This article explores institutional responses to the race equality agenda in the context of further education (FE) and sixth form colleges. More specifically, it examines the experiences of black and minority ethnic governors within the environment of recent legislative changes to improve the representation of black and minority ethnic people in…

Using a survey of self-authorship (Pizzolato, 2004), this longitudinal study investigated to what extent particular student characteristics (e.g., demographics characteristics, academic preparation characteristics) and the college environment (i.e., academic and living environment) influence self-authorship development. Findings in this…

The purpose of this study was to analyze the spring 2008 Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) results from a community college located in Southeast Texas to determine what relationship student engagement had to student persistence and academic performance and if that relationship differed by race, ethnicity, or academic program.…

The present study describes the development and initial validation of the Coping with the College Environment Scale (CWCES). Participants included 433 college students who took an online survey. Principal Components Analysis (PCA) revealed six coping strategies: planning and self-management, seeking support from institutional resources, escaping…

Background: Few studies have examined physical activity during the transition from high school to college. Purpose: To examine changes in physical activity and physical activity patterns among females during the transition from high school to college. Methods: Sixty-nine females (age 18.2 [plus or minus] 0.4 years; body mass index 21.8 [plus or…

In the quasi-marketised environment of the new, mass higher education (HE), centralised policy continues to dictate conditions, and traditionally stable sources of income are being made increasingly unreliable. An increasing emphasis on student support within HE institutions (HEIs) has been made necessary by targets for student numbers and the…

This two-volume work is intended to help readers develop powerful new ways of thinking about organizational principles, and apply them to policy-making and management in colleges and universities. The book is written with two audiences in mind: administrative and faculty leaders in institutions of higher learning, and students (both doctoral and…

This report contains the recommendations of the select committee for lesbian and gay concerns for Rutgers University. The executive summary outlines the principal goals and objectives for the university. Section 1 describes an agenda to improve public relations at Rutgers. Bigotry and homophobia are discussed and representative comments from a…

Two papers describing and reacting to the proposed abolition of a department of communication are contained in this document. The first paper ("Proposed Abolition of a Department of Communication" by Thorrel B. Fest) describes the factors that led the attack. Environmental factors--distrust of the discipline, decreasing funds, and…

Reviewing environmental measures of college environments and making environmental measures more useful are purposes carried out within a framework of four decision-making categories requiring environmental information, considered from input, contextual, and output perspectives. (JH)

THE OBJECT OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DISCOVER WHAT CHANGES, IF ANY, OCCUR IN THE ATTITUDES, VALUES, AND ORIENTATIONS TO LIFE OF AMERICAN YOUTH AS THEY PROCEED THROUGH THE FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE EXPERIENCE. THE TARGET POPULATION WAS 183 MEMBERS OF THE 1960-61 FRESHMEN CLASS OF A SMALL MENNONITE LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE IN A MIDWESTERN STATE. THE CONCEPTUAL AND…

Pace's College and University Environment Scales (CUES) fails to consider the interdependency of the individual and his environment. A random sample of students (A) and two samples of general psychology students (B) and (C) were used to determine the legitimacy of CUES claims of freedom from: (1) sampling bias, and (2) correlation with individual…

The College and Environment Scales Survey (CUES) was administered during the winter of 1973 to students who had completed at least four quarters at the University of California (UC) Irvine campus. The survey, designed to investigate the students' perception of the atmosphere of the campus, dealt with such campus conditions as the levels of…

American higher education today includes between 450 and 600 colleges and universities with roots in Protestant Christianity. The subject of this profile is what that orientation means for their character and environment, and how it influences their student and alumni. (MJM)

This document presents an inquiry into university provision for campus religious life. Emphasis is placed on the question of custody; the basis litigation; support given; precedents for adjudication: what models of religious coordination are available; and who is responsible. Appendices include a statement regarding the relationships between the…