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Competition for status among U.S. business schools has obliterated any evident connection between research productivity and the furtherance of any praiseworthy social, practical, or intellectual values. Status competition virtually guarantees: (1) the absence of a demonstrable connection between the amount of research produced and the amount that is actually needed or usable; (2) the excessive uniformity and practical irrelevance of business research, owing to the subordination of substantive problems to methodological commitments; and (3) the subordination of teaching to research. The overproduction of research, while irrational on a collective level, is in fact the aggregated product of "rational" behaviors by individual schools and faculty members facing pressures to compete with one another. Three kinds of reforms are proposed: (1) to challenge, and even subject to ridicule, academic norms and language produced and sustained by status competition; (2) to consider an alternative, practice-oriented conception of scholarship to the dominant "research-centered" conception of mainstream business scholarship; and (3) to reduce, if not entirely eliminate, faculty rewards for maximizing research "productivity." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the issues of citation related to reductive and dismissive representations of student work in the professional discourse of teachers in the U.S. One of the issues include how scholarly articles highlight the status of students as "student." It also touched the topic of writing about teaching in ways that English Studies and scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL). The authors stressed on the certain incongruities in scholarly publications about teaching. It also highlighted two citation difficulties: the Miranda effect and autochthonous.

This is an account of an incident of censorship effected by the Academy of American Poets, sponsor of National Poetry Month. The censored comments included no swearing or threats, just critical opinions. Academy chancellors backed the censorship either by rationalization or silence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a comprehensive honor policy that outlines a key function for faculty and emphasizes due process for students. It is the author's opinion that academic integrity remains a serious concern for colleges and universities in the U.S. Several facets of the model policy are examined in terms of their legal and practical outcomes. According to the article, a lot of current literature focuses on increasing student participation in honor codes, while disregarding the effect of faculty involvement on a policy's effectivity.

Academic dishonesty is a persistent and pervasive problem on college campuses. Researchers have suggested a variety of factors that influence academic dishonesty. The present study is an examination of the roles of self-control, attitude toward academic dishonesty, and perceived opportunity in predicting academic dishonesty. The dataset consisted of 853 survey responses from university students across the United States. The results showed that attitude toward academic dishonesty mediated the relationship between self-control and academic dishonesty and also between perceived opportunity and academic dishonesty. Implications of these findings are briefly. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article, the author focuses on the history of academics in relation to the U.S. government in the 1960s. A vast extension of academic power was a widely perceived, albeit hotly contested, possibility in the United States in the 1960s. Theoretical and political debates centered around issues of academic professionalization and academic influence in government. According to critics, academic dependence on government funds and academic employment by state agencies compromised intellectual autonomy. In contrast, opponents in government voiced suspicions of what they characterized as the liberal commitments academics brought to policy formulation. In his article, "The coming of Post-Industrial Society, researcher Daniel Bell argued that a radical transformation of economic and political structures was underway in societies like the United States during the 1960s. On the basis of changes in occupational structure, demographic patterns, and government funding to science and education, Bell predicted an immanent shift to a society where theoretical knowledge was central and experts would be the primary advisors to government and business. On a whole, according to the liberal view, the theoretical and technical knowledge of intellectuals assured them a place of power in the governance structures of post-industrial societies.

Studies the enforcement of academic rules in higher education in the United States based on total quality management (TQM) approach. Rule enforcement dilemma; Traditional approach; TQM approach; Rule violation; Implications for institutional research.

The article presents a summary of evidence of the effectiveness of protocol materials in the improvement of teaching. The most powerful evidence of the effectiveness of protocol materials would reveal changes in the behavior of pupils. Studies conducted on learning outcomes document significant growth on the acquisition of tested concepts and the value of protocols to users. Evidence showed that indeed, protocols result in favorable changes of teaching behavior. Positive results have been obtained on the acquisition of concepts by preservice and inservice teachers.

This article discusses advancements in the development of academic protocol materials for teacher training in the U.S. Protocols are original records of an event of educational significance that teacher-learners utilize to interpret the event or solve the problem depicted in the event, using concepts from the fields of philosophy, anthropology, psychology, and others. Events of educational significance include situations that occur in professional associations, situations in classroom management and environment, and teaching-learning situations.

This article discusses the history and twentieth century conditions of academic protocol materials development in the U.S. The book "Teachers for the Real World," by B. Othanel Smith pointed out the necessity for protocol materials which enhance the quality of work life and work environment of pre-service and in-service teachers in the elementary, secondary, and higher education levels. There is a question over whether protocol producers possessing both technical know-how and conceptual underpinning face the responsibility for mass production and marketing of protocol materials.

Presents the author's views on the importance of scholarship programs in promoting learning and teaching in social work education. Information about the 2002 Joint Social Work Education Conference (JSWEC), held at the University of Derby on the theme of "Promoting Good Practice in a Changing World: Challenge, Competition and Collaboration"; Opportunities being offered by JSWEC to its participants who are engaged in the field of social work education; Arguments considering these offerings as the scholarship of learning and teaching; Appreciation of several articles on core activities in higher education, published in different issues of the journal "Social Work Education"; Concern of the U.S. and British academics towards the impact of the preoccupation with research on teaching communities and students; Discussion on the effectiveness of the discourse of the scholarship of learning and teaching.

This article presents insights on the twentieth century history of academic protocol materials development in teacher training in the U.S. Protocol materials aim to bridge the gap between educational theory and the educational practice in teaching-learning situations. Protocol materials provide segments of student behavior for the purpose of teaching self-understanding, for the purpose of teaching knowledge about knowledge, and for the purpose of teaching principles and concepts used in behavior interpretation.

The article discusses the launching of the journal "Scholarship of Teaching and Learning for Christians in Higher Education" in the U.S. The faculty at Oral Roberts University are embracing both the importance of scholarship of teaching and learning as well as the importance of Christian perspective in the realm of idea by launching the journal. The attitude of most academic institutions encourages isolation and competition.

This article discusses issues pertinent to the mass production, mass marketing, and physical distribution of academic protocol materials for teacher training in the U.S. Questions to ponder include the extent to which protocols can be used in in-service and preservice training, method for marketing the process of protocol materials planning and development, marketing of computer software for procurement and adaptation of protocol materials, and the merits of promotional activities such as exhibition in conventions, direct mail advertising, and print advertising.