Journal of Higher Education articles from July 2002

Journal of Higher Education archives from July 2002

The effect of institutional culture on change strategies in higher education: Universal Principles or Culturally Responsive Concepts?
July 1, 2002... The array of challenges that higher education faces today is virtually unparalleled when compared to any other point in U.S. history. The litany of changes is familiar to those in the field of higher education: financial pressure, growth in...

Moral positions and academic conduct: Parameters of tolerance for ethics failure.
July 1, 2002... To what extent are our practices consistent with the values that we espouse? --R. A. Smith Introduction This article explores the intersection of ethics and professionalism in academia. Specifically, we examine what it means to...

Demographic inertia and women's representation among faculty in higher education.(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2002... During the past thirty years women have increased their representation in the professions of law, medicine, science, and higher education. Still, women's representation in the higher levels of professions falls far short of their overall...

Faculty members' morale and their intention to leave: A multilevel explanation.(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2002... Faculty members are rarely satisfied with their own institutions. They see administrators as incompetent, communication as poor, and their influence as declining (Boyer, Altbach, & Whitlaw, 1994). This discontent with their institutions is in...

Rituals, Ceremonies, and Cultural Meaning in Higher Education.
July 1, 2002... Rituals, Ceremonies, and Cultural Meaning in Higher Education, by Kathleen Manning. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey, 2000. 184 pp. $49.95 Manning's primary aim in this book is to invite readers to view higher education through a cultural...

Making the Most of College: Students Speak Their Minds.
July 1, 2002... Making the Most of College: Students Speak Their Minds, by Richard J. Light. Harvard University Press, 2001. 242 pp. $24.95 In the past decade over 17,000 copies of the Harvard Assessment Seminars I and II have been distributed free of...

Higher Ed, Inc.: The Rise of the For-Profit University.
July 1, 2002... Higher Ed, Inc.: The Rise of the For-Profit University, by Richard S. Ruch. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001. 208 pp. $32.50 This book will prove a very valuable resource for all interested in the present and the future...

What Business Wants from Higher Education.
July 1, 2002... What Business Wants from Higher Education, by Dianne C. Oblinger and Anne-Lee Verville. Phoenix: ACE/ORYX, 1998. 187 pp. $29.95 Are American colleges and universities really preparing their students to meet the urgent and ever changing...

Assessment Practice in Student Affairs: An Applications Manual.
July 1, 2002... Assessment Practice in Student Affairs: An Applications Manual, by John H. Schuh, M. Lee Upcraft, and Associates. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000. 544 pp. paper $35.00 Student affairs practitioners have long awaited a "how-to" manual...