Journal of Higher Education articles from May 2000

Journal of Higher Education archives from May 2000

Institutionalization of Service Learning in Higher Education.
May 1, 2000... Introduction Service is often included in the mission statement of institutions of higher education, but the importance of service is seldom as evident in their work as are teaching and research (Holland, 1997). There is, however, a...

Dual-Career Couples: Keeping Them Together.
May 1, 2000... Introduction A significant proportion of today's current and aspiring academics are in dual-career partnerships. One survey indicated that 80% of faculty had spouses or partners who were working professionals (Didion, 1996). Based on data...

Unfulfilled Prophecy: The Evolution of Corporate Colleges.
May 1, 2000... Introduction Dramatic changes have occurred in the scale of corporate investment in employee education in the United States and Canada since the end of World War II. Business and industry leaders in the United States and Canada have...

Inside the Undergraduate College Classroom: Faculty and Students Differ on the Meaning of Student Participation.
May 1, 2000... Although a good deal has been written about higher education in general, there has been comparatively little research conducted in the college classroom. Only a few researchers have described the processes by which faculty and students...

Sexual Harassment on Campus: A Guide for Administrators, Faculty, and Students.
May 1, 2000... Sexual Harassment on Campus: A Guide for Administrators, Faculty, and Students, edited by Bernice R. Sandier and Robert J. Shoop. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 1997. xii + 323 pp. $36.00 Sexual Harassment in Higher Education:...

The New Academic Generation: A Profession in Transformation.
May 1, 2000... The New Academic Generation: A Profession in Transformation, by Martin J. Finkelstein, Robert K. Seal, and Jack H. Schuster. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998. 111+ pp. $32.50 The New Academic Generation originated as a...

The New Know-Nothings: The Political Foes of the Scientific Study of Human Nature.
May 1, 2000... The New Know-Nothings: The Political Foes of the Scientific Study of Human Nature, by Morton Hunt. Somerset, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 1999. 351+ pp. $24.95 This book portrays the struggle of scientists attempting to conduct research on...

The Responsive University: Restructuring for High Performance.
May 1, 2000... The Responsive University: Restructuring for High Performance, edited by William G. Tierney. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998. 162+ pp. $29.95 We are indeed witnessing an explosion in higher education research: on...

Student Learning in the Information Age.
May 1, 2000... Student Learning in the Information Age, by Patricia Senn Breivik. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1998. 120+ pp. $34.95 There can be little doubt that the information age is a reality and that it has changed the face of college campuses in...

Lobbying for Higher Education: How Colleges and Universities Influence Federal Policy.
May 1, 2000... Lobbying for Higher Education: How Colleges and Universities Influence Federal Policy, by Constance Ewing Cook. Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 1998. 272 pp. $45.00 ($19.95) The past two decades have shown a marked increase in...

How to Succeed in School Without Really Learning: The Credentials Race in American Education.
May 1, 2000... How to Succeed in School Without Really Learning: The Credentials Race in American Education, by David Labaree. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1997. 328 PP. $35.00 David Labaree adds to a very large body of literature that...

Learning to Lead in Higher Education.
May 1, 2000... Learning to Lead in Higher Education, by Paul Ramsden. New York: Routledge, 1998. 288 pp. $75.00 (24.99) Is academic leadership an oxymoron or a serious field of study? Until 20 years ago the major works on academic leadership focused on...

How It Works: Inside a School-College Collaboration.
May 1, 2000... How It Works: Inside a School-College Collaboration, by Sidney Trubowitz and Paul Longo. New York: Teachers College Press, 1997. 192 Pp. $29.95 ($18.95) Why would educators enter a school-college collaboration? Who benefits, what payoffs...

Eliminating Professors: A Guide to the Dismissal Process.
May 1, 2000... Eliminating Professors: A Guide to the Dismissal Process, by Kenneth Westhues. New York: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1998. 220 Pp. $29.95 (Paper) Eliminating Professors is a book I am sorry had to be written and I am sorry I was asked to...