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McCain, Garvin; And Others – 1981
This paper discusses factors related to negative psychological and physiological reactions (i.e., violent deaths, psychiatric commitments, self-mutilations, attempted suicides, disciplinary infractions, etc.) to life in institutional environments such as prisons, schools, off-shore oil rigs, and homes for the aged. Factors discussed are: (1)…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Problems, Behavioral Science Research, Emotional Problems
FRISINA, D. ROBERT; QUIGLEY, STEPHEN – 1961
THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO DETERMINE IF RESIDENTIAL STUDENTS IN INSTITUTIONS FOR THE DEAF PERFORM AT A LOWER LEVEL ON MEASURES OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, SOCIAL MATURITY, AND COMMUNICATION ABILITY THAN A SIMILAR GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO ARE DAY STUDENTS AT THE SAME INSTITUTIONS. SAMPLES OF RESIDENTIAL AND DAY STUDENTS AT 15 INSTITUTIONS EDUCATING DEAF…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Deafness, Emotional Adjustment, Handicapped Children
PACE, C. ROBERT – 1964
STUDENTS FROM NINE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AROUND THE UNITED STATES WERE STUDIED TO DETERMINE THE COMPATIBILITY OF CERTAIN STUDENT INFLUENCES WITH THE PURPOSES OF THE INSTITUTIONS. CORRELATIONAL STUDIES WERE MADE ON 1,319 PARTICIPATING STUDENTS. DATA WERE OBTAINED FROM THE COLLEGE CHARACTERISTICS INDEX (CCI) AND COLLEGE CHARACTERISTICS ANALYSIS…
Descriptors: College Role, College Students, Enrollment Trends, Extracurricular Activities

Riger, Alice L. – 1976
This bibliographical study summarizes and synthesizes the recent (post-1960) theoretical literature on the differential diagnosis and treatment of the male college under-achiever. The three major classifying schemata which appear independently in the literature, and the seven personality patterns they collectively propose, are described. These…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, College Students, Counseling Effectiveness
Hensley, Susan E.; Nelson, Carnot – 1979
Identified in this study are the factors which affect the user's capacity to seek out and utilize information, and the factors which serve as obstacles to information use. Factors relating to both organizational and individual use include level of use, user skills, and user motivation; differentiation of level of use is presented in three levels:…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Cognitive Processes, Information Dissemination, Information Needs
Rees, Alan M.; And Others – 1968
The objective of the research described in this report is to design, implement, and evaluate educational offerings for hospital library personnel. Survey work is providing a data bank concerning the location, facilities, resources, functions, budget, services, and personnel of all hospital libraries in Ohio. These data are being supplemented with…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Feasibility Studies

Moore, William E. – 1976
A comprehensive review of the literature regarding the impact of college on students has indicated that the most striking principle in these studies is the tendency of initial differences in characteristics among groups entering diverse settings to increase over time. The purpose of the present study is to investigate this phenomenon of…
Descriptors: College Choice, Groups, Higher Education, Individual Differences
Payne, John. – 1969
This monograph outlines the present position of research in the field of student mental health. The aim is to provide a selective review of the literature in this field, to indicate those particular areas in which research is now being carried out and to give an indication of those areas in which research could usefully be done. Topics covered…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Institutional Environment
Kubiniec, Cathleen M.; And Others – 1966
This is the first in a series of reports, based exclusively on interview data, which concerns the initial reactions to the university experience of a random sample of 100, class of 1966 freshmen. Information is presented on the students' decision to attend college, their reactions to the first few weeks of university experience, their attitudes…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Freshmen, College Students, Institutional Environment
Burnham, Robert A. – 1971
Conceptualizing organizations as open systems of interrelated variables, this study of 184 Illinois school districts determined the relationships among innovation adoption, selected organizational characteristics, and environmental variability. Organizational characteristics were differentiation (development of specialized organizational…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Correlation, Cultural Interrelationships, Demography
Oosting, Kenneth W. – 1971
Researchers have been interested in environmental effect on human behavior since the 1930s and have lately developed complex testing instruments and techniques for its study. In this paper, campus characteristics are synonymous with campus environment. Concern is with environmental effects on human behavior, and not the environmental components…
Descriptors: College Environment, Educational Environment, Educational Research, Environmental Influences
Totman, Theodore L. – 1976
The technical report presents a chapter outline and thesis summary of an investigation of social science research institutes in American universities. The bulk of the report presents the thesis in four sections. Section I proposes a typology of organized social research units (OSRUs) in the 11 universities studied. Dimensions used to classify the…
Descriptors: Educational History, Higher Education, Institutional Environment, Institutional Role

Freed, Richard C.; Broadhead, Glenn J. – College Composition and Communication, 1987
Examines reasons for discourse communities becoming a subject of writing research. Provides a brief example of the kind of analysis possible, focusing on the composing environments of two similar organizations. (AEW)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Discourse Communities, Freshman Composition

Eklund, S. J.; Scott, M. M. – Journal of Educational Administration, 1985
Research in educational administration needs a coherent empirical base for a comprehensive, ecologically valid theory of administration. This paper describes Roger Barker's Behavior Setting Theory and promotes it as a broad-based conceptual framework for research on educational administration. (Author/TE)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Educational Administration, Educational Anthropology

Ben-David, Joseph – Studies in Higher Education, 1986
Roots and background of the Israeli university, the emergence of a university system, the institutional structure of the Israeli university, academic profession and research, students and studies, and higher education and Israeli society are discussed. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, College Students, Educational Change