Like any good story, the Sufi tale places the listener squarely in the midst of life; that is, precisely where learning takes place. The tale pointed out that learning can be both exhilarating and painful. In college classrooms, teachers (and their students) are spared neither of these emotions when they engage in the learning process. In this…

This article analyzed reputation and social identity as a prelimenary understanding of the adolescent girl's social world. (Author/RK)

Virtue in journalism implies a clearsighted expansion of outlook and requires determined attempts to cross boundaries separating the journalist from society, journalist from subject, journalist from journalist, journalist from ideas, journalist from sentiments and feelings, and journalist from "inner abundance." Some of the requirements for the…

Provides background to the Asian South Pacific Bureau of Adult Education seminar held in February 1985. The problem, according to the author, is how to get status for adult nonformal education when status traditionally is awarded by the universities that promote formal education. (CH)

The Internal Research Program at the University of Bremen is a young university's approach to the strategic planning and development of its research capacity and its faculty by providing incentives for faculty to undertake short-term research and development projects supported by institutional funds. (MSE)

It is argued that equal education and excellence are not mutually incompatible, but that by embracing new and more valid conceptions of excellence, both can be achieved. Two approaches to assessing institutional quality are compared: reputational, based on consensus of opinion, and resource, based on quantitative measures. (MSE)

An effective trademark protection program is advocated. The protection of a college's or university's reputation through preemption of the use of its name in a manner that subjects it to misrepresentation or ridicule is considered as well as protection of school profits from the use of its trademarks. (MLW)

The decision whether to publish information concerning a given person in institutional public relations efforts must go well beyond consideration of the information's usefulness in the immediate context. Damage to another's reputation or invasion of privacy is both unethical and costly. (MSE)

Colleges and universities that license the use of their insignia to capitalize on their athletic reputations are being challenged in court by manufacturers and retailers who question the institutions' right to restrict the use of, and require royalties on, symbols that have been freely available for years. (MSE)

It was found that both successful politicians and scientists almost invariably held special family positions, although the proportions in any particular position were not identical for the two fields. (Author/DLS)

At the 1980 National Trustee Workshop, the first presentation of the AGB Distinguished Service in Trusteeship Award was made. The award and the recipient, Atherton Bean of Carleton College, are described. (MLW)

Two studies examined concurrent and longitudinal associations between adolescents' aggression, victimization, and high status. Findings indicated that both provocateurs and targets of reputational aggression had high levels of peer-perceived popularity. Proactive aggression was also associated with high popularity, while reactive aggression was…

Explains a comprehensive, prescriptive, situational approach for responding to crises and protecting organizational reputation: the situational crisis communication theory (SCCT). Notes undergraduate students read two crisis case studies from a set of 13 cases and responded to questions following the case. Validates a key assumption in SCCT and…

Women in college athletics are finding that homophobia is widespread and that identification as a lesbian can damage their careers. It is common practice to label a coach a lesbian either to minimize complaints about sex discrimination in program funding or to draw prospective athletes away from her program. (MSE)