In discussing how to measure the effects of a residential course upon student goals and attitudes, the author advocates a transaction research self-study focusing on college organization (what it does and does not do to further human development). Basic open-ended questions would be posed in personal interviews with students, faculty and…

The traditional undergraduate separation of general education, the major, and the electives does not reflect what happens in the student's learning, and lacks direction and clarity of purpose. Collaboration among generalists and specialists within and between the departments is needed to prepare students better.

Concern is expressed about the measures that enrollment-driven colleges are taking to survive: destructive competitive practices may result in scrambled curricula and scrambled college identities. State control is an increasingly real possibility if such developments get out of hand. (MSE)