Analysis of the functions and responsibilities of faculty-dominated athletic committees indicated six dimensions of influence including: policy, autonomy, hiring, business, academic surveillance, and NCAA power. Seven predictors of degree of faculty control of athletic programs were found. (Author/MLW)

A generic conceptual framework is presented to guide study of preservice collegiate professional preparation programs. Research based on the scheme can help to improve program self-study and external reviews, clarify educational goals, and foster collaboration across fields of professional study. (Author/MLW)

A survey of instructional strategies for higher education is presented. The issue of selecting the most appropriate methods and materials is discussed in relation to the type and level of the expected student learning, special needs of the student group, and the practical constraints of the instructional setting. (Author/MLW)

Racial differences in the effects of intellectual and nonintellectual student characteristics and faculty attitudes and behaviors that significantly predict students' college performance are examined. Significant differences between black and white students' college performance and the predictors are discovered. (Author/MLW)

The "critical" and "established" positions on university morality leave important questions unanswered. A revised position distinguishing between the corporate and intellectual bodies of the university is offered. Three social conditions for maintaining a value-rational debate are proposed. (Author/MLW)

Biotechnology is changing the values of the university's bioscience community. Priorities are distorted by entrepreneurial incentives and government pressures that increase the scientist's dependence on industry and the military. The university is seen as inattentive to the social, ethical, and educational challenges. (Author/MLW)

The goals of applied ethics courses are examined in relation to the stimuli for initiating such courses, the settings in which they are offered, and the nature of moral agency and development. A typology of possible goals is offered, and current testing methods are discussed. (Author/MLW)

A study that found a low relationship between state regulation and four measures of quality and success is described. The data suggest that the influences of financial and academic flexibility are statistically overwhelmed by other variables, expecially the relative generosity of state funding. (Author/MLW)

A causal model is proposed and estimated to assess the relative influence of precollege attributes, institutional characteristics, and academic, social, and career-related collegiate experiences on the socioeconomic achievement of 2,118 former college students over a nine-year period. (Author/MLW)

An evaluation model, feminist phase theory, that classifies the evolution of feminist scholarship in anthropology, history, literature, and psychology is described. Its uses for evaluating a faculty development seminar in women's studies and for analyzing syllabi and textbooks for their treatment of women are discussed. (Author/MLW)

A comprehensive study by both baccalaureate origin and gender of entrants into U.S. medical schools reveals which institutions send substantial numbers of students to medical schools and also discloses differences in the institutional backgrounds of male and female medical students. (Author/MLW)

A framework for examining the ethical responsibilities of both graduate school faculty and students is based on five principles: autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence, justice, and fidelity. It is intended to encourage discussion of the responsibilities of graduate education and professional development. (Author/MLW)

Organizational analysts argue that formal environmental assessments should be integrated into strategic planning. Guidelines for establishing formal environmental assessment in educational institutions are presented, evaluated, and refined based on the experimental effort of the University of Minnesota. (Author/MLW)

Some suggest that college faculty treat women in ways that decrease their achievement and lower their confidence. A survey is described that found no support for this view and found some evidence that women are treated as if they were more able than men. Policy implications are discussed. (Author/MLW)

Studies of financial aid packaging policies are reviewed and the ways institutions package aid for eligible students are discussed. An analysis of national data for aid to Hispanic students reveals a different pattern. The implications of various packaging policies are discussed. (Author/MLW)