Journal of Higher Education articles from July 1995

Journal of Higher Education archives from July 1995

Intercollegiate athletic participation and freshman-year cognitive outcomes.
July 1, 1995... The role of intercollegiate athletics in college has recently become the focus of considerable discussion and debate, As suggested by Ryan [30], the contribution of intercollegiate athletic participation to an individual's education is being...

Women Science Majors: what makes a difference in persistence after graduation?
July 1, 1995... Introduction Nearly thirty years ago, sociologist Alice Rossi posed the question, "Women in Science: Why So Few?" [54]. At that time, the Sputnik era of cold war competition, there was much concern that the United States was not...

The first year after college: activities and their subsequent effects.
July 1, 1995... Every year on college campuses student newspapers run articles on the anticipated postgraduate activities of their seniors. Although the slant of the articles changes from year to year depending on events in the broader society, there is often...

Doctoral advisement relationships between women: on friendship and betrayal.
July 1, 1995... Introduction Because women are relative newcomers to higher education [13], the nature of mentoring relationships between women in academe is "uncharted territory" [20]. The doctoral advisement relationship lends itself both to the...

Review essay.
July 1, 1995... Strategy and Finance in Higher Education: Surviving the '90s, edited by William F. Massy and Joel W. Meyerson. Princeton, N.J.: Peterson's Guides, 1992. 109 pp. $29.95 Measuring Institutional Performance in Higher Education, edited by William...

Review essay.
July 1, 1995... Does College Make a Difference? Long-Term Changes in Activities and Attitudes, by William E. Knox, Paul Lindsay, and Mary N. Kolb. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1993. 288 pp. $55.00 This book would be of value for its data alone: it...

Collaborative Learning: Higher Education, Interdependence, and the Authority of Knowledge.
July 1, 1995... by Kenneth A. Bruffee. Baltimore, Md.: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993. 264 pp. $29.95 PAT BELANOFF, State University of York at Stony Brook Kenneth A. Bruffee's Collaborative Learning: Higher Education, Interdependence, and the...

Making a Difference: Outcomes of a Decade of Assessment in Higher Education.
July 1, 1995... by Trudy W. Banta and associates. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993. 375+ pp. $34.95 THEODORE J. MARCHESE, American Association for Higher Education Assessment came on the scene as a major "movement" in U.S. higher education in 1985. Taking...

Assessing Faculty Work: Enhancing Individual and Institutional Performance.
July 1, 1995... by Larry A. Braskamp and John C. Ory. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1994. 298+ pp. $32.95. DAVID A. DILTS, Indiana University -- Purdue University at Fort Wayne Society is demanding greater accountability from faculty members and institutions...

Democracy's Open Door: The Community College in America's Future.
July 1, 1995... by Marlene Griffith and Ann Connor. Portsmouth, N.H.: Heinemann, 1994. 159 pp. Paper $16.95 EDUARDO J. PADRON, Wolfson Campus of Miami-Dade Community College Those of us who live and work in the unique world of the community college are fond...