Journal of Higher Education articles from January 2003

Journal of Higher Education archives from January 2003

Academic deans and directors: assessing their effectiveness from individual and institutional perspectives.
January 1, 2003... Over the past decade, higher education institutions have been increasingly held accountable for measurable outcomes. Increases in competition for scarce resources and a decrease in the public's trust in higher education practices have resulted...

Commercializing academic research: resource effects on performance of university technology transfer.
January 1, 2003... In recent years, universities, particularly large research institutions, have rapidly escalated their involvement in technology transfer, the process of transforming university research into marketable products. Fueled in part by redefined...

Students' perceptions of their classroom participation and instructor as a function of gender and context.
January 1, 2003... The purpose of the present study was to explore the influence of individual and contextual factors on students' assessments of their own participation in the university classroom and of their professor's classroom behaviors. Classroom...

"On the Road to Cambridge": a case study of faculty and student affairs in collaboration.
January 1, 2003... Introduction and Problem Statement Dating back to the founding of Merton College in 1264, by the Bishop of Rochester at Oxford University, the residential college has held a time-honored position in the annals of Western higher education....

Affirmative action, diversity, and the politics of representation in higher education.(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Affirmative Action and the University: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Higher Education Employment, by Kul B. Rai and John W. Critzer. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2000. 250p. $45.00. ISBN 0-8032-3934-3. Faculty of Color in...

Higher Ed, Inc.: The Rise of the For-Profit University.(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Higher Ed, Inc.: The Rise of the For-Profit University, by Richard S. Ruch. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001. 208 pp. $32.50. Who needs for-profit corporations to run our colleges and universities? Aren't most...

Understanding Faculty Productivity: Standards and Benchmarks for Colleges and Universities.(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Understanding Faculty Productivity: Standards and Benchmarks for Colleges and Universities, by Michael F. Middaugh. Jossey-Bass, 2001, 233 PP. $34.00. ISBN 0-7879-5022-X. Michael Middaugh, Assistant Vice President for Institutional...

Land-Grant Universities and Extension into the 21st Century: Renegotiating or Abandoning a Social Contract.(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Land-Grant Universities and Extension into the 21st Century: Renegotiating or Abandoning a Social Contract, by George R. McDowell Book Overview George McDowell's book places land-grant universities at the center of the question, "How...