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part of the academic profession although
more than a quarter of students attend these
institutions. This book focuses on the role of
faculty in institutional management and gov-
ernance, part-time faculty, and the use of
information technology for instruction. The
context of the study relates to neoliberal
trends in the economy.
Licata, Christine M, and Joseph C. Morreale.
Post-Tenure Faculty Review and Renewal III.
Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing, 2006. 214 pp.
(pb). ISBN 1-882982-90-8. Web site:
www.ankerpub.com.
One in a series of books focusing on post-
tenure evaluation in the United States, this
volume presents practical steps for imple-
menting posttenure evaluations and exam-
ines how arrangements have worked in
selected institutions. Opinions about evalua-
tion from faculty members and administra-
tors are examined.
Macfarlane, Bruce.
The Academic Citizen: The
Virtue of Service in University Life.
Abingdon,
UK: Routledge, 2007. 201 pp (hb). ISBN 0-
415-35759-4. Address: Routledge Publishers, 2
Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon OX14
4RN, UK.
An extended argument for the inclusion of
service as a key part of the work of the aca-
demic profession, this book discusses vari-
ous definitions of service and looks at how
professors in three countries (the United
Kingdom, Canada, and the United States)
consider it. Service to the university and to
society are discussed. The perspectives of
how academics look at service is particularly
interesting.
Magna Charta Observatory.
The Politics of
European University Identity: Political and
Academic Perspectives
. Bologna, Italy: Bononia
University Press, 2006. 183 pp. (pb). ISBN 88-
7395-198-8. Web site: www.buponline.com.
This volume contains a series of reflections
and recommendations concerning academic
freedom, the politics of European higher edu-
cation, and related issues.
MacTaggart, Terrence.
Academic Turnarounds:
Restoring Vitality to Challenged American
Colleges and Universities.
Westport, CT:
Praeger, 2007. 144 pp. $44.95 (hb) ISBN 0-
275-98806-6.. Web site: www.praeger.com.
The focus of this book is on colleges and
universities in the United States that face
crises of different sorts—enrollments,
finances, or others. Ways of recognizing
impending problems, strategies for “turn-
arounds,” and similar ways of handling crises
are discussed.
McBurnie, Grant, and Christopher Ziguras.
Transnational Education: Issues and Trends in
Offshore Higher Education.
Abington, UK:
Routledge, 2007. 178 pp. (hb). ISBN 0-415-
37267-4.
A comprehensive analysis of transnational
higher education, this volume discusses such
topics as the practices of institutions provid-
ing offshore higher education, teaching vari-
ables, the cultural politics of transnational
higher education, regulating foreign
providers, and others. Case studies of
Malaysia and Greece are included.
McVeigh, Brian J.
The State Bearing Gifts:
Deception and Disaffection in Japanese Higher
Education
. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books,
2006. 306 pp $63 (hb). ISBN 0-7391-1344-5.
Address: Lexington Books, 4501 Forbes Blvd.,
Lanham MD 20706, USA.
A highly critical examination of Japanese
higher education, this book takes as its ana-
lytical focus the idea of “exchange of gifts” as
a way of analyzing higher education and the
ritualized relations between teacher and stu-
dents, the government and the universities,
and other topics. Attention is paid to the
examination system, the bureaucracy of the
educational system, and other elements.
Morey, Melanie M., and John J. Piderit, S.J.
Catholic Higher Education: A Culture in Crisis
.
New York: Oxford University Press. 2006. 450
pp. (hb). ISBN 0-19-530551-5. Address:
Oxford University Press, 198 Madison Ave.,
New Yorkn NY 10016, USA.
Focusing on Catholic universities and col-
leges in the United States in the context of the
declining numbers of priests, nuns and broth-
ers on Catholic campuses, this book analyzes
the challenges facing these institutions.
Among the themes discussed are the essen-
tial mission and culture of Catholic higher
education, faculty and students in the
Catholic intellectual tradition, campus reli-
gious activities, the institutional culture, and
related issues. Specific recommendations for
the future are provided.
Parry, Sharon.
Disciplines and Doctorates
.
Dordrecht, Netherlands, 2006. 162 pp. Euros
101.60 (hb). ISBN 978-1-4020-5311-5.
Address: Springer Publishers, POB 17, 3300
AA Dordrecht, Netherlands.
A research study based on interviews with
doctoral students and faculty supervisors,
this book focuses on the learning process and
on “knowledge making”—how students are
inducted into the research culture and how
they do their work. While the data are from
Australia, this study is relevant to under-
standing doctoral education internationally.
Powar, K. B., and Veena Bhalla.
Foreign
Providers of Higher Education in India: Realities,
Implications, and Options and Directory of
Foreign Providers of Higher Education in India,
2006.
Pune, India: D. Y. Patil University, 2006.
84 pp. (pb). Address: D. Y. Patil University,
Sant Tukaram Nagar, Pimpri, Pune 411018,
India.
A study of the activities of foreign universi-
ties and higher education providers in India,
this book notes that while recruiting students
to go abroad is growing rapidly, the number
of articulation agreements and the numbers
of foreign institutions with a presence in India
have declined between 2004 and 2006.
Rhode, Deborah L.
In Pursuit of Knowledge:
Scholars, Status, and Academic Culture.
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