Journal of Higher Education articles from November 1999

Journal of Higher Education archives from November 1999

The Adaptive Research University and the Drive to Market.
November 1, 1999... A major challenge for contemporary public research universities is the need to affirm to the public and to the political community that the quality of higher education found at these largely autonomous institutions is of such import that it...

Major Field and Person-Environment Fit: Using Holland's Theory to Study Change and Stability of College Students.
November 1, 1999... Academic departments have long been regarded as an important influence on the development of college students' abilities and interests (Gamson, 1966; Vreeland & Bidwell, 1966). A comparison of two comprehensive reviews of the research...

Profiles of Effective College and University Teachers.
November 1, 1999... Although considerable research has been conducted in the arena of teacher effectiveness, important questions continue to persist: What is effective teaching? How may it be defined? How may it be measured? To date, educators and researchers have...

Technology Transfer from University-Based Research Centers: The University of New Mexico Experience.
November 1, 1999... Since the 1980s American research universities have become increasingly involved in such technology transfer activities as technology business incubators (Mian, 1997), technology licensing offices (Massing, 1996), and technology parks. Another...

Getting to the Ivy League: How Family Composition Affects College Choice.
November 1, 1999... Introduction A primary tenet of American society revolves around access to positions of influence and equality of opportunity. Educational attainment provides the central vehicle through which upward mobility can occur. Consequently,...

Paths to Success: Beating the Odds in American Society.(Review)
November 1, 1999... by Charles C. Harrington and Susan K. Boardman. New York: Harvard University Press, 1998. 288 pp. $35.00. The Ohio State University Who doesn't marvel at the extraordinary climbs individuals like Jocelyn Elders and Clarence Thomas have...

Power and Politics: Federal Higher Education Policymaking in the 1990s.(Review)
November 1, 1999... by Michael D. Parsons. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1997. 254 pp. $59.50 (19.95) Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne Parson's study of the interactions between the White House, Congress, and the higher...

Strategic Choices for the Academy: How Demand for Lifelong Learning Will Recreate Higher Education.(Review)
November 1, 1999... by Daniel J. Rowley, Herman D. Lujan, and Michael G. Dolence; foreword by Robert H. Atwell. an Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 272 pp. $34.95. The University of Georgia The central irony in a book about "choices" is that the academy has "no...

First Among Equals: The Role of the Chief Academic Officer.(Review)
November 1, 1999... by James E. Martin, James E. Samels and Associates. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997. 206+ pp. $39.95 King's College, Wilkes-Barre, PA The authors of First Among Equals: The Role of the Chief Academic Officer...

Quality Principles and Practices in Higher Education.(Review)
November 1, 1999... by Jann E. Freed and Marie R. Klugman. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx/ACE Press, 1997. 280+ pp. $34.95. The Ohio State University One of the biggest challenges facing those who would like to learn (or teach) about quality in higher education is to...