This article from the "Journal of College Admission's" Special Diversity Issue (which in its entirety won the 1997 Muir Award), presents a compilation of three speeches, given at the 51st National Conference in Boston, Massachusetts. The preface, by Mary Lee Hoganson, serves to bind the three speeches together under the cohesive question, "Are…

This book serves as a sourcebook to enhance and evaluate safety programs, generate new solutions and interventions, comply with new legislation, and present practical steps and guidelines to establish best practices. It pays particular attention to the factors that may give rise to crime, considering high-risk drinking and examining the…

University autonomy is discussed in detail in the first paper, which suggests that there is full recognition of the principle that the duty of the universities is to serve the public interest, rightly conceived; that their claim to a high degree of autonomy rests not on privilege, but on the teaching of experience; that only under that condition…

This report presents a flexible 10-year plan for the Claremont Colleges as a group, with sections on the individual colleges, the central programs and services, and the affiliates. Appendices include reports concerning various Claremont colleges. (MJM)

The position of vice president for information services and what it signals in terms of the institution's direction are explored. Kinds of institutions that need a chief information officer, the right time to hire one, what the job description should look like, and how to guard against unrealistic expectations are described. (Author/MLW)

A study is reported that found no significant relationship between unionization and changes in campus climate as described by faculty scores on the Institutional Functioning Inventory. Scores from 1980 are compared with those of a decade earlier for 18 unionized and 18 nonunionized campuses. (Author/MLW)

Both corporations and colleges aspire to excellence but often fall short of it. Although there are important similarities and differences between the two cultures, colleges and universities must become informed by and about their corporate counterparts. (MSE)

Three small private colleges are examined during periods of growth, decline, and revitalization and why these events may have occurred are analyzed. The case studies occurred at three Carnegie category II colleges. (Author/MLW)

A study investigated college and university compliance with the Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act of 1990, measured by provision of a summary security report with admissions information. Of 149 institutions contacted, the percentage providing any information about the law was low. Only 4 of the 16 institutions providing any information…

Guidelines are offered for making the most of either a foundation visit to a college campus in search of funding or a fund-raising visit to a foundation. Detailed planning, presenting the strengths of the college, and conducting an effective meeting are discussed. (MSE)

College administrative careers are characterized by ill-defined career paths, multiple entrance points, and lack of explicit criteria for determining mobility. The advantage is the diversity of opportunity. However, those seeking administrative careers have little guidance. Rules governing mobility are often part of the institutional culture. (MSE)

Strengthening Pre-collegiate Education in Community Colleges (SPECC) was organized by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in partnership with The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to increase student learning in developmental--or basic skills--classes. However, their concern was not just the success of students in classes…

Results of research on predictors of organizational responses to declining enrollments at 56 small to medium-sized colleges and universities are discussed. Decline was experienced from 1978-1979 to 1981-1982. Severity of decline was selected as an objective predictor of organizational response, while internal agreement on mission and attributions…

This study investigated the accuracy with which administrators describe the college environment as it appears to students. Student personnel administrators projected students as viewing the environment significantly higher in terms of "intellectual stimulation" and significantly lower in "bureaucracy" than students actually did. (Author)

The disparity between the roles of the university as active irresponsible agent of exponential technology changes and nonresponsible agents of linear ideological change has become the basic issue in campus confrontations over relevance and the consequent need for university governance reforms. From case studies of governance reform ventures at…