Reports the first two years of a 4-year study of 1100 beginning freshmen including an experimental group of 400, who were permitted to waive any or all core requirements. The experimental group has had higher grades with higher course loads, has selected many core courses, and indicates greater satisfaction. (JT)

A sample of faculty and administrators at a large university were divided into three groups (administrators, faculty favoring collective negotiation, and faculty not favoring it). A comparison indicated that faculty with favorable attitudes toward collective negotiation differed significantly from others in their perceptions of the importance the…

For the educational researcher needing to analyze frequency counts arising from cross classification of a sample of observations on a number of qualitative variables, a unified approach is described for the analysis of the p-way contingency table which enriches our understanding of the relationships existing among the classification variables.…

On the basis of relationships found empirically to hold among 20 organizational characteristics of university committees, two patterns are derived of the organizational roles which university committees play: the deliberative, collective decision-making role of member-dominated committees and the one-person advisory role of chairperson-dominated…

Chairmen at 38 state and land-grant institutions were found to be involved in three major roles: academic (duties of student involvement and research), which they enjoy; administrative, which requires the majority of time and is less desirable; and leadership (related to academic personnel and program development), which is a major satisfaction.…

A study of over 8,000 1966 Illinois high school seniors of different sex, ability and social-status in 25 different communities, suggests that the local availability of a public junior college serves largely to alter patterns of college-going by substituting attendance locally for attendance elsewhere in a manner inversely related to social…

Over 4,500 students from 28 universities, colleges, and junior colleges constituting a state system of higher education were compared on extent of drug use. The largest differences were between universities and junior colleges on alcohol and marihuana. Differences in terms of actual numbers of users were small. Implications are discussed.…

A study compared the preferences of students, faculty and administrators in a public, four-year college for five types of institutional goals. Significant differences were found between these campus groups on all five types of institutional goals. Findings are discussed in relationship to previous research, and future research needs are suggested.…

A study of medical student performance showed the clinical performance factor more or less unpredictable from aptitude and premedical academic achievement indices while the academic performance factor was forecast with acceptable accuracy by equations based on the Medical College Admissions Test and premedical grade point average. (JT)

Three groups of college students were given instructions using different testing techniques to determine whether the superior performance obtained with Programed Student Achievement (PA) was due to a Hawthorne Effect. Results seem to preclude any attempt to interpret the effectiveness of PA on that basis. (Editor/JT)

Reports a study that explored the extent to which theoretical estimates of attrition rates presented by Cohen and March (in a 1969-70 study) predict recent presidential departures within their national sample. Results show that in 1971-74 there was little change in the attrition pattern among these college presidents. (Editor/JT)

Attitudes of students who transferred from a college prior to the sophomore year were found to be similar to those who remained on dimensions of educational purpose, peer relationship, and public position, but differed significantly regarding process of education and faculty-student power relationship. Implications are discussed and extended…

A study of the job activities, role expectations, and job satisfaction of 452 academic advisors at the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities) is reported. Jobs include administrative activities and helping students with three problem areas: (1) academic, social or financial, (2) emotional or psychological, (3) academic and career guidance. Most…

Data from 191 institutions which placed notices in the "Chronicle of Higher Education" revealed that there are qualified minority and female candidates available and members of minority groups are making progress toward employment (females even greater progress) while white males are not being "closed out" of the hiring process. (Editor/JT)

Examines the publication process preferred by members of the American Association of Higher Education, the Association of Professors of Higher Education, and editors of journals in higher education. Focus is on desired standards of authors and editors and author rationale for publication and for selection of journals for manuscript submission.…