Recognizing the mismatch between a philosophy of holistic development and evaluation focused on external, quantitative criteria led Miami University's Honors and Scholars Program to revise its curriculum in accordance with student development theory. (Contains 1 table.)

Explores the results of a national survey on college students' alcohol consumption. Features an interview with the author of the study and excerpts taken from online interviews of students and staff at various college campuses. Also outlines a 12-step program for addressing the drinking problem on campuses. (RJM)

Challenges stereotypes surrounding Generation X--American youth born between 1961 and 1981--and the persistent media misrepresentations surrounding this cohort. Attacks the myth that these youth are slackers, that they are apathetic, and that they are whiners. Explores some of the implications of these stereotypes for college and university…

Discusses how college administrators can begin to restructure their institutions so that they spend less as the students learn more. Looks at redefining academic quality, enhancing faculty productivity and student learning, student learning and the restructuring of faculty roles, and restructuring implications for academic processes and…

Highlights some promising examples of faculty and student affairs partnerships that have evolved on behalf of service learning initiatives. Examines the common features that contribute to successful partnerships and offers insights, taken from various campuses, on the typical challenges that student affairs staff and faculty face when promoting…

Spirituality has long been associated with public service, but is it a key ingredient? The author argues that it is and that higher education is missing a critical opportunity by not helping students understand the spiritual aspects of serving others. (Contains 12 references.) (GCP)

As campuses become increasingly diverse, it is more important than ever to promote understanding across differences. The author describes an approach for helping student from different backgrounds talk and learn from each other. (Contains 14 references.) (Author)

Many colleges understand the importance of teaching students how to work well with others and make an effort to introduce this during orientation week. But do students retain this skill throughout their college years and well after college? Argues that in order for these efforts to be effective, this practice needs to be made an integral part of…

A fair amount of what we know about college students and how they are affected by their college experience has been learned from the data gathered in the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP). In this article, CIRP's founder surveys the past, present, and future of the thirty-seven-year-old program. (Contains 12 references.) (GCP)

Explores ways that colleges and universities can become learning communities in all of their dimensions. Discusses the five disciplines of the learning organization (personal mastery, mental models, shared vision, team learning, and systems thinking) and ways to adhere to these disciplines. Describes leadership roles and the importance of vision.…

Suggests that surprisingly little research is devoted to community colleges and that it is time to pay attention to these widely attended institutions. Recent evidence suggests that community colleges' occupational and educational impact is comparable to four-year institutions. Subsequently, researchers must rethink and expand their notions of…

Claims that the major obstacle to active learning techniques comes from students. To free class time for active learning, students must take on the responsibility for learning factual information on their own. Looks at ways to explain the benefits of active education and to orient students in this approach. (RJM)

Argues that, before colleges and universities can develop leaders, they must develop a coherent vision of what leadership is. Uses a historian's concept of transformational leadership to explore the various dimensions of leadership, such as its moral dimension. Outlines reasons for instituting and transforming leadership development programs. (RJM)

Explores ways that higher education can reintegrate cognitive learning and personal development. Discusses a developmental conceptualization of learning and outlines strategies that help students connect learning in college to their lives. Provides both curricular and cocurricular examples and stresses the importance of a shared vision of…

Examines the obstacles to productive collaborations between academic and student affairs. Argues that faculty and student affairs professionals should embrace their essential differences, such as opposite personality styles, formal learning, individuality and community, and power and powerlessness. Such differences offer students examples of the…