Analysis demonstrates that interdisciplinary variation in scholarly journal rejection rates is linked to variation in consensus, not to journal space shortages; rejection rates are a good indicator of consensus. The different prospects authors face when submitting manuscripts to different journals result from structural differences between the…

While business administration educators are increasingly using computers for instruction, incorporating administrative computing into course content and classroom activity, requiring computer literacy of students, adding courses in high-technology management, and creating departments of management information systems, no general theory of…

The managerial behavior of academic department chairpersons and nonacademic unit managers across 140 colleges and universities were compared. Faculty and administrators completed questionnaires that profiled their formal leader's behavior, their work group characteristics, and their personal satisfaction. (Author/MLW)

A table outlining faculty members' summer-school earnings presents data by discipline group and type of institution, by discipline group and rank, and by type of institution and rank. (MLW)

Suggestions for improving teacher education are offered in a review of the current status of professional education in contemporary society. The need for more cooperative efforts in planning and implementation between educational theorists and practitioners is discussed. (DF)

Educational trends and practices in geography instruction at the secondary and college levels in Australia are examined and features that can make geography a core element in Australia's reformed educational system are discussed. (RM)

A study of the comparability of standards used for awarding first degrees with distinction in Israeli universities found considerable diversity among universities, faculties, and major subject departments of the social sciences. (Author/MSE)

Joan Wallach Scott, the second woman invited to join the faculty of the Institute for Advanced Study, sees her appointment as significant to the field of women's studies. Scott is looking forward to seeing how the questions about gender can be raised in relation to other people's work at the institute. (MLW)

Although integration of subject matter disciplines has long been one of the greatest strengths of rural and small schools, the knowledge explosion has complicated the process. Teachers can engage in discipline integration more effectively and efficiently by giving consideration to planning methodologies, lessons, classroom behaviors, and scope and…

Although its development has not been regular, geography in Poland is now well organized, in both teaching and research, and has a fairly good international reputation. In spite of some resource problems in the development of research, the presence of geography in higher education seems assured. (Author)

The inability of some students to continue pursuing the undergraduate academic program they initially selected because of stringent institutional or departmental requirements is discussed. A survey to study the problem of the need for alternative advising for these students is described. (MLW)

Previous college department rankings based on the evaluations of others in the field are examined for their weaknesses, and the requirements of an adequate institutional ranking system are discussed. (MSE)

Shows how confusion of notion of "critical thinking" with such notions as "reasoning ability" and "argument analysis" frequently justifies programs in critical thinking. Discusses critical thinking in everyday problems. Outlines strategy to develop critical thinking capacities using the philosophy and knowledge of…

Issues in the definition of peace research are discussed, the origins and founding institutions of peace research in Europe are chronicled, and the status of peace research projects and programs in universities in the European countries and related conferences, organizations, and publications are outlined. Nordic and socialist countries are…

A discussion on who should teach computer literacy in academe is presented. Computer science can be described as an experimental science with the computer as the laboratory but computer science is an interdisciplinary area. Defining a computer scientist is difficult. (MLW)