Tougaloo College, a private black college in Jackson, Mississippi, has 718 full-time students, a minority of black faculty members, and a mostly out-of-state board of trustees. The author reviews its radical reputation, as "the antithesis of the white community" and the present emphasis on preparing its students for full participation in…

The author discusses the unique position in which most counseling services on university campuses find themselves. They are "change agents", but fail to use and accept the need for becoming involved in academic politics. The author relates three sources of power unique to the counseling profession. (PC)

Early conditioning, occupational counseling, social attitudes, institutional limitations, and attitudinal limitations are several factors discussed which have contributed to the formation of traditional customs and habits concerning occupational trends for women in agriculture. (Author/BP)

The author discusses four topics on the sociological role of education. Included in the analysis are perspectives on social status and minority groups in education; how schools contribute to socialization; the status of teachers; and how educational systems fit into society. (DE)

The author examines how although school board governments lack formal mechanisms for channeling conflict, they compensate with an informal mechanism known as receptivity. Competitive elections are an institutional mechanism that support this receptivity. (DE)

The three-part Council on Postsecondary Accreditation (COPA) handbook, an annual publication, covers an introduction to COPA, the recognition review process, and policies and guidelines. Part I includes: accreditation and the role of COPA; the COPA board; standing committees (executive committee, committee on recognition, committee on state…

A key issue facing college and university executives is the best way to organize to provide information services to faculty, staff, and students. Three experienced university executives addressed this issue at the forum on information technology described in this document. They looked at the following topics: how their own institution chose to…

Nineteen essays comprise this personal and historical look at the University of Utah and the relationship between the university, its people, and the community. Essays include: "One Cannot Live Long Enough to Outgrow a University" (Ramona Wilcox Cannon); "Ever in the Freshness of Its Youth" (G. Homer Durham); "The Final…

Discusses the emergence of institutional research during the last decade and the need for an image for "potentiality of change" in higher education. Specifies steps in beginning and improving institutional research, and points to the crucial problem of developing priorities. The necessity of sustaining institutional support for projects is also…

This article discussed the roles of the various participants in the referral process as well as several other of its dimensions including the holistic/atomistic, the horizontal/vertical, and the personal/institutional. It is suggested that referral be seen in human terms and as a "transfer of trust." (Author)

Learning to Be, the report of the International Commission on the Development of Education, is discussed in the light of various misreadings of the book. The author, the executive secretary of the Commission, discusses the functional contribution of education to society, education and economic development, and the school as an institution. (JH)

The article, concerned with problems suggested by one point of a formula for effective communication (that the signs employed must refer to common experience), explores the ways in which culture blocks communication. Middle class institutions are urged to find ways to remove the barriers to communication with the poor. (AJ)

Discusses the need for new mechanisms and institutions to cope with crises brought about by rapid societal change. (GB)

Describes a congressional debate in which criticism of National Science Foundation (NSF) funding procedures resulted in the passing of a bill providing for congressional monitoring of all NSF research. The debate involved the question of "seemingly wasteful" research, and the matter of the content and implementation of courses developed…

The President of the Institute of International Education examines issues raised by the possibility of a large inflow of students from the Middle East and other wealthy and developing nations, noting the opportunity to contribute to the development of other nations and the responsibilities that it entails. (JT)