Recently added articles from Journal of Higher Education:

Monitoring faculty diversity: the need for a more granular approach.(Report)

Jul 01, 2008; Weinberg, Sharon L. ... The importance of employing a racially and ethnically diverse faculty and ways for achieving that diversity have been well documented in the literature in recent years (Allen, Epps, Guillory, Suh, Bonous-Hammarth, & Stassen, 2000; Antonio, 2002; Gordon, 2004; Harleston & Knowles, 1997; ...

Problems in the pipeline: gender, marriage, and fertility in the Ivory Tower.

Jul 01, 2008; Wolfinger, Nicholas H. ... Introduction Women have traditionally fared worse than men in the workplace. In few places has this been more apparent than higher education (Jacobs, 1996). In 2003, women received 47% of PhDs awarded (National Center for Education Statistics [NCES], 2005a) but comprised only ...

Understanding leadership strategies for addressing the politics of diversity.(Report)

Jul 01, 2008; Kezar, Adrianna ... A group of students conducts a sit-in because they perceive students of color are getting special advantages. Members of the African American business community ask to meet with the campus president about the decline in the number of African Americans on campus. An ...

Transfer access from community colleges and the distribution of elite higher education.(Report)

Jul 01, 2008; Dowd, Alicia C. ... The admissions practices of the most highly selective colleges and universities of the United States are under scrutiny for their failure to enroll poor and working-class students (Douthat, 2005; Karabel, 2005; Klein, 2005). This negative attention has been spearheaded by findings reported ...

Is There a Way Out?: Examining the Commercialization of Higher Education.(Universities in the Marketplace, Academic Capitalism, Remaking the American University: Market Smart and Mission Centered)(Book review)

Jul 01, 2008; Kezar, Adrianna ... Universities in the Marketplace, by Derek Bok. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003. Academic Capitalism, by Sheila Slaughter and Gary Rhoades. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004. Remaking the American University: Market Smart and Mission ...

Academic freedom at the Dawn of a New Century: How Terrorism, Governments, and Culture Wars Impact Free Speech.(Book review)

Jul 01, 2008; Toma, J. Douglas ... Academic Freedom at the Dawn of a New Century: How Terrorism, Governments, and Culture Wars Impact Free Speech, edited by Evan Gerstmann and Matthew J. Streb. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 2006. 241 pp. ISBN 0804754446. J. DOUGLAS TOMA, ...

Building Bridges for Women of Color in Higher Education: A Practical Guide for Success.(Book review)

Jul 01, 2008; Lazarus Stewart, Dafina ... Building Bridges for Women of Color in Higher Education: A Practical Guide for Success, edited by Conchita Y. Battle and Chontrese M. Doswell. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2004. 278 pp. ISBN 0-7618-2785-4 DAFINA LAZARUS STEWART, Bowling Green State University ...