A variety of techniques are available for evaluating the success that implemented programs have in terms of achieving the expected and desired student outcomes and, by extension, the desired goals and objectives of the institution. Current approaches to such analysis are generally limited to the basic strategy of survey research. The two major…

Much recent research into college writing has focused on syntactic measurements. Significant problems inherent in such use of these indices arise for their validity at and beyond the college level and center on the terms "maturity,""complexity," and "growth.""Maturity" has not been satisfactorily defined, nor has the level of competence been…

Although higher education is often referred to as the "market place of ideas" traditional sex role stereotyping attitudes and behavior are pervasive and significantly reinforced in the collegiate environment. From previous research it has been demonstrated that, during the sophomore and junior year of college, crucial student life career decisions…

A study was conducted to examine the effect of Miami-Dade Community College's Intercurricular Studies Division on the level of self-actualization of students participating in the program. The two-semester program emphasized development of the student as a total person: first semester courses utilized the concept of "self" as an…

An overview is given of the Sierra Project, a developmental intervention designed and undertaken at the University of California, Irvine during 1974-75 to facilitate and study dimensions associated with character development in college students. The developmental status of resident freshmen was assessed and their growth and development over the…

This document is a presentation by the Department of Educational and Psychological Research of the School of Education, Malmo, Sweden, of information concerning Department's organization, research program, and reporting system. Brief summaries of current research projects are included, divided into four sections: (1) subject-matter oriented…

To promote and accelerate the creation of remedial training programs in technical institutes and community colleges, 46 participants from a wide geographic representation and from varied positions were selected to attend a 5-day training institute. Presentations by consultants and group discussions were utilized to meet the objects of developing a…

This document describes the design, operation, and field-testing of an innovative model for undergraduate teacher education at West Virginia University. Emphasizing the need for students to translate cognitive learning into performance at the time each concept is first acquired, the model incorporates such innovative modes of instruction as the…

The influence of age of entrance to first grade on subsequent rate of scholastic development was tested in this longitudinal investigation. Forty-one pairs of boys and forty-nine pairs of girls, matched according to sex, intelligence, and socioeconomic status, were subjects. The mean chronological age of late entrants was 81 months, opposed to 72…

The variety of manpower needs generated by advanced technology plus all that is known about human variability in aptitude, achievement, interests, motivations, attitudes, values and intellectual dispositions underscore the need for a highly diversified higher education system. Britain has lagged behind other industrial countries in providing a…

College and university learning centers have evolved from narrowly defined remedial services to agencies serving the entire student community. The changing role of learning centers necessitates systematic program evaluation and assessment of student needs. During 1975, the Colorado State University Learning Laboratory staff collected data on…

This mission statement expresses purposes of the State University of New York at Albany, and is the opening essay in a planning process that is the responsibility of the Office of Academic Planning. Focus is on the pertinent elements of mission and on criteria for institutional development. The statement contains the following: historical…

Some proposals are offered that student personnel administrators can use to facilitate student development. They involve coordination of outside and class activities, opportunities for attitude development, a personal development orientation for administration functions, student input relating to administrative actions, and treating students as…

The relationship between student and teacher was once at the core of the educational experience. Today, on most campuses faculty and students seldom interact outside the classroom in an informal setting. Student personnel administrators are in a key position to help alleviate the problem of deteriorating student-faculty relations. (Author)

This article discusses those important everyday work problems and activities that are not usually covered in textbooks and professional training classroom sessions but are considered basic to survival in the profession. (Author)