Winter 2001 - 2002

Table of Contents

Overview

Issues in the Profession

A National Crisis and the Role of the Academy

Responding to a Crisis: A W.P.A. for PH.Ds?

Academic Research in the Cyberspace Age

Merit-Aware Admissions in Public Universities

Picket Line Epiphanies and a Bittersweet Epilogue

When Push Comes to Shove: Strikes in Higher Education

Caution! What You Learn Here May Offend You

Quality in Instruction

All the Fish in the River: An Essay On Assessment

From Traditional to Radical: One Teacher's Odyssey

Online Education: '76 Trombones and a Big Parade

Theory and Practice: Teaching in the Real World

Mina Shaughnessy and Open Admissions at New York's City College

Reviews

Souped-Up Colleges for the 21st Century
A review of Building the Responsive Campus: Creating High Performance Colleges and Universities

Making the Good Better and the Better Best
A review of A Guide to Faculty Development: Practical Advice, Examples and Resources

Correspondence

Letters to the Editor

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