Journal of Higher Education articles from January 2002

Journal of Higher Education archives from January 2002

The faculty in the new millennium: Introduction to a special JHE issue.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... This special issue explores the changing nature of postsecondary education faculty and their work as we enter the next millennium. Societal shifts affecting or potentially affecting academic work--diversity, technology, and...

State policies to improve undergraduate teaching: Administrator and faculty responses.
January 1, 2002... Although many individual colleges and universities are giving renewed attention to undergraduate instruction, many state legislatures remain concerned about institutional commitment to teaching. They have targeted faculty work and faculty...

The mythologies of faculty productivity: Implications for institutional policy and decision making.
January 1, 2002... Research accomplishment, the most "cosmopolitan" academic function, has social and economic value. Research visibility certainly enhances institutional stature among peers (Alpert, 1985). Political and public support for academic institutions,...

Resolving the dispute: Teaching is academe's core value.
January 1, 2002... In an earlier article (Leslie, 2000), I analyzed data from the National Survey of Postsecondary Faculty conducted in 1993 (NSOPF-93) and concluded that discipline and type of institution acted jointly to differentiate patterns of faculty pay,...

Women of color in academe: Living with multiple marginality.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... Introduction I recall a personal example of how multiple social identities may shape one's opportunities in higher education. As a woman of color from a "no collar" class (I come from a farm labor background), when first exploring graduate...

Preparing the next generation of faculty: Graduate school as socialization to the academic career.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... The long anticipated retirement of significant numbers of senior faculty members is occurring at a time when societal expectations of academic institutions are expanding. Parents, employers, and legislators are interested in the quality of...

Reconfiguring faculty roles for virtual settings.
January 1, 2002... In 1995 several Western governors decided to create a virtual postsecondary institution to confer competency-based degrees. Several issues motivated these governors. Enrollment demand threatened to exceed the physical capacities of their higher...

Academic careers from a European perspective: The declining desirability of the faculty position.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... Introduction Internationally, the fault lines of an uncertain academic career are becoming increasingly apparent. Despite extensive preparation, young academics confront restricted opportunities to become regular members of the academic...

Interpreting Academic Identities: Reality and Fiction on Campus. (Review Essay).
January 1, 2002... Ravelstein, by Saul Bellow. New York: Viking, 2000. $24.95 ($13.00) The Human Stain, by Philip Roth. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. $25.00 ($11.20) Blue Angel, by Francine Prose. New York: Harper Collins. $18.20 ($11.20) Benjamin...

A Sanctuary of Their Own: Intellectual Refugees in the Academy. (Review Essay).
January 1, 2002... A sanctuary of their own: Intellectual refugees in the academy, by Raphael Sassower. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2000. 111 pp. $70.00 ($22.95) In his new book, philosopher Raphael Sassower addresses some of the most fundamental...

The Department Chair's Role in Developing New Faculty into Teachers and Scholars. (Book reviews).
January 1, 2002... The Department Chair's Role in Developing New Faculty into Teachers and Scholars, by Estela Mara Bensimon, Kelly Ward, and Karla Sanders. Anker Publishing, 2000. 232 Pp. $25.95 (paper) If studies and reports over the last decade are any...

Evaluating, Improving, and Judging Faculty Performance in Two-Year Colleges. (Book Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Evaluating, Improving, and Judging Faculty Performance in Two-Year Colleges, by Richard I. Miller, Charles Finley, and Candace Shedd Vancko. Bergin & Garvey, 2000. 208 pp. $55.00 An enduring irony of American higher education is its...

Teaching Working Class. (Book Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Teaching Working Class, edited by Sherry Lee Linkon. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1999. 320 pp. $60.00 Given current demographic trends and increasing consideration in the college admissions process of students' socioeconomic...

Advice for New Faculty Members: Nihil Nimus. (Book Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Advice for New Faculty Members: Nihil Nimus, by Robert Boice. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 2000. 319 pp. $28.00 (paper) Although Robert Boice's 1992 book, The New Faculty Member, was written for faculty development professionals, it...