Journal of Higher Education articles from September 2008

Journal of Higher Education archives from September 2008

Valuing and evaluating teaching in academic hiring: a multidisciplinary, cross-institutional study.(Report)
September 1, 2008... Introduction Within academe, there is much interest in the workings of the academic marketplace. Efforts to understand how the process unfolds occupy both researchers and participants. Clearly, the search process is complex. This article...

The effort--outcome gap: differences for African American and Hispanic community college students in student engagement and academic achievement.(Report)
September 1, 2008... Little in higher education seems more intractable than the access and achievement gaps between ethnic groups. White students consistently outdistance African Americans and Hispanics in both enrollment and academic performance (Bailey, Jenkins,...

Unmasking the effects of student engagement on first-year college grades and persistence.(Report)
September 1, 2008... A college degree has replaced the high school diploma as a mainstay for economic self-sufficiency and responsible citizenship. In addition, earning a bachelor's degree is linked to long-term cognitive, social, and economic benefits to...

Contextual influences on parental involvement in college going: variations by socioeconomic class.(Report)
September 1, 2008... College enrollment rates vary systematically based on income and socioeconomic status (SES), with lower enrollment rates for lower-income students and students with lower SES than for their higher-income and SES peers (Cabrera & La Nasa, 2001)....

A multidimensional scaling of college students' perceptions of academic dishonesty.(Report)
September 1, 2008... Academic integrity is one of the fundamental values of higher education. And yet cheating on tests and other forms of academic dishonesty are rampant, with McCabe (1993) concluding that "student cheating is pervasive" (p. 648) and others...

Higher Education at a Crossroads.(Book review)
September 1, 2008... Higher Education at a Crossroads, by Paul R. Geisler. New York: Peter Lang, 2006. 264 pp. $32.95. ISBN 0820479144. Paul R. Geisler, in Higher Education at a Crossroads, examines the current status and potential fate of higher education...

The Skillful Teacher: On Technique, Trust, and Responsiveness in the Classroom.(Book review)
September 1, 2008... The Skillful Teacher: On Technique, Trust, and Responsiveness in the Classroom (2nd ed.) by Stephen D. Brookfield. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/Wiley, 2006. 297 pp. Cloth $36.00. ISBN 978-0-7879-8066-8. What does it mean to be a good teacher?...