Understanding campus climate through the voices of Filipina/o American college students.
The purpose of this article is to discuss findings that investigate the experiences of Filipina/o American college students at a large, research I institution in southern California. Qualitative data was collected through one-on-one interviews to elicit responses related to the campus environment, sense of campus community/sense of belonging, and...

An assessment of barriers and strategies for recruitment and retention of a diverse graduate student population.
The purpose of this exploratory qualitative investigation was to: a) describe the barriers of recruitment and retention of diverse-graduate student population at one of the predominantly white universities (PWUs) in the Midwestern US as perceived by the program coordinators and directors and b) identify successful strategies for improving the...

Student governance: toward effectiveness and the ideal.
College students have been engaged in various aspects of campus governance since nearly the beginning of the academy. This governance was formalized greatly by the academic freedom movement of 40 years ago, and the current system of shared governance has not adapted well to the changing nature of the...

Status of participation in physical activity among international students attending colleges and universities in the United States.
This study examined the status of participation in physical activity among international students attending colleges and universities in the United States. Participants for the study were 521 international students from five universities in the Midwestern part of the United States. Descriptive statistics revealed that international college students spent on...

Integrating critical thinking and memorandum writing into course curriculum using the Internet as a research tool.
Employers seek job candidates with critically thinking abilities, great written and oral communication skills, and honesty, among other characteristics. Research supports the need to develop those qualities and business faculty are charged with the task of developing and improving them. As a result faculty are continually searching for new...

Remediation in the community college: an evaluator's perspective.
Remediation is the most common approach to preparing students academically and socially during their early stages of college. However, despite its profound importance and its significant costs, there is very little rigorous research analyzing its effectiveness. The goal of this article is to provide a conceptual framework for the...

A comparison of international student and American student engagement in effective educational practices.
American society is more diverse now than at any previous time (Keller, 2001). It is no surprise, then, that knowledgeable observers both inside and outside the academy say that an important goal of higher education is to prepare culturally competent individuals with the ability to work effectively with people...

Board duty in retirement: why, in my mid-70s, I opted to serve on a local school board and why other retired superintendents should consider doing so.
Last year, at age 75, I decided to run for election to the five-member regional school board that represents the voters in the four-town New Hampshire seacoast. A resident of Hampton, where the 1,4000-pupil Winnacunnet High School is located, I was encouraged by an 18-year veteran board member who...

An expressed preference determination of college students' valuation of statistical lives: methods and implications.
I wish to thank the USU Office of the Provost and the Department of Economics for providing financial support. I would also like to thank Cris Lewis and Paul Jakus for reading earlier drafts of the manuscript and providing invaluable suggestions. Lastly, I am most grateful to my wife...

Strategies for student transition to college: a proactive approach.
The phenomenon of student attrition is an increasingly challenging problem confronting American higher education. Unfortunately, there exists virtually no consensus on root causes; and disagreements continue over what intervention strategies might help to reduce the rates with which young collegians abandon their studies and leave campus. Data were collected...