Examined unionization trends and outcomes among graduate students: where and why they have organized and whether unionization has affected student-mentor relationships. Uncovered several implications for institutional and departmental autonomy, student-mentor relationships, and labor relations outcomes. (EV)

Explores how, by looking at the developing of the position of dean of men (contrasted with dean of women) and tracing the patterns of institutional response to change in and outside of the academy to this position, it is possible to anticipate how current trends in higher education may play out in the future. (EV)

Using data from the National Study of Academic Deans, examined the relationships between academic deans' roles, conflict, and ambiguity, postulating that the same roles in which they engage today will be challenges in the future unless conflict and ambiguity are lessened. Discusses the implications of these issues and recommends strategies for…

Depicts what academe might look like in 2027, traces roots of the problem, and suggests how to overcome it. Focuses on access and shared governance. Considers how theories of social capital and trust might inform the challenges facing higher education, delineates the parameters of organizational trust and trustworthiness, and concludes with an…

Examined the influence of beliefs and expectations on the first-year implementation of posttenure review in one state system. Findings indicate that beliefs and expectations concerning posttenure review's origins, purposes, and usefulness strongly influenced participants' experience of the process, as well as posttenure review's affect on…

Investigated college experiences and outcomes for low and high SES students utilizing data from a longitudinal database. Low SES students engaged in fewer extracurricular activities, worked more, studied less, and reported lower GPAs than their high SES peers. Nine years after entering college, the low SES students had lower incomes, educational…

Describes the renewal of mission at three liberal arts colleges. Based on interviews with 77 participants and the review of more than 2,000 pages of institutional documents, explores how groups of individuals responded to an institutional crisis by seeking a more satisfying institutional life. Draws parallels between these efforts at…

This study assesses the impact of Indiana's Twenty-first Century Scholars Program, a supplemental grant program that provides aid to low-income students who kept an eighth grade "promise" to prepare for college and to remain drug free. Analyses reveal that the grants helped equalize opportunity to persist in Indiana's public colleges. (Author)

This qualitative study examines how faculty define the key elements within the university work environment that promote their personal sense of organizational fit. Findings show that intellectual stimulation and social-emotional support derived from connections with institutional colleagues are important in establishing a sense of fit. Even more…

This qualitative study examined the career histories of 19 faculty of color from a research university in the western United States and analyzed the variables influencing their career choices and success in academe. It offers a model of the development of bicultural skills in successful faculty. (Author/EV)

Using a feminist poststructuralist perspective, investigated academic feminism as a case of transformation in higher education. Used narrative analysis to examine the transformative role of feminist scholarship in the contexts of disciplines, departments, and the university, illustrated by the life histories of nine diverse feminists and their…

Case studies of long-term collaborators were used to test the links between inquiry paradigm or worldview and the practical aspects of the conduct of scholarly inquiry. Findings revealed that differences in ontological and epistemological assumptions do not always translate into practical differences in collaboration, while those who share the…

Examined the linkage between experiential educational programs that emphasize civic engagement and the activities of local governmental and nonprofit organizations. While leaders of governments and organizations have only irregular contacts with higher education programs that might encourage civic engagement, and leaders perceive a diverse range…

The literature on diversity in higher education spans a broad range of issues. However, while broad in range, contemporary scholarship on diversity in higher education often suffers from a view of diversity that is ahistorical and acontextual. Through a critique of a study by Wolf-Wendel, Toma, and Morphew (2001), aims to demonstrate how…

This paper responds to a rejoinder written about the article, "There Is No 'I' in Team," published in the "Review" in 2001. It agrees with the rejoinder's author that it is important to consider the historical and social contexts of athletics when looking at it as a model for diversity. Nonetheless, it continues to maintain that those in athletics…