In a study involving 550 students at 3 state universities, subjects read constructed passages concerning academic situations and judged whether cheating was involved. The impact of need, provocation, opportunity, and intentionality on student perceptions of the situations and the relationship of student grades, sex, and age were analyzed. (MSE)

The Iowa State Department of Physical Education and Leisure Studies model for comprehensive advising system is explained, including how it evolved, its limitations, and what has been learned. (Author/MLW)

Opinions of 681 University of Nebraska at Omaha students concerning college services and the college environment were surveyed, and results compared with four previous surveys. The survey utilized the standardized instrument developed by the American College Testing Corporation along with a series of local information questions. The survey's four…

The report summarizes state-level changes in black student enrollment that occurred between 1978-79 and 1987-88 and discusses campus-level changes since the low point of black enrollment in 1984-85. It concludes that, using any of several measures of college participation and setting aside the issue of student migration, Indiana higher education…

A competency-based student assessment model that attempts to measure the value added to a student as he goes through the university curriculum, sometimes used as a measure of educational quality, and its effects on the students, faculty, and curriculum are examined. (MSE)

Two faculty members from a California community college and a nearby state university worked together to articulate placement and assessment procedures in writing courses at the two institutions to better serve students transferring from one to the other. Historically the institutions, Bakersfield College (California) (BC) and California State…

This report reviews the origins of the Human Corps concept, discusses the Human Corps activities of the University of California and the California State University over the past year (1991), and offers two recommendations concerning future reporting requirements related to this program. The recommendations are: (1) the University of California…

Learning Skills Services, a federally funded student support service program, is responsible for learning disability assessment and provision of a continuum of services at Sonoma State University in Northern California. In response to the perceived lack of assessment and procedures standards for identifying learning-disabled students at the state…

As part of a larger campus-wide study, a student survey was developed to assess student perceptions of programs and services at the University of Central Texas (UCT) in Killeen. The survey focused on: (1) student financial needs, (2) student perceptions of academic and service programs, (3) student attitudes towards programs and services, and (4)…

A comprehensive strategic planning model that has been developed by Pittsburg State University (Kansas) is described. The model is presented in the following sections: University Planning and Coordinating Committee (UPCCI): The Beginning (position paper, mission statement, and continuing goals and objectives); strategic planning unit reviews (unit…

This report describes alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use among 715 University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) students. The report focuses on drug use at the higher frequency levels, rather than reporting proportions who have ever used various drugs. The separate classes of drugs distinguished are alcohol, tobacco, cocaine, marijuana, and…

The results of the annual survey of the geographic origins, or permanent residence, of students attending institutions of the State University of New York (SUNY) during the fall 1989 term are presented in three volumes. This first volume uses the individual institution (or institutional type) as the unit of analysis. Student data elements in the…

The results of the annual survey of the geographic origins, or permanent residence, of students attending institutions of the State University of New York (SUNY) during the fall 1989 term are presented in three volumes. Student data elements in the report include student level, student load, student history (first-time/transfer), and permanent…

The results of the annual survey of the geographic origins, or permanent residence, of students attending institutions of the State University of New York (SUNY) during the fall 1989 term are presented in three volumes. Student data elements in the report include student level, student load, student history (first-time/transfer), and permanent…

This report provides basic statistical data for Idaho State University, and includes both point-of-time data as well as trend data. The information is divided into sections emphasizing students, programs, faculty and staff, finances, and physical facilities. Student data includes enrollment, geographical distribution, student/faculty ratios,…