This book focuses on the social situation of the hospitalized child in twentieth-century America. It contends that the children's hospital has many of the characteristics of depersonalization and enforced helplessness that are associated with other "total institutions" in our society. The book also examines the interpersonal approaches employed by…

In recent decades, an increase in federal and state support for higher education has carried with it a correlative increase in surveillance by government agencies. Although the role of regional accrediting bodies has not yet been challenged directly, state and federal governments have embarked on policies and actions that bear upon their function.…

Many people have attempted to define exactly what racism is and what causes it. While there is no commonly accepted definition, there is agreement with regard to the facts that (1) no scientific evidence has been found to support the belief that race determines the history and culture of a people; (2) racism is a learned behavior; (3) definitions…

This report presents the results of a three-year program of research designed to evaluate the effectiveness of institutions serving dependent and neglected children in terms of their impact on resident children, and their ability to respond to changing demands on their services. Basically, the research was geared to determining whether the open,…

The document focuses on Dr. Cyril O. Houle, professor at the University of Chicago, who has concentrated on the development of continuing career education. The introduction presents biographical notes on Houle's career and a listing of his published works. The first section offers notes (in French) from an interview between Houle, called on as a…

The adult leaders of the Little League baseball organization announced that their "world series" would be limited to American teams. This raises a question about the capacity of Americans to adjust to a world in which power is diffused and centers of decision are plural. First one must consider whether the leaders of public higher…

Chapter 1 of this report on campus unrest examines the nature of the crisis: the kinds of institutions where violence is most likely to occur; the issues that gave rise to protest including generational conflict, the social "irrelevance" of youth, obsolete educational practices, the breakdown of authority, and social malaise; and institutional…

There exists today a wider gulf than ever before between higher education and the public it is designed to serve and this gulf is widening. Public support for higher education is decreasing at a time when the cry for universal higher education has been taken up by the public and university community alike. One of the major causes for this widening…

This study was undertaken to explore the potential role the Office of Education could play in helping urban universities respond more appropriately than they have in the past to urban problems. It was assumed that urban crises have created new imperatives for all urban universities and urban universities face pressures from both acknowledged and…

The theme of the 1970 Annual Meeting of the American Council of Education was "Higher Education for Everybody? Issues and Implications." The papers in this volume address themselves to the question of universal higher education and to the implications of this goal on institutional goals and practices as these relate to a student population that…

Institutions of higher education have long stood in loco parentis to their students. This concept is now widely challenged. This paper examines the evolution of the concept and discusses 29 court cases, beginning with a case heard in a Maine court in 1847. The evidence indicates that the future of the concept is unpredictable. Procedural due…

The colloquium on issues in university governance was organized to identify and define major governmental issues facing US colleges and universities and, following an interdisciplinary analysis of the issues, to propose solutions or to determine next steps to be taken. Explanations that emerged as to why the governance of academic institutions has…

The fundamental character of US colleges and universities is being changed by a variety of forces and pressures which have created a period of confusion, uncertainty, and alarm for many educators and policy-makers in higher education. The traditional principles and modes of institutional leadership are being challenged by forces from within and…

US graduate schools are called upon to meet the country's requirements for scientists, scholars, statesmen, administrators, lawyers, and doctors. The financial needs of the US university system have multiplied in the last few decades partly because of the rise in the number of students, but primarily because of the unceasing quest for new…

In order to transform the disruptive forces that threaten the university today into cohesive ones, the university should make structural changes within itself toward a new purpose of enhancing society's capability for continuous self-renewal. It may have to become a political institution, interacting with government and industry in the planning…