Journal of Higher Education articles from January 2001

Journal of Higher Education archives from January 2001

Learning Productivity at Research Universities.
January 1, 2001... Introduction Research universities enjoy the highest status among colleges and universities (Geiger, 1993; Graham & Diamond, 1997; Lipset, 1994; Rosovsky, 1990). These complex organizations perform an array of functions unlike that of any...

Dishonesty in Academic Environments: The Influence of Peer Reporting Requirements.
January 1, 2001... Butterfield, Kenneth D. Surveys of cheating among college students suggest that academic dishonesty is both prevalent and growing (Bowers, 1964; Haines, Diekhoff, LaBeff, & Clark, 1986; McCabe & Trevino, 1993, 1997; Singhal, 1982; Stern &...

Collegiate Desegregation and the Public Black College: A New Policy Mandate.
January 1, 2001... Introduction There is a growing corpus of literature that details the contemporary and historical importance of America's black colleges and universities (M. C. Brown, 1999; Brown & Freeman, forthcoming; Foster, Guyden, & Miller, 1999). In...

Segregated by Subject: Racial Differences in the Factors Influencing Academic Major Between European Americans, Asian Americans, and African, Hispanic, and Native Americans.
January 1, 2001... In addition to race and gender, education is a determinant of status in U.S. society: The more years of education an individual receives, the greater the likelihood that individual will command greater occupational prestige and higher income....

Career Strategies for Women in Academe: Arming Athena.(Review)
January 1, 2001... Career Strategies for Women in Academe: Arming Athena, edited by Lynn H. Collins, Joan C. Chrisler, and Kathryn Quina. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1998. 306+ pp. $62.00 ($31.00) The status of women in higher education has been the focus of a...

Women at Cambridge.(Review)
January 1, 2001... Women at Cambridge, by Rita McWilliams Tullberg. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998. 191 + PP. Paper $22.95. First published in 1975, Women at Cambridge, by Rita McWilliams Tullberg, has been reissued in a revised paperback...

Faculty-Student Sexual Involvement: Issues and Interventions.(Review)
January 1, 2001... Faculty-Student Sexual Involvement: Issues and Interventions, by Virginia L. Stamler and Gerald L. Stone. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1998. 125 pp. $63.00 ($31.00) Consensual sexual relationships between faculty and students have...

Perspectives on Scholarly Misconduct in the Sciences.(Review)
January 1, 2001... Perspectives on Scholarly Misconduct in the Sciences, edited by John M. Braxton. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1999. 272+ pp. $50.00 Research or scholarly misconduct refers to fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in...

The Full-Time Faculty Handbook.(Review)
January 1, 2001... The Full-Time Faculty Handbook, edited by Virginia Bianco-Mathis and Neal Chalofsky. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1999. 214+ pp. $80.00 ($40.00) The Full-Time Faculty Handbook strives to provide the reader with an up-to-date description of the...

Aligning Faculty Rewards with Institutional Mission: Statements, Policies, and Guidelines.(Review)
January 1, 2001... Aligning Faculty Rewards with Institutional Mission: Statements, Policies, and Guidelines, by Robert M. Diamond. Bolton, MA: Anker, 1999. 187 pp. $34.95 Faculty role performance has been and remains central to the higher education...

A Professor's Work.(Review)
January 1, 2001... A Professor's Work, by Matthew Melko. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1998. 268 pp. $57.00 ($38.50) A principle of book reviewing is to avoid discussing what the book is not. But this book demands violation of this principle, as...

Assessment in Higher Education: Issues of Access, Quality, Student Development, and Public Policy.(Review)
January 1, 2001... Assessment in Higher Education: Issues of Access, Quality, Student Development, and Public Policy, edited by Samuel J. Messick. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1999. 261 pp. $59.95 (Spec. Prepd. Price $29.95) Many faculty and administrators...