Journal of Higher Education articles from May 2004

Journal of Higher Education archives from May 2004

First-generation college students: additional evidence on college experiences and outcomes.
May 1, 2004... The growing demographic diversity of the under-graduate student body in American postsecondary education has been well documented over an extended period of time (see, for example, Choy, 2001; Hodgkinson, 1985; Levine & Associates, 1989;...

The study of diversity: the "knowledge of difference" and the limits of science.
May 1, 2004... The recent legal challenges to affirmative action in higher education illustrate that moral arguments, such as that affirmative action compensates for past wrongs, no longer justify it. So proponents of affirmative action have changed...

Community service in the transition: shifts and continuities in participation from high school to college.
May 1, 2004... Continuing a decade-long trend, findings from recent annual surveys of first-year college students have documented their participation in community service as high-school seniors at record high levels (Higher Education Research Institute, 1999,...

Tangles in the tapestry: cultural barriers to graduate student unionization.
May 1, 2004... Introduction The cultural landscape of graduate employee life in the research university faces significant change. Ten years ago just a handful of recognized graduate employee unions existed. Today, more than two dozen campuses have...

Iconoclast: Abraham Flexner and a Life in Learning.(Book Reviews)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Iconoclast: Abraham Flexner and a Life in Learning by Thomas Neville Bonner. Baltimore, MD, and London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. xviii + 400 pp. $36.00. ISBN 0-8018-7124-7. Abraham Flexner's accomplishments assure him a...

The Future of the City of Intellect: The Changing American University.(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... The Future of the City of Intellect: The Changing American University edited by Steven Brint. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2002. 351 pp. Cloth $55.00. ISBN 0-8047-4420-3. Paper $24.95. ISBN 0-8047-4531-5. The "city of...

The Web in Higher Education: Assessing the Impact and Fulfilling the Potential.(Book Reviews)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... The Web in Higher Education: Assessing the Impact and Fulfilling the Potential edited by C. D. Maddux and Lamont Johnson. Binghamton: The Haworth Press, Inc., 2001. 278 pp. Cloth $69.95. ISBN 0-7890-1706-7. Paper $34.95. ISBN...

The McDonaldization of Higher Education.(Book Reviews)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... The McDonaldization of Higher Education edited by Dennis Hayes and Robin Wynyard. Westport, CT, and London: Bergin and Garvey, 2002. 232 pp. Cloth $64.95. ISBN 0-89789-856-7. Not since C. Wright Mills wrote the Power Elite has a...