Few accurate or complete pictures of the issues leading to student protests and the relation of these issues to the characteristics of the institutions and the protestors exist. In an investigation of the content and distribution of protest, the following trends were discovered: (1) protests varied in form, content, and consequences, (2) the most…

Unlike the student protest movements of the 1930's, which were linked to adult political parties, the dominant ones of the present constitute a genuine youth rebellion. This is primarily due to a change in the political climate in the last 10 years, with emphasis shifting from events and threats from abroad to social ills at home. Student activism…

This paper intends to begin a conversation about and suggest some principles for building more inclusive campus communities. The author explains what class culture is, how classism is embedded in everyday practices and why it is important to consider the way class shapes students, faculty, and staff, and in particular the working class. The paper…

This study explores the effects of residential mobility on the adaptation of college students. (Author)

Students from seven institutions of higher education reported their preferences for different paradigms of service at the beginning of their service-learning courses. At the end of the courses, they described the associated service activities in terms of the same paradigms and also completed scales describing their learning outcomes and attitudes…

The report interprets data collected by the American Council on Education on freshmen at 7 University of California (UC) campuses during a fall 1966 survey of 251 colleges and universities. The 7 campuses are Davis, Berkeley, Irvine, Los Angeles, Riverside, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz. Students responded to questions about their backgrounds,…

This report discusses the research in progress and finished research conducted by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Three types of studies are currently in progress: (1) longitudinal studies of Merit Scholars; (2) studies of talented Negro students; and (3) studies of participants in the national talent search. Previous studies, those…

The general purpose of this research project was to discover those personality characteristics which differentiate college students who tend to learn more effectively from one instructional format than from another. Two college courses were studied concurrently and four different teaching conditions were utilized in each course. A comprehensive…

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…

The Project on Student Development in Small Colleges is a 5-year research and action program which has studied institutional characteristics, student characteristics, attrition, and student development in 13 small colleges across the country. The results of this study on personality development indicated that personality development during college…

The data in this report were compiled as part of the Cooperative Institutional Research Program being conducted by the Office of Research of the American Council on Education to assess the impact of different types of college environments on students' development, and to provide up-to-date source of data about the population of US college…

The educational philosophy at Hampshire College is reviewed along with a report of its current status. Student and faculty independence are emphasized. (LBH)

A college without a campus is the situation at the new Minnesota Metropolitan State College, which carries the community services ethic to its logical conclusion. (Editor)

Evaluation of attitudes of students (943) from Catholic, military, and Negro insitituions indicates that college climate may attract and influence specific clientele. Expresses concern that need-press be considered to develop appropriate environmental guidelines to insure effective growth and learning. (Author/CJ)

The purpose of this study was to decide whether students who lived in different academic environments experienced similar or different problems in terms of frequency and severity. A number of significant differences were found for specific problem subareas. (Author)