This is a study of differential student recruitment and of changes in student characteristics at 3 highly selective, distinguished liberal arts colleges; 3 church-related colleges; and 2 large public institutions. The findings indicate how students changed from institution to institution in relation to their characteristics at entrance. These…

This article presents two stories that represent a common paradigm shift at the community college level. The life journeys of Tony and Mary Ann are very different. Tony, a traditional-aged student, reluctantly entered his local community college because he was unable to prove, scholastically, that he was capable of handling the coursework at his…

The major thesis of this paper is that the intense political activism observed on some campuses is not pervasive and is representative of only a small proportion of college students in the US; and that the great majority of students today largely manifest the apathy and conformity that have characterized students in the past, rather than the kind…

Explores the issues that arise when development of personal attributes is identified as one of the goals of a new undergraduate medical program. Concludes that such personal learning should be assessed, but that the purpose should not be to certify competence but to harness the powerful effects of assessment onto an important aspect of practice…

Speech communication instructors must think through the consequences of adopting a pedagogy of empowerment before they leap into the classroom with a handy packet of reading and pre-packaged activities. Schools are contested spheres and the struggle over what forms of authority and types of knowledge should be legitimated and transmitted to…

In this 1970 study, 160 graduating seniors at the State University of New York at Buffalo were administered the Senior Survey, a questionnaire designed to elicit seniors' perceptions of their university experiences and their plans and expectations for the future, as well as some demographic information. Major findings of the survey indicate: (1)…

This paper describes a study of students in a competency based teacher education program comparing their opinions of the ideal child with those of a panel of experts on creative persons. The Ideal Child Checklist was used. (JMF)

Examined the relationship between cognitive development and the development of identity in college freshmen. During the beginning of the freshman year of college, students who scored higher in cognitive development tended to have a less developed sense of self than students who scored lower in cognitive development. (Author/LLL)

Stresses that critical thinking is more than a set of skills; it also involves intellectual traits that should be cultivated. These traits include intellectual humility, courage, empathy, integrity, and perseverance; faith in reason; and fair-mindedness. Self-questioning is an important means of developing these traits. (SL)

Article described Simon's Rock, a four-year, coeducational, liberal arts college at the edge of Great Barrington, in the southwest corner of Massachusetts, designed to help 16-year-olds leap from high school to the freedom and responsibilities of college life. (Author/RK)

This report examined student performance expectancies based on self-evaluation of past performance and personal ability. The subjects included 230 male fifth and sixth graders from six randomly selected public elementary schools from a lower-middle class income area of Van Dyke, Michigan. The Arithmetic Computation Test and the Arithmetic…

Shows how social judgment theory was used to describe and compare judgment policies of 13 advisors in a university student development program concerning course selection for profiles of students based on archival data. Three advisors are described in detail as examples of the potential use of this model. (Author/JAC)

Argues that to understand schooling effects on students with learning problems, researchers and educators must consider both student characteristics and the characteristics of their schools and classrooms, including structural characteristics of classrooms, the affective climate of classrooms, and the risky business of school as seen by the public…

That faculty matter to student learning is a widely accepted article of faith with substantial empirical support. Indeed, based on their review of several thousand studies of college student development, Pascarella and Terenzini (1991, 611) concluded that "there can be little doubt about the need for faculty members? acceptance of their roles and…