THE FUNCTIONS OF COLLEGE ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES

Current college environmental measures are examined with reference to several criteria: whether they are designed to obtain general knowledge or to aid decision making, whether they provide information that distinguishes among institutions or within institutions, and whether they focus on an institution's characteristics or on the people in the institution. Current measures do not seem to be expressly designed to provide information for decision making or information about problems within institutions.     

THE RELATION OF VOCATIONAL INTERESTS TO LIFE GOALS, SELF-RATINGS OF ABILITY AND PERSONALITY TRAITS, AND POTENTIAL FOR ACHIEVEMENT

In three analyses using canonical correlation, interests as measured by Holland's Vocational Preference Inventory, were related to (a) 35 life goals, (b) 31 self-ratings of ability and personality traits, and (c) 22 scales measuring potentials for achievement. The sample consisted of 20,369 college freshmen in 37 institutions. Results are shown separately for males and females for five factors for each analysis.     

Gendering Change? Management,Masculinity and the Dynamics of Incorporation

ABSTRACT The recent economic and political climate, which has reshaped all sectors of education in the last few years, has brought dramatic changes to the management and finance of further education (FE). FE institutions have become 'incorporated' as autonomous and self-regulating organisations. The central concern of this article is the effect that the interpretation of incorporation has had on gender relations within these organisations. Many colleges have taken the opportunity to 'restructure', redefining the management hierarchy to consist of new posts to do with finance, selling and premises. The association of these tasks with aspects of masculinity has meant that incorporation has both utilised gender and had gendered consequences. Masculinity is perceived as an integral quality in the achievement of efficient management, a fact which has favoured the promotion of men and the marginalisation of women. How women have responded to these changes is explored in this article.