A student survey conducted by the Educational Testing Service to assess what college students actually know and perceive about global relationships and to measure their comprehension of current global complexities is described. Results are provided along with a sample of test questions. (MLW)

This report is installment two of a three-part series describing research on stakeholder perceptions conducted under the auspices of the National Center for Postsecondary Improvement. The survey revealed that the public's assessment of higher education is generally favorable. The report includes discussion of survey responses and several data…

Discusses a survey on faculty attitudes taken in the 60s. (PG)

Discusses a 1972-73 survey of college faculties including results concerning the rapid aging of faculty, the dominance of age in faculties, and the redistribution of women on faculties. (Author/PG)

Describes the activities of companies which write term papers for profit or prepare research that goes into term papers for college students. Notes efforts of universities and the government to control such enterprises and their present legal refuge as "research" organizations. (JT)

Reviews a survey made at 36 colleges. (HS)

A reading list for college presidents, an outgrowth of the Claremont Higher Education Management Institute, was developed from a survey of college and university administrators. They were asked what reading they believed was most essential for college and university presidents. A bibliography and a list of those surveyed is provided. (MLW)

A discussion of college guides reviews the older, standard resources briefly, looks at more recent and less well-known guides in greater detail, and discusses the methods used for institutional comparisons. Two surveys of high school seniors concerning their use of the guides are also summarized. (MSE)

Six studies of general education are described. A Penn State survey details changes in general education requirements over 15 years. UCLA's Higher Education Research Institute used the college catalog to furnish information about curricular dimensions and others attempt to determine the effects of general education. (MLW)

Issue is taken with Bureau of Labor Statistics surveys of unemployment among 1972 liberal arts graduates because they are taken in the first year or two after graduation. The author reports his own 1974 study of 735 1972 graduates which reveals lower rates of unemployment and higher levels of employment. (JT)

Results of a survey of almost 20,000 college faculty in 14 countries (Australia, Brazil, Chile, England, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, United States) are summarized. The survey investigated faculty demography, attitudes toward teaching and learning, academic governance, national and international…

Discusses, in the context of the National Research Council's next study of research-doctorate programs, arguments over continuing use of reputational surveys as the primary measure of program quality, as opposed to more objective measures of research performance. Eleven tables rank institutions for specific fields by reputation, citation density,…

An on-going survey of incoming freshmen shows that Hispanics are taking on the characteristics of college students in general. College selection, academic goals, nonacademic goals, and attitudes on social and political issues are discussed. (MLW)

Students are eager to attend a college with the reputation or programs they believe will lead to high-paying jobs and top professional schools. Student attitudes as they affect choice of college, patterns of study, and attention to learning are discussed. (MLW)

A Ford Foundation data collection project offers tangible proof of the continued viability of women's colleges. Women's colleges have a positive effect on intellectual self-esteem and women are more likely to attain positions of leadership, to become involved in student government, to develop high aspirations, and to persist to graduation. (MLW)