Coming of Age in New Jersey by Michael Moffatt

He writes , The College was a very complicated place , made more complicated by its inclusion in a bigger and even more confusing university . Very few administrators understood all of it--even its formal organization - let alone how it actually worked . Most campus adults did not even try they simply did their best to grasp those small parts of the college and the university that they needed to understand (Moffat , 1989 ,

. xv (preface ) I no longer understood my students ' says Prof . Moffatt . There was no feeling of solidarity and responsibility . Exercise of self-reliance

and individuality was not encouraged . Stern regard for duty , action without motivated desires sacrifice and self-respect as well respect for others , were absent . The student was willing to be influenced by the impact of materialistic civilization on him . Academic dignity and the great purpose of nobility of human life were sadly lacking

The distant and uncommunicative relationship between the students and professors and how that plays a part in the student 's actions and beliefs in /about college (affects the development of the students

The study revealed many interesting factors . It brought to light the limited knowledge the students had about the structure /hierarchy of the teaching staff and their duties and responsibilities . The students never knew how Professors spent their time after the actual study hours , and about their research , thinking and the department politics . He writes Most students were not sure of the relation between the two most immediate authorities in their lives , the dean of students and the dean of Rutgers College . And very few of them could name any of the higher-level university officials between these two deans at the bottom of the administration and the president of Rutgers University at the top (Moffat , 1989 ,

.25 ) As for the Professors , they were not...