Journal of Higher Education articles from July 2007

Journal of Higher Education archives from July 2007

Public opinion, partisan identification, and higher education policy.
July 1, 2007... Introduction Higher education is increasingly becoming an issue for political campaigns and candidates. The 2004 presidential campaign even included a heated exchange regarding the funding of the Pell Grant program during the debates...

A typology of university ethical lapses: types, levels of seriousness, and originating location.
July 1, 2007... Introduction Scandals ranging from NCAA violations to falsified research results have fueled criticism of America's universities. Sports violations, research manipulation, gender discrimination, and other ethical lapses affect an entire...

Role strain in university research centers.
July 1, 2007... Introduction Over the past three decades, research in the sciences and engineering has become increasingly multidisciplinary, requiring intellectually diverse groups to answer complex research questions. As a result, research...

Course shopping in urban community colleges: an analysis of student drop and add activities.
July 1, 2007... The first decade of the 21st century has witnessed nationwide patterns of deep budget cuts resulting in the elimination of four-year and community college programs, the slashing of course offerings, and an ushering in of a new reality that can...

Speaking of Higher Education: The Academic's Book of Quotations.(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Speaking of Higher Education: The Academic's Book of Quotations, compiled by Robert Birnbaum. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2004. 312 pp. ISBN 0275980715. It is a truth universally acknowledged that any dinner speaker must be in want of a good...

The Future of Higher Education: Rhetoric, Reality, and the Risks of the Market.(Book review)
July 1, 2007... The Future of Higher Education: Rhetoric, Reality, and the Risks of the Market, by Frank Newman, Lara Couturier, & Jamie Scurry. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004. 304 pp. ISBN 0-7879-6972-9. It is difficult to find books that effectively...