Considers what can make a writing program an integral part of the mission of a university so that it does not become a target when budget cuts have to be made. Discusses the role of collaboration in the establishment and operation of the writing program at Cornell University. (RS)

This paper describes a schoolwide staff development model based on a proactive instructional approach to solving problem behavior. Discussion focuses on comparison with traditional models of staff development, reactive approaches to school discipline, and students with diverse learning and behavioral histories. (DB)

Discusses results of a study in which felons at a Midwestern prison were tested for brain injury by a simple structured interview. To assess prison rule following, disciplinary tickets accrued per day were counted for "reported head injury" (n=41) and reported "no head injury" (n=41). Head injured residents were involved in…

This study of National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) institutional members (n=294) examines professional preferences for educationally and legally sound procedures to manage academic misconduct. Based on the results, a model policy is provided as a benchmark of current thought against which academic institutions may…

Elaborates an imaginary conversation between a college professor and his psychotherapist in which the professor muses that his profession--university teaching and research--may soon become obsolete with the proliferation of new technologies. Responds to the "absence of something" in the four articles of this special issue. Calls for…

Behavior modification and assertive discipline approaches use rewards and negative consequences (extinction procedures) to deal with students' maladaptive behavior. Behavior modification has significant limitations, as it treats symptoms, not causes; yields only short-term benefits; has limited transfer value for other environments; and values…

Examines two cases of university department-based, practice-centered peer inquiry projects as a means of faculty development. Compares the leadership, structure, and outcomes of each department's project. Discusses the role of department culture, the norms of scholarly collaboration, standard work patterns, curricular standards, university status,…

Reports on the great range of scholarship and activities engaged in by modern home economists and contrasts these with persistent stereotypes of the field as lacking intellectual rigor, all female, and socially conservative. Reviews the history of the field and highlights current research and other activities at Cornell University's College of…

Discusses results of and university responses to a 1998 amendment to the Higher Education Act that allows schools to inform parents any time a student under 21 violates drug or alcohol laws. Research findings indicate a drop in the recidivism rate from notification policies, but many universities continue to shy away from alerting parents. (EV)

Argues that the university has increasingly become an isolated, isolating culture, a bureaucracy of specialized disciplines producing knowledge painstakingly sequestered from the lived world. Argues that composition, as the anti-discipline, has the chance to re-root that stranded knowledge in the lived worlds, and play a part in the rebirth of the…

Reviews 1998 court cases related to disciplinary and academic decisions in institutions of higher education. Plaintiffs challenging disciplinary and academic decisions once again met with little success, and students were largely unsuccessful in their efforts to increase the level of process accorded them in the academic environment. (SLD)

Analyzes biotechnology at different levels of aggregation to better understand the possible emergence of a specific European dimension. Uses multivariate analysis with title words from scientific journals of biotechnology to distinguish between the intellectual organization in terms of title words and the institutional network in terms of…

Sets forth a vision for evaluation in the future that is disciplined in the sense of being planned, systematic, and funded in ways that adhere to professional standards, principles, and codes, resulting in the improvement of services, products, performances, and quality of life. In the ideal future, disciplined evaluation will become a pervasive…

Two alternative high schools, Renaissance School in Indianapolis, and Richard Milburn High School, a for-profit program, both emphasize small class size, nurturing teachers, and innovative programs to reach students who are turned off to school and sometimes everything else. (JOW)

Describes the physiological effects of anger, effects of unhealthy anger in schools and society, short-term solutions for unruly classrooms, and ways to create cooperative classrooms. (SK)