(1993). Working-Class Women in the Academy: Laborers in the Knowledge Factory. This volume contains a collection of essays on the issues and concerns that face women from working-class backgrounds who enter academic careers. Following an introduction and transcript of a dialogue between Kate Ellis and Lillain S. Robinson, the essays are as follows: "What's a Nice Working-Class Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?" (Saundra Gardner); "Who Am I Now? The Politics of Class Identity" (Donna Langston); "Writing and Teaching with Class" (Valerie Miner); "A Question of Belonging" (Joanna Kadi); "Keeping Close to Home: Class and Education" (bell hooks); "A Mennonite 'Hard Worker' Moves from the Working Class and the Religious/Ethnic Community to Academia: A Conflict Between Two Definitions of Work" (Laura H. Weaver); "Grandma Went to Smith, All Right, but She Went from Nine to Five: A Memoir" (Patricia Clark Smith); "A Farmer's Daughter in Academia" (Jacqueline Burnside); "Yer Own…
(1998). Proceedings of the Annual Midwest Research-to-Practice Conference in Adult, Continuing and Community Education (17th, Muncie, Indiana, October 8-10, 1998). This proceedings contains 30 papers: "What Matters in Planning a Conference" (Ahmed et al.); "Faculty Motivations for Learning To Teach at a Distance with Instructional Technology" (Armstrong); "The Use of Literature in Qualitative Research" (Austin, Babchuk); "Reading Women's Lives" (Baker-Clark); "Faculty Perceptions of Adult Students and Their Learning Needs" (Beverly, Clark); "Assessing Teaching Style Preference and Factors that Influence Teaching Style Preference of Registered Dieticians" (Carr); "Implementing Learning Contracts" (Chiang); "Constructionism Theory to Web-based Course Design" (Conceicao-Runlee, Daley); "Literacy, Life Skills, Training and Transition in a Correctional Facility" (Cooper); "The Long-Term Impact of American Adult Educators on International Graduate Students" (Cutz, Atchade); "The Urban Context" (Daley et al.); "Low-Literate Blue-Collar… [PDF]
(1992). Women in Science and Technology: The Institutional Ecology Approach. Volume I: Final Research Report. This document is the final research report of the University of Queensland Women in Science and Technology in Australia (WISTA) project. The report is a policy review study conducted from 1985 to 1990, of the factors that act as critical filters or positive factors that hinder or help women's access to and progression in certain scientific and technological disciplines. The report draws on a major review of published research, specially collected statistical data, and group interviews with professors, deans, and school heads based on a set of discussion papers dealing with the 10 core factors that provided the central theoretical framework of the WISTA project as a whole. These factors are: (1) same sex role models as a positive influence for women; (2) mentors; (3) image of different branches of science and technology; (4) male and female attitudes toward women in "nontraditional" disciplines; (5) single sex versus coeducation; (6) prerequisites and curricular choice as… [PDF]
(2002). Senate Rostrum: The Newsletter of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, 2002. Senate Rostrum: The Newsletter of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, Feb-Oct. The 2002 newsletter of Senate Rostrum contains the February and October issues. The February issue covers the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges' January 2002 hearing on Draft A of the proposed new accreditation standards. Members of the Academic Senate attended the meeting in order to voice their concerns regarding the new standards. Senate President Hoke Simpson's article, "'Ignore Us at Your Peril!' The San Francisco Accreditation Hearing," describes Senate members' objections to the Commission's emphasis on quantifiable outcomes rather than educational quality. In addition, Linda Collins outlines the proposal in "The Proposed Accreditation Standards: A Summary Critique." She argues against the revision's aim to import quality assurance approaches from business, and the continuous monitoring of outcomes rather than assuring adequate educational, fiscal, human, and physical resources. Other articles in the newsletter are: (1) "The… [PDF]
(2001). Voice of the People: Representative Government in the United States. Insights on Law & Society, v2 n1 Fall. This magazine aims to help high school teachers of civics, government, history, law, and law-related education program developers educate students about legal issues. This issue focuses on voting. It contains 11 articles: (1) "The Project of Democracy" (A. Keyssar) demonstrates how the story of the right to vote represents a slow and fitful movement toward universal suffrage and why democracy continues to be a work in progress; (2) "Where Politics, Race, and Law Collide" (J. G. Hebert; J. B. Williams) explores legal challenges redistricting presented following the 2000 census; (3) "Can the Judiciary Be 'Representative?'" (B. A. Perry) explains the sense in which judges can be representative of the people and still aspire to the neutrality expected of them; (4) "Election 2000: Voting Issues and Recommendations" (D. L. Davison) presents questions raised by the 2000 election regarding the voting process; (5) "Voices" (K. Albowicz; M. L….
(1991). Conservative Think Tanks and Higher Education Policy: Selected Public Policy Research Institutes and Their Views on Issues in Higher Education. Online Submission The purpose of this study was two-fold: (1) to describe four conservative public policy research institutions as organizations in comparison with more traditional policy organizations such as the Brookings Institution, and (2) to examine their views on current issues in higher education in relation to selected national higher education reports. The four conservative \think tanks\ chosen were the Heritage Foundation, American Enterprise Institute, the Free Congress Foundation, and the Ethics and Public Policy Center. A review of the literature and related research revealed that no study of this topic had been undertaken previously. Data about the conservative think tanks were gathered from both primary and secondary sources. Telephone interviews with selected individuals were also employed in a very limited way. Ten national higher education reports published between 1980-90, and a survey of articles published in \Change\ magazine during the same period, were examined to discover… [PDF]
(1997). Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (80th, Chicago, Illinois, July 30-August 2, 1997). Addenda II. The 16 papers in the second part of the Addenda to this proceedings are: (1) "Catching a Glimpse of Hegemony: The Covers of 'Life' Magazine during the Gulf War" (Brian B. Feeney); (2) "'Cohen v. San Bernardino Valley College': Employee Speech or Academic Freedom" (Nancy Whitmore); (3) "'New York Times" Use of Symbolism in Foreign Conflict Reporting: The Case of the Eritrean War (1962-1991)" (Meseret Chekol); (4) "The Price of Iconoclasm: The Correspondence of E.W. Scripps and Frank Harris Blighton during Arizona's Pursuit of Statehood" (Michael S. Sweeney); (5) "Perceptions of Newspaper Bias in a Local Environmental Controversy" (Katherine A. McComas; Clifford W. Scherer; Cynthia Heffelfinger); (6) "Does Liberalization Lead to Greater Competition? The Case of Indian Telecommunications" (Kalyani Chadha); (7) "Effects of Citation in Exemplifying Testimony on Issue Perception" (Rhonda Gibson and Dolf Zillmann); (8)… [PDF]
(2021). The Ecosystem of Learning: Admission and Diversity in Christian Higher Education. Christian Higher Education, v20 n5 p358-375. The policies, priorities, and productivity of postsecondary admission offices are under a great deal of scrutiny. The current realities range from the pressures of tuition-driven institutions to deliver the majority of the university budget each fall, to more selective institutions wrestling with standards of which applicants to accept amid national scandals such as the well-publicized "varsity blues" (a conspiracy to influence admission decisions at several top U.S. universities that was uncovered in 2019). Historically, institutional guidelines related to the admission and rejection of applicants have maintained a tense relationship with issues related to homogeneity and diversity. Postsecondary institutions in the U.S. were originally developed for the purpose of educating wealthy White men and slowly expanded to include more groups, in principle, even if not manifested in actual enrollment composition. Notably, efforts to diversify have repeatedly put admissions issues… [Direct]
(1998). Ethnic Identity and Power: Cultural Contexts of Political Action in School and Society. SUNY Series, Power, Social Identity, and Education. The essays in this collection provide insights into the dilemmas faced by immigrants and ethnic minorities and by school personnel and policy makers. The first part of the book consists of comparative studies of ethnic identity, and the second part focuses on some lessons learned from studies of ethnic identification and equity, with implications for teaching. The following essays are included: (1) "Cultural Politics of the White Ethniclass in the Mid-Nineties" (George and Louise Spindler); (2) "Leadership, Education, and Political Action: The Emergence of New Latino Ethnic Identities" (Cirenio Rodriguez and Enrique (Henry) T. Trueba); (3) "Power and Learning in a Multi-Ethnic High School: Dilemmas of Policy and Practice" (Jon Wagner); (4) "Teaching against the Grain in Bilingual Education: Resistance in the Classroom Underlife" (Rebecca Constantino and Christian Faltis); (5) "Affirmative Action in Engineering Education: A Case…
(1989). The Civil War: Slavery and the Crisis of Union. Public Issues Series. This booklet is part of a series of units designed to help students take and defend a position on public issues. The unit presented here explores questions about when people should challenge authority through a study of the Civil War and slavery. The booklet is divided into six sections. The first and last are an introduction and review respectively. The second section is on the personal and political meanings of slavery. This section discusses the beginnings of slavery and the development of the slave trade, what life was like as a slave, and the national political crisis that developed over the question of the right or wisdom of slavery as an institution. The third section is devoted to resistance and dissent. It traces the resistance efforts of African slaves from the 17th century through Nat Turner's Rebellion in 1831. Violent reactions to the Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 are also described in this section. The fourth section, "Prelude to War," discusses the heightening…
(1999). Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (82nd, New Orleans, Louisiana, August 3-8, 1999). Mass Communication and Society. The Mass Communication and Society section of the Proceedings contains the following 17 papers: "Interactivity and the 'Cyber-Fan': Audience Involvement within the Electronic Fan Culture of the Internet" (Vic Costello); "A Reassessment of the Relationship between Public Affairs Media Use and Political Orientations" (Kim A. Smith); "Journalists and Their Computers: An Inseparable Link for the Future?" (Bruce Garrison); "Do You Admit or Deny? An Experiment in Public Perceptions of Politicians Accused of Scandal" (Patrick Meirick and Zixue Tai); "Drudging Up the News: 'The Drudge Report' and Its Use of Sources" (Scott Abel); "New Media, Old Values: What Online Newspaper Journalists Say Is Important to Them" (Ann M. Brill); "Migrant Workers: Myth or Reality? A Case Study of News Narrative in English-Language Thai Newspapers, 'The Nation' and 'Bangkok Post', during Asian Economic Crisis 1997" (Suda Ishida);… [PDF]
(2001). Diversity in Libraries: Academic Residency Programs. Contributions in Librarianship and Information Science. This book contains 15 essays written by 19 librarians who participated in minority residency programs in academic libraries and 5 essays written by 6 professionals who served as residency program administrators. The following essays are included: (1) \The University of California, Santa Barbara Fellowship–A Program in Transition\ (Detrice Bankhead); (2) \Reflections of an Academic Library Residency Program Coordinator\ (Julie Brewer); (3) \The University of Minnesota Libraries' Affirmative Action Residency Program: 1991 to the Present\ (Linda DeBeau-Melting); (4) \Advocating Diversity in Research Libraries: The University of Iowa Minority Research Library Residency Program\ (Janice Simmons-Welburn and Barbara I. Dewey); (5) \Yale University's Minority Librarian-in-Residence Program\ (Diane Young Turner); (6) \My Residency at the University of Michigan: Rewards and Deltas\ (E. Joy Cichewicz); (7) \Too Far To Fail\ (Karla Y. Davis); (8) \A Day in the Life of a Librarian-in-Residence\…
(2005). Chronicle of Higher Education. Volume 51, Number 20, January 21, 2005. Chronicle of Higher Education, v51 n20 Jan. "Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This January 21, 2005 issue of "Chronicle of Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "The Perils of Pursuing Prestige" (Lovett, Clara M.); (2) "A 'Civilizing' Mission in Late Colonial Kenya" (Elkins, Caroline); (3) "The Gospel of Born-Again Bodies" (Griffith, R. Marie); (4) "For Keep's Sake: A Chairman's Files" (Goldstein, Warren); (5) "Lending Their Hands after the Tsunami"; (6) "In Indonesia, Universities Are Transformed in to Relief Centers" (Overland, Martha Ann); (7) "Faculty Group Calls for Academic Integrity as Basis for Athletics Reform" (Suggs, Welch); (8) "At Its Convention, NCAA Preaches Fiscal Restraint and Academic Rigor" (Suggs, Welch); (9) "Scholars Say College Admissions Offices Misuse Advanced Placement…
(2020). Shaping Educational Policy through the Courts: The Use of Social Science Research in "Amicus" Briefs in "Fisher I". Educational Policy, v34 n3 p449-476 May. Different from more traditional policy-making avenues, the courts provide an antipolitical arena that does not require broad agreement from various constituents for policy enactment. Seeking to guide court decisions on these policy issues, individuals and organizations have filed "amicus" briefs that increasingly include social science to support their arguments. The "Fisher v. University of Texas" at Austin Supreme Court case presents an ideal example to study the use of social science evidence in "amicus" briefs to shape educational policy. Findings from this study identify differences in the use of social science research that suggest many ways in which our current understanding of the efforts of actors to shape educational policy via the highest court in the nation is incomplete. This study also highlights why developing this understanding could be extremely useful to both the creation of educational policy and the use of antipolitical approaches to… [Direct]
(1993). The Imperiled Academy. This volume analyzes, in nine essays by academics and specialists in history, government, philosophy, law, and public policy, current cultural and intellectual disputes concerning relativism, multiculturalism, and radical feminism at colleges and universities. Following an introduction by the editor, Howard Dickman, "Leviathan U." (Daniel Bonevac) explores the apparent tension between two recent trends at American universities: multiculturalism, which seeks pluralism and diversity, and political correctness which seeks to limit the expression of views. "Tradition and Change: The University Under Stress" (Stanley Rothman) relates changes in higher education to changes in the role of intellectuals and to changes in the character of Western culture. In "The Sources of Political Correctness on American Campuses" Seymour Martin Lipset points out that political correctness is not a new phenomenon and that recent events express a moralism involving a belief in…