An alarming aspect of the dramatic change in the relationship between a university and its constituents is the increasing number of court cases challenging traditionally academic decisions. The filing of these cases seems to suggest that judicial processes can be substituted for academic ones. Although many courts have recognized the distinctive…

These papers deal with the nature of student-faculty-administration relationships and the resulting discontent and tension on college and university campuses. Specifically, they are concerned with the problem of simultaneously maintaining individual freedom and campus order. Frederick Rudolph describes the changing patterns of authority and…

Society is in the process of accelerated change and the institutionalization of this change through research and technology. Other factors affecting American society are an increase in affluence, an elevation of the educational level of the population, and a growing interdependence of institutions. The fact that this country is currently going…

The liberal arts are perhaps the most misunderstood and oversold realm of study in higher education. Although prescribed for many ills of the young--vocational uncertainty, lack of motivation, immaturity--they were never meant to solve such problems. Students become frustrated, angry and rebellious when the liberal arts do not live up to the…

The Academic Plan was developed to avoid unnecessary duplication of program efforts, make more efficient use of facilities and teaching staff, and insure continuing excellence of higher education in Wisconsin. The first part of the plan discusses its purposes, which include increasing educational opportunities in the state and insuring the…

At their annual meetings in November 1969, the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities adopted a "Statement of Policy Positions." Their recommendations call for: immediate funding of, first, existing federal programs providing institutional aid, then…

The purpose of this study was to examine the decision-making processes of a university that, faced with radical changes in the external environment, was forced to make extensive internal adaptations. A case study is presented of the way in which the administration of New York University perceived and dealt with the threat to its existence posed by…

Montana's three private colleges in a long and continuous tradition play a truly significant role in higher education of the state, just as private or independent colleges have done in the rest of the nation. It is imperative for the nation and the state to recognize and appreciate the kind of contribution that independent higher education…

Most of the recent expansion in public higher education can be attributed to demands for increasing the variety and number of educational programs, demands stemming from rapid population growth, and a clamor for innovation and alternatives in education. In meeting these demands, particularly in an environment of economic growth and an atmosphere…

This speech discusses the growing Federal involvement in higher education and its impact on institutional autonomy. As there is no alternative to further increases in aid to higher education from the Federal government, higher education institutions must take note of the leverage this will provide to the government. Since many values in higher…

This study of the University of San Francisco provides empirical estimates for the next five years of a set of institutional variables reflecting institutional vital signs. It is intended to provide a sensitization to the fact that a time perspective is important, that the degree of fit between institutional goals and their fulfillment is a…

This document reviews the role of the state and land-grant universities in America. Emphasis is placed on historical background and the role of these schools in light of recent developments. The first chapter concerns enrollment trends, changing emphasis on career goals, response to students, the arts, advanced placement, the honor student,…

Few, if any, categories of postsecondary educational institutions have escaped the impact of collective bargaining. On the one hand, bargained agreements may tend to set the pace in areas of salary and working conditions that must be met by any nonbargaining institution if they desire to be comparable or competitive. On the other hand,…

The Task Force on Qualitative and Quantitative Performance and Achievement in Higher Education considered the nature of evaluation as it might appropriately be defined and practiced, and the specific qualitative and quantitative aspects of those evaluation practices. The report opens with a discussion of 12 recommendations, 5 of which focus on the…

This paper aims to identify major problems in professional education which appear common to all professions. The 4 categories of problems considered are: establishment of an identity and purpose, organization of instruction, relations with other units within the institution, and relations with external agencies. It then discusses, through an…