Founded by Ursuline nuns in 1971, Chatfield College (Brown County, Ohio) is an independent 3-year college that teaches life skills via a liberal arts education to local rural residents. The college currently provides personal and academic support leading to an associate degree to 131 students, primarily disadvantaged and nontraditional students.…

The chairman of the board of regents of a small, church-affiliated college discusses the need for and satisfaction derived from introducing potential donors to the college and the best of its campus life, particularly when the college is small, little known, and/or has a religious affiliation unfamiliar to prospective gift givers. (MSE)

In the spring of 1996, the Board of Regents of Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato, Minnesota, decided to ask the administration and faculty to do what was needed to change the small private church-related two-year college into a small private church-related four-year college. The first designated major was to be Communication. The first step in…

A collection of brief addresses made by Richard Daniel Weigle to successive entering classes at St. John's College at matriculation convocations over three decades (1950-1980) are presented. The 25 convocation addresses concern the following topics: Plato's cave and St. John's College; history; liberal education and women; Subiaco and community;…

In 1978, the Mount Saint Mary's College administration and faculty decided to revise core curriculum requirements. The revised core curriculum and the development of interdisciplinary seminars are discussed. (MLW)

Evangelical colleges have been unaffected by the academic revolution in which faculties, organized into departments, have increasingly obtained hegemony over a large and growing portion of the academic enterprise. These colleges are tuition-dependent, with relatively weak departments, allowing greater flexibility. Oral Roberts University, Berea…

In a small college, application of management by objectives concepts for planning and management have been used in three areas: personnel, programs, and budget. Interrelationships of these areas are discussed. Procedures are explained and results are illustrated so that these concepts can be used in other circumstances. (MSE)

While the political activities of the small college and religious institution occur in a unique cultural context, they cannot be avoided. Politics and power can be best understood in ways that contribute to, rather than detract from, the work of those in student affairs in these kinds of institutions. (Author)

The Alternative Learners Program at College Misericordia is described. The program was founded 10 years ago by Joseph P. Rogan, and was one of the first for learning-disabled students. Learning strategies include tutoring, note-taking services, and talking computers and calculators. (MLW)

A bibliography of private colleges and universities that are, or have been, religiously affiliated is provided. Twenty-eight chapters are: major works on religion and American colleges and universities; government aid to church-affiliated colleges and universities; government regulation of church-affiliated colleges and universities; Baptist…

Work values of faculty members in small liberal arts colleges that belonged to the Council of Independent Colleges were investigated. Questionnaires were sent to 719 faculty members and 353 usable responses were received: 215 from church-related colleges and 138 from independent colleges. Super's Work Values Inventory was used to measure 15 work…

This article addresses some of the contextual factors that influence faculty evaluation in a small, church-related liberal arts college and identifies five areas in which structural and normative constraints of the institution may affect individual faculty ratings. Provides recommendations for preparing evaluations which minimize the impact of…

Contents include: "gaudium et spes" and campus ministry at a Catholic university (Daniel Germann); campus minister and president: partners in service (Charles L. Currie); lay ministry on a Catholic campus (Jennifer Konecky); campus ministry in a small institution: a model (James D. Poisson); campus ministry to and by faculty members…

This collection of statistics provided by the directors of 26 Jesuit college and university libraries in answer to a survey contains numerical information on (1) library collections, including number of volumes and titles held, periodical subscriptions, government documents, microforms, and audiovisual materials; (2) library expenditures,…

The experiences of a small liberal arts college with 28,000 military enrollments a year in five states are described. Institutional commitment to military education, campus faculty involvement, campus support services, military education program faculty, and systematic program evaluation and planning are discussed. (MLW)