Looks at the effects of advancing technology on academic life, using a simplified version of a scheme for examining diffusion of innovations. Attention is given to technology's impact on teaching, research and scholarship, and service and outreach functions, and on special challenges posed by technology, barriers to its use, and its implications…

Explores the relationship between service learning and organizational commitment by examining the complexities of faculty and organizational culture, including administrative support, campus familiarity with course-based service, financial support, the nature of faculty involvement, and faculty work and rewards. Makes practical suggestions for…

New technologies lead higher education institutions to question their academic structures and processes, but effective implementation of the technologies and positive changes in traditions will occur only if basic research about teaching and learning is incorporated into discussions and planning. Issues related to instruction, faculty development,…

The Joint Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership, a venture of the California State University, Fresno, and the University of California, illustrates effective ways to enhance technological literacy among doctoral students through technology-assisted small-group communication. The study draws on data from exit interviews with program…