Arthur Chickering's (1969) psychological theory that men and women from the ages of 17 through 25 years share common developmental tasks was tested in a cross-sectional study of the psychosocial development of 241 college students and adults. Evidence supported a sequence of developmental tasks for women that differed from Chickering's theory.…

Advocates a new form of literary criticism, which combines the subjectivist and objectivist approaches. The author argues that literary criticism which includes comparisons of the reader's response to the text with its actual content, and with alternative viewpoints, provides new opportunities for personal growth. (AM)

Examines how a disciplinary shift was brought about in an individual. The impetus for the shift was social and organizational, the process was undergone in a bureaucratic context, and the outcome was a scientific identity of a transdisciplinary nature, in which competencies in the social and life sciences were interwoven in daily practices. (EV)

Presents a description of a 15-day European tour accompanied by a diverse group of colleagues and led by a geography professor with expertise in the culture, language, and sites of Germany, as well as its surrounding areas. Shares the author's thoughts and experiences regarding learning abroad. (SC)

Reports on a survey of 25 higher education departments indicating 56% provided mentoring of various types and styles. Each type results in learning of different kinds and quality. Outlines a mentor training program that should help mentors understand mentoring as part of a developmental strategy. (SK)

In this article, the author discusses seven critical lessons for navigating a leadership position in higher education. The author focuses on developing a personal means of remaining centered regardless of circumstances or situations as well as building an ethical foundation for one's work. He uses spiraling as a metaphor to describe his own…

More attention should be paid to four issues during the massification of Chinese higher education: (1) how to understand the prime cause of the expansion of higher education; (2) how to reinforce liberal education; (3) how to balance the relationship between equality and excellence; and (4) how to harmonize the relationship between the university,…

A consideration of the role of the university and of a liberal education emphasizes the university as a repository of values to be transmitted and acted upon by those who attend it. (JH)

Interviews with faculty can stimulate their self-awareness and form the basis of a development program which can help them become educational leaders. (Editor)

Sources of further information on faculty problems, attitudes, and growth. (Editor)

This doctoral research seeks to demonstrate the clinical utility of early memories by reviewing the current literature and providing a rationale for extending this research into the spiritual arena by highlighting the lack of available projective spiritual measures. Specific areas covered include an overview of early memory theory, technique and…

A brief discussion of the new facilities required by learner-oriented education. (AA)

Recounts the process by which a college teacher became a teacher, specifically a teacher of writing. The experience of being taught by exceptional teachers created the desire to be such a teacher himself. (SLD)

Focuses on exploring and understanding the epistemological significance of eros and the place of the erotic in contemporary religious education. Shows, through concrete examples, how a fully human epistemology makes possible an authentic religious education that promotes both personal and communal transformation. (CAJ)

Describes the learning curve experienced by a new campus programming advisor from her perspective and from those of a colleague and supervisor. (EV)