Discusses advantages and disadvantages of various types of career-supportive relationships that make up academic women's webs of intellectual, social, personal, and political ties, including formal mentoring, networking, and peer-support programs. Several strategies rooted in each of these models are presented, based on a review of current…

References the work of Stone and Archer (1990), in which challenges that counseling centers would face in the 1990s were identified. Assesses the extent to which 67 counseling center directors heeded the recommendations of Stone and Archer over a five-year period. Positive increases in adherence were obtained for 53.5% of the recommendations with…

Interviews with two college presidents from Rhode Island and West Virginia discuss whether alcohol can coexist with learning on campus. To make room for a culture of learning, campus administrators state that the alcohol problems must be addressed. Initiatives such as Fraternity Alcohol Policy, Up All Night, and Mountaineer Parents Club are…

Study tests the degree of support for flexible due process in campus disciplinary hearings. Focuses on whether faculty, parent, and student expectations for due process protections vary based on the severity of the potential outcome. Results indicate that respondents expect due process protections to increase as the severity of the potential…

The accounts of several autobiographers concerning the graduate student experience reveal how students find meaning in their academic apprenticeships. Academic autobiographers, now speaking as teachers themselves. focus on what was given to them by their teachers when they were students. (MSE)

A retired special education professor discusses his ideas on some important features of working in the field that education professionals should bear in mind, including that colleges of education are the bottom fish of universities, working in schools is a noble adventure, and why publishing is necessary. (CR)

Presents an interview with two faculty members at Temple University on the question of academic integrity. Discusses that while encouraging better detection and stiffer enforcement of policies is an understandable response to studies showing that cheating is in the rise, it is important to keep the dialogue focused on the value of integrity. (GCP)

Part of a comparative United Kingdom-Belgium study on adults in higher education, explored learning and teaching experiences of adult students and lecturers. Found that experiences are shaped by factors such as culture of the department, teaching styles of lecturers, and rigors of academic study. Adult students left the university with different…

Describes how death threats against black students at Penn State prompted an extended sit-in and a debate over whether the university was doing enough to protect black students and promote diversity. (EV)

Examined efficacy of communication in ameliorating cheating among college students and aspects of communication that might be most effective in reducing cheating. Results suggest student cheating may be associated more strongly with beliefs and values than with situational factors and that students and faculty diverge widely on beliefs about what…

Three main themes in the conflict experienced by college department heads are examined: conflict inherent in the structure of higher education (institutional), conflict created when people work together (interpersonal), and that woven into the chair position (positional). These conflicts are not necessarily negative or positive; these…

The University of Chicago (Illinois) has long emphasized teaching as a valued skill, fostering an image focused on the intellectual search for truth and transmission of intellectual values, a stand in opposition to popular relativist theories. Through the writings of Allan Bloom, Wayne Booth, and historical university documents, this model of…

A portion of the results of a national academic advising survey are reported. Advising data on 754 programs are analyzed to determine the performance of seven advising models on eight program goals and their perceived effectiveness on 11 program variables. The data also create a context for deeper consideration of the relationship between an…

Introduces a symposium of the same title and its four speakers. Provides background on current attitudes on race and affirmative action in America and the role that institutions of higher education can play in improving race relations. (EV)

Reviews legislative mandates and demographic trends that address the issue of access for students with disabilities enrolling in higher education. Discusses the importance of the student affairs profession in assuming leadership for creating learning environments that are inclusive, diverse, and affirming, in order to change the experience of…