This is the first in a series of reports, based exclusively on interview data, which concerns the initial reactions to the university experience of a random sample of 100, class of 1966 freshmen. Information is presented on the students' decision to attend college, their reactions to the first few weeks of university experience, their attitudes…

Roots and background of the Israeli university, the emergence of a university system, the institutional structure of the Israeli university, academic profession and research, students and studies, and higher education and Israeli society are discussed. (Author/MLW)

The intellectual development of black college students on a predominantly white campus was examined using the Reflective Judgment model of post-adolescent intellectual development. The model posits a seven-stage sequence of changes in assumptions about the sources of certainty of knowledge, and shows how these assumptions affect the ways adults…

In the spring of 1976, a questionnaire was sent to a sample of UCLA upperclassmen. The purpose was to determine how much agreement there was about various features of the university environment and whether students perceptions differed by major fields, campus or off-campus residence, and by other aspects of their experience at the university. This…

Using ethnographic research methods, semistructured interviews were conducted with three women involved with a gay/lesbian/bisexual student organization. All three individuals were sophomores at an urban university in a large metropolitan area. The students discussed the fluid nature of the definitions of lesbian, gay, and bisexual, noting that…

Writing instruction programs have become particularly important at American colleges and universities in recent years, but it is noted that most college faculties and their administrators need advice about providing useful help to the writing programs. An examination of how to develop successful writing programs is presented. Three sections are as…

The consequences of the German model for the relation between university professors and students and between students and society are summarized. Two positions are outlined, using a novel by German author Michael Zeller to illustrate some of the problems of student ideologies in higher education. The novel illustrates a period in the history of…

This document is the result of a conference of university administrators and faculty and representatives of professional associations, private foundations, and civic organizations called to formulate strategies that can prepare students for responsible citizenship in a diverse democracy and to engage faculty members in developing and utilizing…

This study traces the development of a student environment model (SEM) at Texas State Technical College (Waco) that is used to assess students' perceptions of their college environment outside the formal classroom, provides baseline data for comparative analyses, establishes goals for student support services, measures program and process…

A report on a study that employs data from 490 surveys to discern education majors' attitudes about diversity. The findings suggest that most students are unaware of university diversity initiatives and support the idea for targeted recruitment of faculty and students of color. (Contains 4 tables and 36 references.) (AUTHOR)

In one of a series of hearings held in communities around the nation on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education met to hear testimony from higher education professionals, students, and others in the state of Louisiana on Title III of the Act concerning minority access to higher education…

This anthology contains 52 papers on racial and ethnic diversity in higher education and is designed to reflect the collective ideas of those who teach in this area. Generally the manuscripts present ways of observing and experiencing racial and ethnic difference in American higher education institutions. Articles in part I titled…

This paper describes and discusses the informational, procedural, situational, and psychological barriers that hinder the academic progress of adult students and the methods by which institutions of higher education can remove these barriers. Following a review of the increase of adult students on campuses and their goals, attitudes, and…

Available data on Canadian and U.S. student drinking patterns are compared. Among the factors and implications discussed are prevalency and volume of drinking, its relation to other drug use, negative behavioral consequences, student characteristics, attitudes, motivation, and the influence of home, high school, and college environment in…

The second enclosure to the study of attrition at the five federal service academies reviews 87 related studies, about half of all those done by, for, or about the academies in the last 10 years. One general observation is that relationships have been established between attrition and student characteristics, whereas the same is not true in…