Journal of Higher Education articles from November 2000

Journal of Higher Education archives from November 2000

Information Technology Use and Cognitive Outcomes in the First Year of College.
November 1, 2000... Introduction It appears clear that computers or information technology have the potential to fundamentally alter the face of teaching and learning in American postsecondary education (Green, 1996; Kozma & Johnston, 1991; Kuh & Vesper,...

Course Ownership in a New Technological Context.
November 1, 2000... The Dynamics of Problem Definition Background Intellectual property is a hot topic in higher education these days. Evidence of the prevalence of the debate on intellectual property is found in a variety of higher education...

The Consolidation of Responsibility and Students' Definitions of Situation in the Mixed-Age College Classroom.
November 1, 2000... Sociologists have long pointed out that when people enter social situations they bring along with them certain understandings, sometimes called typificatory schemes (Berger & Luckmann, 1967), of the normative behaviors expected of them in the...

Pluralistic Leadership.
November 1, 2000... Incorporating Diverse Voices Introduction Various studies have illustrated the inability of hierarchical models (i.e., chain of command, top-level decision making, control, etc.) of leadership for meeting the challenges facing higher...

As If Learning Mattered: Reforming Higher Education.(Review)
November 1, 2000... As If Learning Mattered: Reforming Higher Education, by Richard B. Miller. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1998. 216+ PP. $39.95 ($15.95) Miller opens his book with a familiar passage from Joseph Heller's novel, Catch-22: Orr...

The Sun Still Shone: Professors Talk About Retirement.(Review)
November 1, 2000... The Sun Still Shone: Professors Talk About Retirement, by Lorraine T. Dorfman. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1997. 189+ pp. $21.95. First there was Snow on the Roof, Fire in the Furnace (Bland & Bergquist, 1997), and now there is...

The Responsible Administrator: An Approach to Ethics for the Administrative Role (4th ed.).(Review)
November 1, 2000... The Responsible Administrator: An Approach to Ethics for the Administrative Role (4th ed.), by Terry L. Cooper. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1998. 304 pp. $27.95 Cooper's text draws on theoretical constructs from the literature of public...

Managed Professionals: Unionized Faculty and Restructuring Academic Labor.(Review)
November 1, 2000... Managed Professionals: Unionized Faculty and Restructuring Academic Labor, by Gary Rhoades. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998. 280+ pp. $73.50 ($24.95) Driven by the need for increased efficiency and revenue generation, the...