THIS INQUIRY INVESTIGATED DISCRIMINATION LEARNING PROCESSES IN TRAINABLE MONGOLOID CHILDREN AS COMPARED WITH NORMAL PRESCHOOL CHILDREN. ITS PURPOSE WAS TO CONTRIBUTE TO GENERAL BEHAVIOR THEORY AND TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF MENTAL DEFICIENCY BY SEEING IF SUCH VARIABLES AS TRANSFER OF TRAINING, ACQUIRED DISTINCTIVENESS OF CUES, AND ACQUIRED EQUIVALENCE OF…

THIS STUDY EXPLORED THE EFFECTS OF A DECLARED INSTITUTIONAL GOAL OF VALUE-ORIENTATION ON THE VALUES OF STUDENTS. THE OBJECTIVES WERE--(1) DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF PHILOSOPHY AND THE THEOLOGY REQUIRED IN A CATHOLIC COLLEGE HAVE AN APPRECIABLE IMPACT ON STUDENTS, (2) DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE PRODUCES…

ELEVEN SELF-RATINGS ON PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND LIFE GOALS WERE RE-ADMINISTERED, AFTER A ONE-YEAR PERIOD, TO FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORE STUDENTS AT A SAMPLE OF TEN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. COMPARISONS ACROSS INSTITUTIONS WERE MADE OF STUDENTS GIVING THE SAME INITIAL RESPONSE TO DETERMINE (1) WHETHER STUDENTS AT DIFFERENT COLLEGES SHOWED…

A STUDY OF MENTAL HOSPITALIZATION WAS MADE IN A UNIVERSITY-AFFILIATED, ACTIVE-CARE STATE INSTITUTION CONCERNED MAINLY WITH SCHIZOPHRENICS. THE AUTHOR EXAMINED THE ROUTES PATIENTS FOLLOW THROUGH THE HOSPITAL IN RELATION TO THERAPY AND THE PATIENT'S RETURN TO OUTSIDE LIFE. HE OBSERVED THAT THE PATIENT'S SOCIAL POSITIONS ARE DEFINED IN LARGE PART BY…

Information for a survey of courses in Afro-American studies offered in New York State's colleges and universities was obtained from institutions containing 98% of the state's full-time enrollment. Nearly half of the institutions offered either graduate or undergraduate courses in Afro-American studies. Four-year institutions more often offered…

As student activists grapple realistically with problems of rules and the distribution of power, they are asking for more "authentic" and meaningful interaction with each other and with faculty members. In response to student activism, educational innovations are underway at the University of California at Berkeley and at San Francisco State…

Participation in some areas of university governance is recommended in these 4 statements as an acceptable student role. The first statement describes "legitimate student demands" as those concerned with the quality of the educational experience as they relate to the stated objectives, purposes, and resources of the institution. In the solution of…

Appropriate questions to ask about each entering class, about students in general, and about the college itself are presented as potential subjects of institutional research. A program suggested for the evaluation and analysis of student achievement at the junior college includes data to be gathered from students on entrance to the institution, at…

THE NATURE OF THE INTERACTING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INSTITUTIONS THEY ATTEND WAS EXPLORED. STUDENT PERSONALITY WAS MEASURED FOR SAMPLES FROM 55 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES BY THE ACTIVITIES INDEX, AN INSTRUMENT DESIGNED TO MEASURE PERSONALITY NEEDS. PRESS,…

Emphasis was directed toward three factors: (1) social density; (2) spatial density; and (3) overall institutional population level. In prisons, higher population years yielded higher death rates and higher rates of psychiatric commitments. Blood pressure was higher in more crowded housing. Degree of perceived crowding was related to space per…

This study investigated the temporal orientation of delinquents and nondelinquents while controlling institutionalization. Four groups were selected: institutionalized delinquents; institutionalized nondelinquents; noninstitutionalized delinquents; and noninstitutionalized nondelinquents. The affective attitudes of the nondelinquents toward the…

In the main body of this study, detailed attention is given to patient management practices and organizational factors that encourage dependent behavior that can be characterized as senile. (Author)

Two primary organizing dimensions, a service and an education orientation, were evident in a random sample of 184 continuing professional education centers. Centers were divided into groups based on these orientations. A discriminant function analysis weighted 19 environmental variables to distinguish service-oriented from education-oriented…

Examined the impact of a Family Reunion Program which allows inmates ineligible for furlough to have an extended family visit. Results suggested the program has a positive impact on encouraging inmates who were originally disapproved for participation due to disciplinary infractions to improve their institutional behavior. (JAC)