An objection often raised against student participation in university governance is that students don't know enough about institutions of higher education. An undergraduate course that focuses on the functions and role of the university would help answer that objection. Such a course has been developed at the University of Michigan and includes…

Part I of this report describes results of studies concerning "net change" of personality from analyses pooling students from all the 13 colleges participating in the Project on Student Development and from analyses pooling all students retested within each college. The findings indicated that: (1) changes occurred in most of the areas measured by…

This report describes 3 studies that attempted to determine the impact of college on cultural sophistication. The studies focused on items relating to student's interest in and liking for poetry, fiction, serious or classical music, and modern art. These items were completed first by entering freshmen in September 1965 at the 7 colleges that…

The American Council on Education's Office of Research has instituted a large-scale data bank for research in American higher education. This cross-sectional and longitudinal data bank is available to the general community of scholars and administrators interested in student characteristics, student development, comparative institutional effects,…

The model presented describes, in terms of communications networks, a school of architecture working within a university and in contact with the world of practice. For use in solving pedagogical and administrative problems, the model is based on an interactive situation, feeding back from new knowledge to experience and back again. (JT)

This article presents an administrative tool for measuring the amount and nature of crime on campus on a routine basis in order to facilitate appropriate staff assignments and planning for new buildings, orientation programs, and outreach counseling. (Author)

Criticizes institutions of higher learning for their excessive concern with techniques, systems, and structures as opposed to people. Maintains that leadership that believes in its people plus people who are committed to the institution equal students who are satisfied. The prescription for institutional wellness is centered around leadership.…

Analyses involving public and private institutions of higher education indicate that dependence on nontraditional sources of support is a strong predictor of administrative differentiation and demonstrate the validity of integrating the two theoretical perpectives of resource dependence and institutionalization. Seven tables, a graph, and 42…

Ontario's Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology have been governed by the Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities Act (MTCU) and related regulations and policies since their inception in 1965. In June 2002, the Ontario Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology Act, 2002 (OCAATA) was passed by the Ontario legislature; proclamation is…

This brochure describes the mission, approach, and services of the Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention. The Center is the nation's primary resource center for assisting higher education institutions in the development, implementation, and evaluation of alcohol and drug violence prevention policies and programs that…

This essay reflects on observations made during the four-year American Council on Education (ACE) Project on Leadership and Institutional Transformation, an effort to help 26 diverse colleges and universities succeed with comprehensive or transformational change. Insights were drawn from three sources: biannual campus visits and monthly phone…

This article describes the findings of a replication of an identical study four years earlier. Present results show that while the institution had in its own eyes initiated many major changes, student perceptions remain relatively consistent. (Author/BY)

Presents a rationale for the need to investigate the environments of educational organizations, presents ideas and reviews research on the nature and effectiveness of organizational environments and linkages, and outlines implications for educational policy formulation and policy implementation. (Author/IRT)

Examines the changes surrounding information technology as it relates to staffing issues at Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, North Carolina). Highlights include: revision of organizational structure; decentralization of human resources processes; a survey of personnel attitudes; and trends for the human resources department. (AEF)

Examined 600 student and 300 faculty perceptions of the environment at the University of Wyoming as it relates to student retention and attrition. Results suggest that perceptions of persistors and subsequent dropouts differ less than expected. (TE)