Journal of Higher Education articles from November 1998

Journal of Higher Education archives from November 1998

Persistence in science of high-ability minority students: results of a longitudinal study.
November 1, 1998... Results of a Longitudinal Study Background Concern over the underrepresentation of minorities in natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering (S/E) led to this longitudinal study of high-ability minority students. Although there is...

Student protest and multicultural reform: making sense of campus unrest in the 1990s.
November 1, 1998... Introduction The mid-1990s saw the release of two films, "PCU" and "Higher Learning," both of which relied heavily on stereotypes of contemporary student activists and their corruption of the academy through what has often been described...

Merging in a seamless blend: how faculty integrate teaching and research.
November 1, 1998... By continuing the research tradition of looking at faculty in the same fragmented way, we are sustaining the view that their work activities are not integrated and leaving open the door to the academic debate that the work they do conflicts...

From coordinating board to campus: implementation of a policy mandate on remedial education.
November 1, 1998... Remediation of students' deficiencies in preparation, basic skills, and foundational knowledge has been an enduring, but largely ignored, component of curricula in colleges and universities in the United States. In recent years, however, policy...

Overcoming Heterosexism and Homophobia: Strategies That Work.(Review)
November 1, 1998... Edited by James T. Sears and Walter L. Williams. New York: Columbia University Press, 1997. 456 pp. $ 49.50 ($18.50) H. LEON HILL, University of Michigan The concepts of multiculturalism and diversity seem to be entrenched in the...

Academic Couples: Problems and Promises.(Review)
November 1, 1998... edited by Marianne A. Ferber and Jane Loeb. Champaign, IL: The University of Illinois Press, 1997. 308+ pp. $44.94. ($19.95). Writing from the perspectives of economics, history, sociology, law, and administration, the editors and...