In the past year, more and more professors have started talking about wikis, which are, in essence, communal Web sites that can be edited by anyone who visits them, and some wikis keep logs of past changes. Once the domain of technology enthusiasts, especially advocates of "open source" software that is jointly created by volunteers, wikis are…

The author describes her choice of sociology as career brought about by involvement in the feminist movement and growing concerns for social injustice. She advocates sociologists' active involvement in social causes and community education to fight inequality and social division.

This article outlines the evolution of sociology as a science in the American university from the 1800s to the present. Topics discussed include social and academic attitudes towards sociology and influences of social movements on the study and teaching of sociology and sociological research.

Presidents for different companies such as John C. Buechner, Richard A. Detweiler, and Mark Clark from various universities give their individual views on the expected role played by the chief information officers, and also themselves while tackling decisions related to information technology (IT). Some of the recommendations offered include,…

Researchers are analyzing the root causes for the universal problem of chronic academic procrastination, which is believed to raise student's anxiety and sinks their self-esteem. Colleges of Belgium, Canada, and Netherlands have begun to develop counseling programs that draw on cognitive and behavioral research to help students lessen…

Syllabi from some 20 colleges and universities were reviewed with prominent English and literature departments and a discussion was held with a number of professors who teach literary theory. It is suggested that devolution and fragmentation of theory might be a survival strategy, an adaptation to the new realties of academic institutions.

The US state lawmakers are concerned with the budgets and management of public colleges, though with a little push from "helicopter parents" who hover over their college-age children and challenge administrative decisions, legislators are increasingly intervening in a range of student-life issues. Frequently, legislators who are parents…

South Korean universities are aggressively promoting the use of English on their campuses and encouraging students to study English abroad, in a bid to strengthen their international standing and attract more foreign students. The South Korean government increased its efforts to attract more foreign students in 2005 by doing more overseas…

Doctoral students become so focused on the classroom, exam and dissertation burdens of the moment that they graduate without really being prepared in terms of networking, intellectual development, and publication-ready texts. Hence, certain strategies that have proved reliable indicators are recommended, including starting the dissertation,…

A journalism graduate from Gonzaga University and a master's in information management from Syracuse University describes her experience of handling twin tasks of being a 20-year-old new mother and a student. She reveals that her son was the inspiration that motivated her to continue education, earn better grades and be able to give him a better…

Faculty members and trustees each have responsibility for the tasks in which they have superior competence, but it is observed that shared governance cannot deal with ensuring the highest possible quality of education. The traditional roles of trustees are both to promote and defend the interests of the institution and to represent the concerns of…

An attempt is made to understand the appropriate relationship among students, their parents, and their colleges, keeping in mind the changing legal landscape. It is suggested that parents must manage their legitimate concerns and expectations so as to respect the boundaries separating them from their children's independent college experiences and…

According to the Centers for Disease Control, 17 percent of 20- to 29-year-olds are infected with genital herpes, one of the most common sexually-transmitted diseases in the United States. Because of lack or mildness of symptoms and the tendency to not test for herpes during routine medical exams, the disease can go undiagnosed and can easily be…

For some decades now, colleges' and universities' aim of contributing social- and economically to the community has been replaced by the willingness to cater to student demand for marketable career programs and governmental requests for research results. It is argued that colleges and universities must not lose sight of their social purpose while…

U.S. Supreme Court justices struggled in a lively debate with how to balance the competing interests of the entertainment industry and developers of file-sharing technology. Some justices sharply questioned whether it was fair to hold inventors of a distribution technology liable for copyright infringement, while others suggested that it was wrong…