This study examines the academic dishonesty tendencies, created metaphors and opinions on the "ethics" and "science and research ethics" and "opinions on the taken course" of prospective teachers who took the science and research ethics course. Embedded mixed design was preferred. Academic dishonesty tendency scale,…

The content of professional mobility of future economists in the writings of foreign scientists have been presented. The components of future economists' professional mobility formation have been considered. It has been established that the possession of a combination of these components enables future specialists to achieve a high level of…

First-year undergraduates on degree programmes in the arts, humanities and social sciences were found by this qualitative study to experience inquiry and research in four distinct ways. Research as "gathering information" and "exploring others' ideas" was associated with learning by engaging independently with a knowledge base.…

This paper focuses on the professional and academic development of mid-career teacher educators from two universities in England. The objectives of the study were to analyse and compare the career experiences of teacher educators; in particular, to identify stages of development, landmark events and contextual factors affecting professional…

The Assessment of Basic Learning Abilities (ABLA) is a tabletop-based protocol employing manipulables that is used to gauge whether individuals with severe developmental disabilities can learn to perform a series of discrimination tasks of varying levels of difficulty. Empirical research suggests that the ABLA is useful in terms of predicting…

Introduces to higher education Bronfenbrenner's ecology model of development. The model reflects reciprocal influences of individuals and their environments and offers needed advances in understanding, studying, and influencing college student peer groups. Describes the model, draws illustrations from research, and analyzes its implications for…

Neither the proponent nor the critics of athletics can offer substantial evidence to prove that athletics per se are either beneficial or harmful. Presents a summary of the research to date. (Editors)

A new faculty development program at the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh is dependent on a new calendar year combining a traditional semester system with elements of the four-one-four and modular calendar approaches to allow for faculty research, curriculum development, a faculty college, and university institutes. (JT)

The developmental process of postsecondary administrators was studied at Rutgers. The research procedure, research population, typical survey questions, data analyses, and findings are reported. Five variables (entry level, performance-contingent rewards, performance appraisal process, level of formal education, job complexity, and responsibility)…

Two studies using the Student Developmental Task and Lifestyles Inventory are presented. The impact of resident assistant (RA) selection, training, and experience was compared in veteran and freshman applicant RAs, and development of intimacy and identity was compared in males and females. A third factor related to relationships is discussed.…

At Simon's Rock, capable 11th and 12th graders are admitted to an accelerated college-level program in which they can obtain a B.A. degree in four years. The Evaluation Office of the college is responsible for studying the cognitive and effective development of students at any college. A longitudinal study was begun in 1973 involving tracking of…

Faculty fellowships, designed to foster individual achievement, are in trouble as doubts emerge about individual efficacy in a global environment that requires teamwork and collaboration. They have become politicized, divided by conflicts over criteria. If they are to be renewed, the dominance of research over teaching and service must be…

This study examined 10 educational outcomes reported by a representative group of 1990 seniors (N=536) who entered a public research university in fall 1986. The project tested an improved set of items reflecting scales of academic and social integration and of intellectual and personal growth developed earlier by Pascarella and Terenzini. The…

Responding to challenges questioning the possibility of distinctively Catholic higher education, this article seeks to establish an integrated vision for Catholic universities. Relying on the works of Philip Gleason, Ignatius of Loyola, and Bernard Lonergan, the author provides a framework for the important research function of Catholic…

Based on the criteria of Ramsden (1992) of contextual factors that encourage a deep approach to learning, an independent, open-ended field-based activity for students of behavioural ecology was designed and implemented. The project was designed to create an authentic learning activity that allowed responsible choice in the method and content…