Journal of Higher Education articles from May 2006

Journal of Higher Education archives from May 2006

An integrated model of application, admission, enrollment, and financial aid.
May 1, 2006... Introduction Faced with budget cuts, institutions of higher education have increased tuition in an effort to shore up finances. In each of the last 5 years, tuition and fees at public universities increased at a rate double that of...

The educational benefits of sustaining cross-racial interaction among undergraduates.
May 1, 2006... In June of 2003, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the University of Michigan Law School's practice of considering race in admissions by a margin of 5-4 (Grutter v. Bollinger), but struck down the formulaic approach for admitting freshman by a...

Mission statements: a thematic analysis of rhetoric across institutional type.
May 1, 2006... They're Everywhere! They're Everywhere! Mission statements are ubiquitous in higher education. Accreditation agencies demand them, strategic planning is predicated on their formulation, and virtually every college and university has one...

The role of postsecondary education in welfare recipients' paths to self-sufficiency.
May 1, 2006... The effectiveness of higher education as a route into self-sustaining employment has been demonstrated by decades of educational and economic research. Despite this, recent policy changes at the federal level have led to a widespread denial of...

Who studies the arts and sciences? Social background and the choice and consequences of undergraduate field of study.
May 1, 2006... For several decades now, social scientists interested in the relationship between higher education and social stratification have directed their research efforts toward evaluating how college access is conditioned by students' social background...

Presidential Transition in Higher Education: Managing Leadership Change.(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Presidential transition in higher education: Managing leadership change by James Martin, James E. Samels, & Associates. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004. 288 pp. $45.00. ISBN 0-8018-7934-5 The editors of this book...

Higher Education for the Public Good: Emerging Voices from a National Movement.(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Higher education for the public good: Emerging voices from a national movement by A. J. Kezar, T. C. Chambers, J. C. Burkhardt, and Associates (eds.). San Fancisco, CA: Jossey Bass, 2005. 384 pp. Hardcover $40.00. ISBN 0-7879-7382-3 Books...

Public Work and the Academy: An Academic Administrator's Guide to Civic Engagement and Service-Learning.(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Public work and the academy: An academic administrator's guide to civic engagement and service-learning by Mark Langseth and William M. Plater (eds.). Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Co., Inc., 2004; 338 pp. Cloth $39.95. ISBN 1-882982-73-8 ...

Learning Communities: Reforming Undergraduate Education.(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Learning communities: Reforming undergraduate education by B. L. Smith, J. MacGregor, R. S. Matthews, & F. Gabelnick. San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass, 2004. Learning Communities: Reforming Undergraduate Education is the second book by these...

Preparing for College: Nine Elements of Effective Outreach.(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Preparing for college: Nine elements of effective outreach by W. G. Tierney, Z. B. Corwin, & J. E. Colyar (eds.). Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2005. In the last decade, there has been a dramatic expansion of...

Promoting Reasonable Expectations: Aligning Student and Institutional Views of the College Experience.(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Promoting reasonable expectations: Aligning student and institutional views of the college experience, by T. E. Miller, B. E. Bender, J. H. Schuh, and Associates. San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass, 2005. The principal goal of Promoting...