Focuses on the provision of HIV/AIDS education for 16- through 19-year olds in colleges of further education and offers both qualitative and quantitative insights into the English approach to HIV/AIDS education for this age group. Reports that most colleges fail to meet the needs of young people and are offering very little education in this area.…

A longitudinal study of 2,165 college students at 4-year institutions suggests that students' precollege traits, quality of academic effort in college, and faculty and peer interactions were more influential on learning and student perceptions of cognitive development than institutional characteristics and environment. A resulting causal model is…

Using data from a college-level history exam, this study illustrated how assessment of women's academic achievement can be distorted by using tests as measures of student outcomes. It is recommended that use of such tests be limited to examining curricular shortcomings, not evaluating student proficiency. The test is appended. (Author/MSE)

A study of 219 college students' ratings of teacher performance found that student raters' inferences about instruction are partly contaminated by their implicit theories of effective instructional behavior. Students inferred traits and behaviors and rated corresponding items even when instructor behavior was limited to a subset of performance…

Examination of the perceptions of business alumni (n=585) concerning their undergraduate education from a consumer satisfaction perspective found that, if students have poorly formed goals for an aspect of education, they are likely to base satisfaction judgments on institutional performance; if goals are well-formed, they base judgments on…

Two surveys of DePaul University (Illinois) faculty, in 1986 and 1992, suggest that models for improvement of faculty vitality at comprehensive universities take into account the particular institutional direction and mission articulation of such institutions, in addition to conventional factors such as workload and reward structure. (MSE)

A survey of 404 full-time, tenure-track assistant professors at Case Western Reserve University (Ohio) found that successful researchers exhibit specific research activities and scholarly habits to an extent that less-successful researchers do not. Implications are drawn for faculty development and related research. The survey instrument is…

A study of stress among 786 faculty at a land-grant university found differences in stress levels among discipline groups and higher stress reported by women than by men. The findings are discussed, and several proposals are made for individual faculty members, department heads, and academic administrators for addressing the problems of workplace…

A study investigated attitudinal, demographic, involvement, and philanthropic characteristics of a university's alumni donors (n=210) and nondonors (n=161). Analysis revealed predictors of nondonors versus donors with 65 percent accuracy, and high donors versus low donors with 87 percent accuracy. Implications for fund raising are discussed.…

A study examined attitudes, cognitive and noncognitive experiences, and transfer-related behaviors of 277 nontraditional-age Hispanic students graduating from a community college. Measures were developed for family concerns, encouragement, social and academic integration, English skills, and educational and institutional commitments. Variables…

A study of 420 multiple-transfer students enrolled at a large, public, urban university found that students moved along 4 transfer paths before enrolling at the university, where they comprised one-fifth of undergraduates. Paths differed on demographic, institutional, and interaction variables. Overall, they were academic achievers with high…

A 2-phase study (n=330 students, n=90 students) in 3 colleges developed a self-report survey to measure characteristics of students involved in academic misconduct. Five misconduct constructs were identified: cheating on tests and assignments; inappropriate use of resources; quasi-misconduct; subtle manipulation of faculty; and bold manipulation…

British students completed assessments examining the extent to which they could control variables and ways factors like question format and context affected their test performance. Factors within the questions, rather than skills themselves, led to large variations in facility. Aspects of the questions themselves were the most significant…

This article investigates the repercussions of economic, social, and political change in Hong Kong on its educational practice and policy, presenting four case studies of educational policymaking process and product from different phases of Hong Kong's postwar development and noting the impact of the impending reversion to Chinese sovereignty. (SM)

Presents information from a research project that investigated advantages and disadvantages of the diversity of school management interests in Northern Ireland and the effects of direct rule on framing and implementing educational policy. The effect of direct rule on the power of English and Welsh local education authorities is also discussed. (SM)