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Social class and college costs: Examining the financial nexus between college choice and persistence.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2002... During the past two decades there have been fundamental changes in the ways states and the federal government finance higher education (McPherson & Schapiro, 1998; Mumper, 1996; Paulsen, 1998; Paulsen & Smart, 2001; St. John, 1994). The federal...
Decision rules used in academic program closure: Where the rubber meets the road.
March 1, 2002... The "economic fundamentals" for many American colleges and universities have changed, creating a new playing field with a different set of fiscal rules (Breneman, 1997; Massey, 1994). States are allocating less money, federal research dollars...
Higher education's self-reflexive turn: Toward an intercultural theory of student development.
March 1, 2002... In December 1992, Tierney published an article in which he asked whether Tinto's (1975) theory of student social and academic integration was in effect "assimilation" in disguise. Embedded in Tierney's critique was a concern that research on...
Cheating on Tests: How To Do It, Detect It, and Prevent It. (Book Reviews).
March 1, 2002... Cheating on Tests: How To Do It, Detect It, and Prevent It, by Gregory J. Cizek. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Eribaum Associates, 1999. 268 pp. $29.95.
Cheating on Tests is "an attempt to bring together what we know about cheating on tests." The...
Distinctively American: The Residential Liberal Arts College. (Book Reviews).
March 1, 2002... Distinctively American: The Residential Liberal Arts College, edited by Steven Koblik and Stephen R. Graubard. Somerset, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2000. 318+ pp. $29.95
In the preface and foreword to Distinctively American, Steven Koblik...
Market Values in American Higher Education: The Pitfalls and Promises. (Book Reviews).
March 1, 2002... Market Values in American Higher Education: The Pitfalls and Promises, by Charles W. Smith. Lanham, MD: Rowan & Littlefield, 2000. 232 pp. $60.00
Market Values in Higher Education is similar in its reactive tone to several recent books...
Assessment Essentials: Planning, Implementing, and Improving Assessment in Higher Education. (Book Reviews).
March 1, 2002... Assessment Essentials: Planning, Implementing, and Improving Assessment in Higher Education, by Catherine A. Palomba and Trudy W. Banta. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1999. 405 pp. $32.95
Although assessment activities are now pervasive in...
Women Becoming Mathematicians. (Book Reviews).
March 1, 2002... Women Becoming Mathematicians, by Margaret Murray. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2000. 304 pp. $29.95 ($16.95)
This engaging book explores the personal and professional development of women mathematicians during the 1940s and 1950s, when the...
Creating Contexts for Learning and Self-Authorship: Constructive Developmental Pedagogy. (Book Reviews).
March 1, 2002... Creating Contexts for Learning and Self-Authorship: Constructive Developmental Pedagogy, by Marcia Baxter Magolda. Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 1999. 320 p. $49.95 ($24.95)
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to...
Sex, Race, and Merit: Debating Affirmative Action in Education and Employment. (Book Reviews).
March 1, 2002... Sex, Race, and Merit: Debating Affirmative Action in Education and Employment, edited by Faye J. Crosby and Cheryl VanDeVeer. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2000. 352 pp. $22.95 (paper)
The year 1998 marked the twentieth...