PS: Political Science & Politics articles from March 1997

PS: Political Science & Politics archives from March 1997

The new 'U.' (tenure versus renewable contracts among university professors)
March 1, 1997... Today's talk about tenure must be framed within broader discussions about the role of the university. Our university system is now over one hundred years old, the "Old-Time College" is gone, the "cold war" university is no longer viable, and the...

Two perspectives on tenure.
March 1, 1997... Author's Note: Here, two college professors explore the dilemma of tenure, and ultimately argue for a change in the way tenure is promoted and perceived within the academy. One professor - an associate dean and former department head - has...

Tenure and the constitution of the university.
March 1, 1997... Should university professors be exempt from the job insecurity that afflicts much of the population? As businesses become leaner and meaner, shouldn't universities do the same? After all, Universities have become expensive. Wouldn't abolishing...

An economic perspective of academic tenure.
March 1, 1997... Today, tenure means many different things, including job security, merit reward, career motivator, protection for academic freedom, a multi-million dollar investment in a single professor, and the output of a legislative personnel process to...

What is happening in history?
March 1, 1997... Editors Note: The following article was presented as the 1996 Grawemeyer Award lecture at the University of Louisville on October 30. The Grawemeyer Ideas Improving World Order Award is presented annually to stimulate dissemination, analysis,...

Why young Americans hate politics, and what we should do about it.
March 1, 1997... On the final day of her American Government class last spring, one of my wife's students approached her and said, "You're a really great teacher. It's too bad you're teaching this subject. I hate politics." The young man had begun the course...

Survey of vote-by-mail Senate election in the State of Oregon.
March 1, 1997... The special Senate election in Oregon, held during January 1996, was the first time in which a federal election was held using a vote-by-mail format. The purpose of this survey was to address most of the relevant issues and concerns involving...

Death, where is thy sting? The Senate as a Ponce (de Leon) Scheme. (declining mortality rate of Senators)
March 1, 1997... Maltzman, Sigelman and Binder (1996), in what we regard as monumental work, have reinvigorated the study of death in office. But their data analysis is incomplete. First, they fail to project realistically the trends in actual and expected...

Using "Capitol Hill" CD ROM to teach undergraduate political science courses.
March 1, 1997... An Overview of "Capitol Hill" (Amazing Media, The Software Toolworks, Inc.) The CD ROM "Capitol Hill"(1) offers an interactive strategy for teaching about Congress in an undergraduate American Government or Legislative Process class. Multiple...

The interactive journal: creating a learning space.
March 1, 1997... Much of the recent work on critical thinking and collaborative learning has alerted us to the limitations of a traditional, lecture-centered approach to teaching and has called, instead, for a more active student role in the acquisition and...

Teaching American government: an alternative to Ogg and Ray. (alternative approach to teaching US politics)
March 1, 1997... If textbooks provide a reliable indication, the introductory American government course follows much the same format almost everywhere, and has changed very little since Ogg and Ray's classic Introduction to American Government was published in...

The electoral college: a misunderstood institution. (textbook errors on electoral college mechanisms)
March 1, 1997... "It was of great importance not to make the government too complex." Thus did Caleb Strong, a Massachusetts delegate at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, argue against the use of the electoral college to select the president and vice...