A nationwide survey of 1,185 academic sociologists examined their extramural consulting activities. About 72% had done consulting work, primarily presentations, writings, and survey research. Top three types of organizations worked for were voluntary organizations, government, and educational groups. As consultants, respondents made limited use of…

Conducted qualitative case study of women's residence hall floor to discover how institutional culture properties shaped values, beliefs, and behaviors of undergraduate women. Findings from resident assistant, hall coordinator, faculty fellow, and 34 floor residents revealed that residence hall proved to be environment that supported residents as…

Argues that the new information technologies are opening a doorway to a new form of institution for higher education. Describes the author's own activities in nonprint publishing (online and CD-ROM), which would arguably not have aided in achieving tenure. Argues that academic institutions have important choices to make toward technologically…

Presents findings of a process evaluation of the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility. Measures from the evaluation suggest that the presence of a therapeutic community within a prison is associated with significant advantages for management of the institution-including lower rates of infractions, reduced absenteeism among correctional…

Argues that the traditional philosophy of public service has remained relevant and vital to overall library reference service despite information technology and other societal changes. Topics include information and information technology; and economic, political, and social trends as they influence reference librarians and reference service.…

Reports on ongoing development of the University of the Arctic--a network of institutions of higher education in eight polar countries--in the context of the changing nature of distance education in Canada. Discusses Canadian access to telelearning, institutions of virtual education, related research and supportive organizations, and course…

This study investigated factors that may explain differential performance with university technology transfer, the process of transforming research into marketable products. Utilizing multi-source data on 108 universities, a set of internal and external resources were found to be significant predictors of one or more of three technology transfer…

The Research Institute for Higher Education (RIHE) in Hiroshima University started a program of research on the Changing Academic Profession (CAP) in 2005. This research is funded by the Ministry of Education and Science as a grant-in-aid for scientific research headed by Professor Akira Arimoto, Director of the Research Institute for Higher…

This study examined relationships between institutional culture, decision making approaches, and organizational effectiveness of two-year colleges. The sample included 639 full-time faculty members or full-time administrators at 30 public two-year colleges stratified for size. The causal model estimated for this study used K. S. Cameron's (1978;…

Findings of a study that examined parent and student perceptions of school learning environments are presented in this document. The data are from the 1993 National Household Education Survey (NHES:93), a national survey conducted by Westat for the National Center for Education Statistics. This report is based on data from telephone interviews…

Findings from a study to examine the relationship between school climate factors and student achievement in the Austin Independent School District are presented in this executive summary. Factor and regression analyses were used to analyze data from a survey of all public school professionals in the district. Findings suggested that differences in…

Discusses factors that can influence a university's choice of goals and concludes that, given expressions of public concern that appear to be basic shifts in the fabric of Canadian society--and thus of its requirements of higher education--the reconsideration of institutional goals has become vital. (JT)

Examined was the relationship between length of institutionalization and IQ change in 46 school-aged, socially deprived, retarded girls. (Author)

This paper reports selected findings from a study of formal, institution-wide planning in the United States undertaken by the National Center for Postsecondary Governance and Finance, located at the University of Maryland. The study included a review of higher education planning literature, a survey of administrators at 256 institutions, and…

This paper presents a comprehensive case analysis of formal environmental scanning processes in three different institutions of higher education. The study focuses on how environmental scanning activities are organized and used to support institutional planning and decision-making. Special emphasis is placed on describing how environmental…