In this dissertation, I argue that curricular choices in Composition are overdetermined by the academic labor system and its negative effect on the status of composition theory. Despite the growth of disciplinary knowledge, composition programs are still staffed largely with underpaid and under supported faculty and graduate students, many of whom…

Contributors to this special issue have been asked to provide self-portraits of their intellectual lives and to consider the development of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (PESA) as an organisation. The author approaches this task by keeping the autobiographical details to a minimum and focusing more on the prospects for…

Oman will soon be producing three times more college graduates than there are jobs available in the country each year, forcing graduates to seek employment outside of Oman. Their success in securing and holding employment will be based more on training and performance than might be the case if they were working in Oman. If graduates find that the…

John Carroll University (JCU) is a Jesuit Catholic institution located in University Heights, approximately 10 miles east of Cleveland, Ohio. Founded in 1888, the university has a population of 3,400 undergraduates and 800 graduate students. The Division of Student Affairs at JCU comprises 11 units. The mission of the division is the same as that…

Based on research conducted in a three-year, mixed-method, multi-site National Science Foundation, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP) Project, this book offers a comprehensive look into how engineering department culture and climate impacts the successful retention of female and under-represented…

Post secondary education leaders and administrators are currently facing two separate but inter-related trends: the growth in online education, and the significant increase in adjunct (part-time) faculty. In order to maximize the educational quality and institutional effectiveness, education leaders must develop an approach that levers the…

This account identifies some of the tensions that became apparent in a large interdisciplinary technology-enhanced learning project as its members attempted to maintain their commitment to responsive, participatory research and development in naturalistic research settings while also "enacting" these commitments in formal research review…

Based on paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, Illinois, Feb. 7, 1968.

To examine the 2-year college environment, 1969-70 catalogs for 94 2-year colleges were studied. The number of faculty, courses, and degrees in various fields were classified into six types--Realistic, Intellectual, Social, Conventional, Artistic, and Enterprising--based on Holland's theory of vocational choice. The resulting profiles were…

The psychological environment of a college is determined by the inner needs of the students and environmental press, i.e. the stresses, conformity-demanding influence, and rewards of the college. To determine the psychological environment at the Agricultural and Technical College at Delhi, 100 males and 85 females were administered the College…

Examines differences between expectations and perceptions of self-assessed adjustment to college to determine whether students expect more of themselves than is subsequently realized. Describes this "freshman myth" at Clark University and Holy Cross College (N=308) and discusses differences in various aspects of adjustment. (BH)

This study focused on the climate at Boise State University, Idaho, as measured by the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). Climate measures included general perceptions of the environment, quality of relationships with other students, faculty, and administrative personnel, the advising experience, and general satisfaction with the…

The high school students studied had more favorable attitudes toward the 4-year institutions on twenty-seven of the forty dimensions studied. (Editor)