Journal of Higher Education articles from September 2005

Journal of Higher Education archives from September 2005

The relationship between parental involvement as social capital and college enrollment: an examination of racial/ethnic group differences.
September 1, 2005... Although comparable percentages of African American and White high school sophomores expect to finish college (Nettles & Perna, 1997), smaller shares of African Americans and Hispanics than of Whites actually enroll. Only 39% of African...

Toward an empirical delineation of a normative structure for college students.
September 1, 2005... Introduction Understanding college student peer groups is a long-standing topic in the study of the college student experience. Recent interest in college student peer groups has been sparked by Pascarella and Terenzini's (1991) conclusion...

Diversity, college costs, and postsecondary opportunity: an examination of the financial nexus between college choice and persistence for African Americans and Whites.
September 1, 2005... Questions about how student financial aid and the costs of attending college influence educational opportunity for diverse racial groups have lurked beneath the surface of the policy debates about higher education for decades. When the Higher...

Classroom organization and participation: college students' perceptions.
September 1, 2005... Students who actively participate in the learning process learn more than those who do not. "Involvement matters," as Tinto (1997) points out, and this involvement can occur both inside and outside the classroom. The importance of students'...

Competing Conceptions of University Governance: Negotiating the Perfect Storm.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Competing Conceptions of University Governance: Negotiating the Perfect Storm edited by William G. Tierney. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004. 264 pp. Cloth $36.95. ISBN 0-8018-7920-5. BRIAN PUSSER, University of Virginia ...

The Entrepreneurial College President.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... The Entrepreneurial College President by James L. Fisher and James V. Koch. Westport, CT: ACE/Praeger Publishers, 2004. 192 pp. Cloth $39.95. ISBN 0-275-98122-3. MARILYN J. AMEY, Michigan State University College presidents are perhaps...