Offers guidelines for integrating technology-enhanced education into the curricula: (1) support faculty and administration in developing technology-enhanced education; (2) identify information technology skills that graduates will need; (3) assist in planning support systems; (4) work with stakeholders to develop realistic estimates of needed…

The terms "quality,""productivity," and "accountability" imply an enterprise. Higher education contains three enterprises: faculty as customers of student work; students as customers of faculty; and business, community, and others as institutional customer. Each enterprise has rigorous standards regarding clarity of purpose, precision, evidence,…

Participants in an administrative leadership program identified continuing-education leadership competencies: core set of values and vision, effective communication, reflection and analysis, positive climate, facilitation and collaboration, problem solving and risk taking, and perseverance. Content for the leadership-training program was based on…

Study of an adult degree program used enrollment data 1986-96, course progression data 1990-95, and surveys of 140 enrolled and 250 not enrolled students. Three-fourths of those who graduated 1988-94 did so within three years; retention was most difficult in the self-directed and research phases; women's graduation rate was higher. (SK)

Self Directed Learning Readiness Scale and a wellness measure were completed by 185 graduate students. Creativity significantly correlated with wellness; intellectual wellness and spirituality/values correlated with self-directed learning. Self-directed learners appear to feel strongly about creative expression, and creative pursuits have the…

Describes paradigm shifts that have led to the macro change of technology-enhanced education. Assesses issues: (1) how continuing educators can assist institutions in adapting to this change; (2) whether efforts should be centralized or decentralized; and (3) what innovative leadership skills are needed. (SK)

A study explored the relationship between the traditional system of college faculty rank and faculty research productivity from the perspectives of behavioral reinforcement theory and selection function. Six hypotheses were generated and tested, using data from a 1989 national faculty survey. Results failed to support completely either the…

A survey of 23 college and university coordinators who conduct assessment activities and report findings in connection with Tennessee's 15-year performance funding initiative reveals strengths and weaknesses associated with 10 indicators of institutional performance. Reasons for the program's longevity, designed to serve accountability and…

Current university tenure and promotion criteria are examined critically, and it is suggested that they are both an effect and a source of gender bias. Current working assumptions regarding what constitutes good research, teaching, and service and the relative importance of each reflect and perpetuate masculine values and practices, preventing…

Retirement programs for college faculty are evaluated in terms of both their wealth-creation attributes and the incentives they provide for retirement. Wealth accumulation and relative cash flow from working compared to retirement are evaluated at various ages under alternative assumptions about rates of return and contribution rates. The nature…

A study (n=397) examined gender differences in self-efficacy beliefs for social process skills important in academic careers, and the relationship of social process self-efficacy to career achievement. Males were found significantly more confident than females for social process skills, before controlling for experience, academic rank, field, and…

A longitudinal study examined the effect of perceptions of prejudice/discrimination on minority and nonminority students at a public, predominantly white, commuter college. Results show minorities were more likely than whites to feel discrimination and prejudice while on campus and that these perceptions affected adjustment to college and…

Data from a national survey of 9,402 women college faculty were analyzed to document the prevalence of sexual harassment among women college faculty, create a profile of women who have been harassed, examine factors leading to harassment, and explore the outcomes of harassment. Results show sexual harassment to be a complex pattern of factors,…

A study of 3,331 college freshmen in 18 institutions investigated the factors influencing their openness to cultural diversity and challenges to their beliefs and values. Results indicated a nondiscriminatory racial environment, on-campus residence, participation in a racial or cultural awareness workshop, and involvement with diverse peers had…

The origins of the United States' land-grant universities is reexamined, and an alternative interpretation is offered. Establishment of these universities is seen traditionally as part of the educational evolution of the country; it is proposed that while educational reform played a minor role in their emergence, the primary motivation behind the…