Goals of student affairs and liberal education are similar, yet in many institutions student affairs is considered ancillary to the primary purposes of the academy. Reasons for this anomaly include a positivist consciousness, lack of attention to students' social and emotional development, student affairs divisions' separation from curricular…

Interviewed 28 relatives of nursing home residents about their involvement in care of elderly relatives and perceptions of care provided by nursing home staff. Relatives attributed responsibility for most tasks to nursing home staff; held themselves responsible for some tasks, such as monitoring and evaluating quality of care, and teaching staff…

A survey of 1,045 college students studying in the Midwest investigated seven attitudinal dimensions of students related to international education programs. The study strongly validates the assumption that institutional involvement in international education programs is a vital need for the maximum benefit to American students. (Author/CH)

If the education profession is to effectively educate its members, a much more significant relationship must develop between components of the profession. This would include all teachers from kindergarten to higher education; all administrators, scholars, and researchers in teaching and learning; developers of curriculum and instructional…

Discusses issues related to the role of the zoo in environmental education. Suggests that zoos must learn to interpret their collections (through better enclosure, design, graphics, labels, and guides) to influence attitudes of visitors toward the natural world and to become aware of the community's educational needs. (JN)

The essays and speeches in this collection, published on Richard Levins 10th anniversary as president of Yale University, reflects his intellectual passions and the depth of his understanding of the work of the university.The first section, "From the Beginning," contains: (1) "Calm Seas, Auspicious Gales"; and (2) "Beyond…

The president of Staten Island Community College, New York, describes the tension between greater equality of opportunity and the quest for excellence in the two-year colleges of the U.S. (Editor)

Discusses architecture and the beginning student by examining the students, the curriculum, the educational institution, the professional institution, and the socio-physical environment. (Author/PG)

Assesses the problems of education as follows: (1) purposes, goals, and objectives of higher education; (2) the substance of education; (3) instructional methods; and (4) the management and finance of educational institutions. Assesses the purposes as: (1) the satisfaction of the intellectual interests of the individual; (2) the perpetuation of…

By "cooling-in", the author means the combination of economic survival of colleges, the pushing of culturally disadvantaged students through college for upward mobility opportunities, and the interest in the faculty for retaining their jobs at all costs, that results in a failure of higher education. (PG)

The University of the Americas has disrupted the social fabric of the town of Cholula, Mexico in an effort to provide an American college experience in a foreign setting. It has enriched some citizens of Cholula, pauperized others, and provided a questionable education for its students. (PG)

Institutional Racism'' is a red herring which now commands attention from diverse quarters of the community. The linguistic confusion has obscured the direction toward social change. (DM)

This essay considers the socio-economic context of the 1972 report of Alberta's Commission on Educational Planning. (Editor)

John Fuzak, associate dean of the college of education at Michigan State University and former St. Louis Cardinal's player, and Maurice Mitchell, University of Denver Chancellor, discuss the relationship between academics and athletics. (PG)