

Many different kinds of incentives and support structures must be established in order to provide a campus environment in which instructional computing can flourish. Innovative academic computing programs at six liberal arts colleges (Colby, Hamline, Marymount, Smith, Swarthmore, and Wells) are reported. (Author/MLW)

A college, it is argued, should be a place where basic assumptions are examined; where trained minds weigh options; where schools of thought are developed; and where social, political, and moral ramifications of that thought are tested. (MLW)

In the midst of a fragmented society, colleges and universities can provide living models of how a more inclusive democratic civil society can work. All colleges have this potential and must develop it. Trustees, presidents, provosts, deans, and faculty can all use specific techniques to foster a civic-minded community. (MSE)

Increasingly diverse student enrollments at institutions of higher education have led to a variety of positive efforts which directly impact teaching and learning. These include research on diverse learning styles, increased emphasis on improving scientific and quantitative literacy of undergraduates, and research findings supporting…

On each campus exists a social order that has persisted from an earlier time. In the 1960s, cultural currents strong enough to feel like a revolution in consciousness opened new ways of thinking and behaving. Collegiate rebellion has returned as the children of the 1960s rebels enter college. (MLW)

Discussion of diversity on college campuses examines ways in which institutions can address the separation of groups on campus and resulting dissention. Nine recommendations are made for mediating the dissention, including study of campus climate, administrative flexibility, better understanding of the groups and dynamics involved, reestablishment…

Several aspects of the academic environment infringe on the entrepreneurial spirit: administrators who are sole products of academe; inability to implement strategies that optimize efficiency; staff fragmentation; constituents with opposing viewpoints; reward system that values inaction; and a belief that change is the mandate of the faculty, not…

Faced with changes in the 1980s, college and universities with religious ties must rethink both their identity and what constitutes the proper college-church relationship. Six components of program identity are identified: structural, communal, personal, moral, spiritual, and educational. Cooperative efforts to identify and discuss issues are…

The Greek system is seen as an important element in securing the loyalty of alumni at Lafayette College. Many new students say they chose Colby College because of its decision to abolish fraternities and sororities, and because the college provides an environment that is open and accessible to all. (MLW)

Events at Trenton State University (New Jersey) in 1993, marked by controversy and anger over a speech made at a public college, are chronicled and observations about the context of the events are made, focusing on the role of media coverage, administrative leadership, and institutional policies and procedures. (MSE)

Buena Vista College (Iowa) has brought an international perspective to campus through extensive faculty exchange, study abroad, and recruitment of foreign students, with primary focus on Asia. Two-thirds of the faculty have studied overseas, about 5 percent of students study overseas each year, and graduates are finding jobs using their…

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)

The annual ACE/UCLA Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) surveys of American freshmen show a major movement in certain generalized political self-identification labels. The direction has been from liberal to middle-of-the-road. (MLW)

In interview excerpts, the United Negro College Fund's president discusses major challenges to diversity, both in colleges and universities and the larger society, and such issues as the role of economics in diversity, where the debate is occurring, realities underlying the debate, self-separation on campuses, language used to define diversity…