Journal of Higher Education articles from May 2002

Journal of Higher Education archives from May 2002

PhD students' evaluations of research supervision: issues, complexities, and challenges in a nationwide Australian experiment in benchmarking universities.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2002... Introduction Universities throughout the world are undertaking benchmarking exercises in which they compare themselves to other universities on appropriate indices in order to establish their current levels of performance and to initiate...

Understanding state higher education systems: applying a new framework.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2002... Introduction An old fable tells of three blind men who each describe a different part of an elephant but are unable to collectively determine that what they have before them is indeed an elephant. This analogy is somewhat applicable to the...

The formal organization of knowledge: an analysis of academic structure.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2002... Introduction and Objectives Over the past two decades, higher education scholars have turned their attention to the study of knowledge legitimation, specifically the role of organizational contexts in the social construction of knowledge....

Academics on Athletics. (Review Essay).(Onward to Victory: The Crises that Shaped College Sports)(Unpaid Professionals: Commercialism and Conflict in Big- Time College Sports)(Unsportsmanlike Conduct: Exploiting College Athletes)
May 1, 2002... Onward to Victory: The Crises that Shaped College Sports, by Murray Sperber. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1998. 578 pp. $32.50 Unpaid Professionals: Commercialism and Conflict in Big- Time College Sports, by Andrew Zimbalist....

The University Gets Religion: Religious Studies in American Higher Education. (Book Reviews).
May 1, 2002... The University Gets Religion: Religious Studies in American Higher Education, by D. G. Hart. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. 321pp. $38.00 In The University Gets Religion Hart argues that religion was an...

Civic Responsibility and Higher Education. (Book Reviews).
May 1, 2002... Civic Responsibility and Higher Education, edited by Thomas Ehrlich. Phoenix, AZ: The American Council on Education/The Oryx Press, 2000. 403 pp. $34.50 During the past four decades, there has been a fascination with the relationship of...

Multiple and Intersecting Identities in Qualitative Research. (Book Reviews).
May 1, 2002... Multiple and Intersecting Identities in Qualitative Research, edited by Betty M. Merchant and Arlette Ingram Willis. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2001. 146 pp. $36.00 ($18.50) Multiple and Intersecting Identities in Qualitative...

Separate by Degree: Women Students' Experiences in Single-Sex and Coeducational Colleges. (Book Reviews).
May 1, 2002... Separate by Degree: Women Students' Experiences in Single-Sex and Coeducational Colleges, by Leslie Miller-Bernal. New York: Peter Lang, 2000. 400 pp. paper $29.95 Miller-Bernal's book, Separate by Degree, presents a compelling history of...