An institutional attrition study showed certain reasons for dropping out cited by all students reemerging in analysis of subgroups. Financial and personal problems were most common, with unavailability of a desired major also common. However, individual differences also emerged, and strict adherence to a dropout profile is not recommended. (MSE)

Identifying intended outcomes can mean renewing a sense of disciplines as viable, dynamic modes of thinking and acting for learners at any stage. The experiences of 11 institutions are discussed, showing that the process of clarifying outcomes has multiple effects that are worth the institutional commitment it requires. (Author/MLW)

Graduates of Boston University's accelerated Six-Year College of Liberal Arts-Medical Education Combined Degree Program are compared with their eight-year classmates. The results indicate that the six-year group achieved higher scores on standardized tests but that both groups were remarkably similar in other aspects, and that the liberal arts…

The concepts of work, careers, and career education are discussed as they relate to higher education concerns. An idealistic model is presented illustrating what would constitute a comprehensive career education effort in an institution of higher education. (AF)

By the fall of l973 Bellarmine College's enrollments had declined 35 percent and the college saw its problems primarily as inadequacy in salesmanship. Now, Bellarmine is described as a market-oriented institution striving to assess the educational needs of its community without changing its commitment to the liberal arts. (Author/MLW)

Analysis of a survey, completed by 128 collection development librarians at 72 liberal arts colleges, ranked six university presses and 58 publishers associated with science and technology, humanities, and social sciences by their perceptions of familiarity, quality and academic relevance. Found that university presses are well respected:…

Nearly 11 years ago trustees of Wilson College (Pennsylvania) voted to close the institution. A group of alumnae brought a lawsuit to keep the college open, and since then the college's programs have been transformed to meet the changing interests and ages of its students. A division of continuing studies was created. (MLW)

Offering a degree in advance of the traditional B.A. will "exalt the liberal arts curriculum" and better serve new students. The curriculum should be expanded to accommodate the less-qualified undergraduates and full service should be offered to the public, six days a week, year round. (MLW)

Presents the initial ideas produced by Think Groups of the American Society for Information Science (ASIS), who are developing a vision for the year 2000 in the disciplines that comprise information science. In the areas discussed, suggestions are made for the roles of ASIS and special interest groups, research directions, and issues needing…

Alverno College students receive no grades and do not compete with each other, but to graduate, they must demonstrate competence in eight "abilities": communication, analysis, problem solving, valuing, social interaction, taking responsibility for the global environment, effective citizenship, and aesthetic response. (MSE)

Reports on a 1989 study which investigated course offerings (n=22,931) at 29 Michigan community colleges to determine the condition of general education. Reports low availability and breadth of general education courses, contrary to the perceptions of campus administrators surveyed. Suggests steps to evaluate and enhance general education…

This paper contends that trends in business (restructuring, downsizing, decentralization, managerial empowerment, internationalization) strongly imply a need to reorganize the college curriculum to provide future professionals with the skills and intellect to meet multiple economic and organizational challenges. This means a new learning model and…

Evaluates the use of computer-mediated communication in a sociology course at Henderson State University (Arkansas). Highlights include information literacy and liberal arts education; critical thinking; computer conferencing on campus networks; online teaching methods and evaluation; student characteristics; electronic mail; privacy and freedom…

College students need to experience high expectations, through internal motivation or external encouragement, to be successful learners, and a healthy college or university community expects student participation in and sharing of leadership tasks. Goals for such expectations should be defined and communicated clearly through campus policy and…

An introduction to this theme issue stresses that accommodating needs of increasingly diverse college population should be guided by basic principles: making all students feel welcome; asking what they need to learn and conditions that must exist for that to occur; sharing plans and commitments; and establishing helping relationships between those…