The higher education doctorate is a probable path to administrative advancement, but not a guarantee. Faculty may be skeptical of this credential unless it is combined with a doctorate in an academic discipline. However, it is likely that there will be an increase in higher education doctorates in the future. (Author/MSE)

Examination of the contents of 3 major higher education journals over 3 time periods indicates that only about 30 of over 770 articles focused on women or topics commonly associated with women. These articles were classified according to feminist phase theory to indicate the extent of feminist scholarship in the journals. (Author/MSE)

Suggests that faculty in community college administration programs have a significant influence over future college leaders since they determine who is admitted and the curriculum that is taught. Argues that the diversity of faculty should match that of students and describes the need for curricula geared toward women and minorities. (17…

An overview of the nature and content of doctoral study in higher education is presented, focusing on an analysis of the literature indicating potential outcomes of these programs. The type of training for academic administrators and the significance of this training for degree recipients and for colleges and universities are examined. The study…

For several semesters, a professor of higher education at the University of Memphis, in Tennessee, has incorporated electronic mail and the Internet into assignments and classes, including a course on community colleges. At the beginning of courses, a list of e-mail addresses is compiled and distributed to students to enhance communication.…

A study of 539 graduates of 36 higher education programs from 1972-87 yielded (1) a demographic profile of the average graduate, (2) details of their doctoral education, and (3) employment history. Findings include increasing feminization of higher education programs and graduate dissatisfaction with the higher education doctorate. (Author/MSE)

A survey of a representative national sample of 1,110 college presidents, vice presidents, deans of academic affairs, and deans of student affairs, of whom 64% responded, investigated attitudes toward the content of higher education degrees and the degree as a credential for prospective administrators in their institutions. Data on respondents'…

Describes a survey of selected community college presidents, deans of academic affairs, and deans of student affairs regarding the content and value of the higher education doctorate. Reports greater support for the degree as a qualifying credential for presidential, management, and student affairs positions than for academic affairs positions.…

A study conducted to examine the careers of higher education doctoral recipients ascertains their demographics and career patterns and discerns the existence of possible differences in career paths depending upon types of higher education programs (such as national, regional, research oriented, and locally oriented collections of courses). This…

The possible use of fiction about colleges as part of the study of higher education is considered, based on analysis of 80 student-centered college novels written by authors who attended the depicted colleges. The novels used colleges as either the subject matter or setting. Three criticisms of the idea of using fiction are discussed, including…