A meta-analysis of studies examining the criterion validity of student course evaluation data is discussed. Results indicate that the overall size of effect is not only highly significant, but also very meaningful when analyzed in relation to enhancing the likelihood of making more accurate tenure decisions. (Author/MLW)

Using a framework for analyzing manuscripts that appear in the higher education journal literature, eight core journals' publishing patterns for the period 1975-81 are examined. The institutional affiliations and roles of papers' senior authors are identified. (Author/MLW)

A study examined whether students' perceptions of their growth are related to their college experiences (after controlling for their precollege characteristics), whether the amount of development varies over the first three years of college, and whether the influences perceived in personal development vary from one year to another. (Author/MLW)

Clinically based direct interventions with colleagues were used to demonstrate ways of surmounting four constraints in faculty development research: the problem of engaging the least needy faculty, faculty who refuse feedback based on student ratings, improvement of teaching skills while making progress as writers, and teaching scholarly…

The National Study of Black College Students (NSBCS) is employed to develop a model that distinguishes between high- and low-performing Black undergraduates attending public, four-year institutions. Several institutional and student characteristics which are related to Black students' educational outcomes are identified. (Author/MLW)

A more comprehensive view of the community college would emerge, it is proposed, if a sociology of knowledge perspective toward analyses of that institution were adopted. Robert K. Merton's discussion of "insiders" and "outsiders" is applied to the often conflicting images of the role of the community college. (Author/MLW)

Patterns of doctoral study and subsequent career progress were compared for 756 men and women doctoral graduates in education at a research university. Work experience prior to doctoral study strongly predicted career progress for both genders. Affirmative action may have positively affected the careers of recent women doctorates. (Author/MLW)

An exploratory study of students entering four elite fields found that most sought both credentials and competence. Stiff competition within chosen occupations led the majority of students to seek every advantage that graduate education could provide. (Author/MLW)

The professional activities of retired academics from two universities in Great Britain were investigated and were compared with the findings of studies of retired academics from a major U.S. state university. A high degree of similarity was found between the two groups. (Author/MLW)

The factors that influenced voting behavior in two faculty union defeats at New York University are examined. The importance of the swing votes cast in a run-off election by the members of a previously defeated third party is discussed. (Author/MLW)

The library's role in helping the social or behavioral scientist find bibliographic material is explained, and methods for the retrieval of bibliographic information are given. A table giving titles of relevant abstracts and indexes also provides time spans covered, frequencies of publication, disciplines for which each is useful. (Author/MLW)

Follow-up studies of doctoral graduates at Ohio State and Michigan State are compared. The survey considered alumni perceptions of guidance committee activities, course work, comprehensive examinations, and dissertations. (Author/MLW)

Two explanations of congruency of ideal (intent) and actual (action/behavior) work of faculty are examined--reward expectations and referent others. Based on interviews, a survey, and institutional data, it was found that referent others' goals have a greater influence than reward expectations on the congruency of work. (Author/MLW)

Academic and student services officers from the largest 61 state university users of American College Testing (ACT) data systems were surveyed. The study revealed a high degree of role ambiguity and organizational resistance to enrollment management strategies. A need for clarity and coordination in organizational performance is demonstrated.…

Minimum reading comprehension of prospective teachers and average readability of required undergraduate textbooks are contrasted. The Degrees of Reading Power (DRP) test, which represents student test scores, and textbook readability measurements on the same scale was used. Teacher education program applicants in Kentucky participated. (Author/MLW)