By focusing on the role that "in loco parentis" plays on college campuses, according to the author, we are offered a new angle of vision, one that may break us out of simplistic understandings of campus life in our time. In the 1960s, college students fought for free speech and against in loco parentis. Students did not want their…

Early entrance to college, a form of academic acceleration, is an educational alternative that opens pathways for advanced students to have challenging, stimulating, and relevant learning experiences. Children who choose this option enter the adult world several years earlier than most of their age peers. This involves extra growth, adaptation,…

How involved are parents of current university students? Are they satisfied with the college experience of their students? Eager to hear from your institution? Worried about how they will pay for college? These are some of the many findings in the "2023 University Family Engagement Report," a survey of more than 21,000 families of…

The purpose of this investigation was to: (1) assess parental perceptions of a university environment and compare them with those of students; (2) compare the perceptions of parents of entering freshmen and upperclassmen; and (3) investigate whether or not parental perceptions of the university were independent of how they characterize their own…

Because of widespread reporting of campus crime, the public is more aware of the problem and applicants are aware that an institution's crime record is a consideration in college choice. Concern for student safety, college liability, and parent and student attitudes are generating increased security measures. (MSE)

Survey results suggest that educators desirous of incorporating student opinion into constructive change must first assess whether or not a student activist group is truly representative of broader campus opinion. (Author/CJ)

Study tests the degree of support for flexible due process in campus disciplinary hearings. Focuses on whether faculty, parent, and student expectations for due process protections vary based on the severity of the potential outcome. Results indicate that respondents expect due process protections to increase as the severity of the potential…

Tremendous discrepancies between student and parent perceptions of the environment suggest that even though parents may have a reporter on the scene," their perceptions are still not congruent with those of students. (Author)

Analysis of questionnaire responses concerning interpersonal relations, sexual behavior, academic performance and campus environment indicated that all groups held favorable opinions about effects of coeducational residences. (NRB)

Assessed is the impact of various characteristics of life on the Bloomington campus of Indiana University on the enrollment decision. Random samples were drawn from the Fall 1975 matriculated and nonmatriculated freshmen. For each of the groups, separate surveys were mailed to the students and their corresponding parents. The data were analyzed to…

Reform proposals for Japan's large higher education system include diminishing the trauma of university entrance examinations, strengthening the quality and diversity of undergraduate education, improving graduate school offerings, establishing a lifelong education system, and expanding the scope of international exchange programs. Politics are…

One hundred twenty-eight parents of first-time freshmen at Grand Valley State Colleges responded to a three-part questionnaire in fall 1973. Responses showed that: 80 percent were satisfied with their child's college choice; 41 percent felt they had some influence on that choice; over half attend church regularly; the three most frequently…

In this study, the relationship between students' expectations for the environment of the college they are about to enter and the level of formal education completed by their parents was investigated. It was hypothesized that entering freshmen students whose parents both had only a high school education differed from entering freshmen whose…

Applicants to highly selective private colleges are down substantially nationwide. Flagship public universities are experiencing a drop in minority applicants, particularly in Texas and California, where use of race as a factor in admissions has been under attack. It is suggested that parents of minority students perceive the institutions are not…

Two perspectives are presented on some of the questions raised as the doctrine of the college 'in loco parentis' re-emerges as a campus issue, including student, parent, and institutional expectations. (MSE)