Journal of Higher Education articles from July 1999

Journal of Higher Education archives from July 1999

Creating CHEA: building a new national organization on accrediting.(Council for Higher Education Accreditation)
July 1, 1999... Studies of organizations are conventionally concerned with already formed and functioning entities. This leads to a focus on problems about organizational goals, effectiveness, efficiency, and internal and external relations. There is a...

The Chautauqua movement: revolution in popular higher education.
July 1, 1999... The importance of the Chautauqua movement in American popular culture has long been recognized. The original Chautauqua in western New York (1874-present) is a center for nontraditional education, religion, and the arts. From the 1870s to the...

Curriculum as strategy: the scope and organization of business education in liberal arts colleges.
July 1, 1999... The essence of strategic management is that organizations are engaged in continual adaptation to changing environmental conditions and circumstances (e.g., Grant, 1998). In higher education, strategic management decisions span multiple policy...

The nature of workplace mentoring relationships among faculty members in Christian higher education.
July 1, 1999... Introduction Mentoring has been the relationship of choice for professional development in the business arena for many years. A mentoring relationship involves a more experienced professional serving as a supportive and guiding role model...

Re-Engineering Female Friendly Science.(Review)
July 1, 1999... by Sue V. Rosser. New York: Teachers College Press, 1997. 141+ pp. $56.00 ($25.95) REVIEWED BY ALICE J. DAN, University of Illinois at Chicago STACY A. WENZEL, University of Chicago Most people in the United States agree with the...

Privilege in the Medical Academy: A Feminist Examines Gender, Race, and Power.(Review)
July 1, 1999... by Delese Wear. New York: Teachers College Press, 1997. 112+ pp. $42.00 ($19.95) REVIEWED BY ALICE J. DAN, University of Illinois at Chicago STACY A. WENZEL, University of Chicago Most people in the United States agree with the...

The Family Silver: Essays on Relationships Among Women.(Review)
July 1, 1999... by Susan Krieger. University of California Press, 1996. 270 pp. $45.00 (15.95) MAUREEN E. WILSON, Mississippi State University Susan Krieger expected to write a book about women and organizations. What emerged instead was an intimate...

The University That Shouldn't Have Happened, but Did! Southern Illinois University During the Morris Years, 1948-1970.(Review)
July 1, 1999... by Robert A. Harper. Carbondale, IL: Devil's Kitchen Press, 1998. 338pp. $20.00 GEORGE A. ANTONELLI, University of North Carolina EILEEN B. ANTONELLI, Duke University Professor Harper concludes this stimulating and substantive book...

To Mark the Beginning: A Social History of College Student Affairs.(Review)
July 1, 1999... by Richard B. Caple. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1998. 248 pp. $45.00 ($25.95) THEODORE K. MILLER, The University of Georgia Although pieces of historical writing have appeared in texts and journals from time to time, it...

To Serve and Learn: The Spirit of Community in Liberal Education.(Review)
July 1, 1999... edited by Joseph L. DeVitis, Robert W. Johns, and Douglas J. Simpson. New York: Peter Lang, 1998. 170+ pp. $29.95 ROBERT A. RHOADS, Michigan State University KRISTEN LIDDICOAT, Michigan State University The recent growth and...