Arimoto, Akira, ed. University Reforms and Academic Governance Reconsidered. Hiroshima, Japan: Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University, 2002. 114 pp. (pb) Address: RIHE, Hiroshima University, 1-2-2 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739, Japan.

A report of a multination study of academic governance and reform, this volume reports on this topic in such countries as Germany, Japan, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Switzerland.

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Braxton, John, William Luckey, and Patricia Helland. Institutionalizing a Broader View of Scholarship Through Boyer’s Four Domains. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002. 162 pp. (pb). ISBN 0-7879-5841-7. Address: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 989 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.

A volume in the ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report series, this book focuses on the operationalization of Ernest Boyer’s recommendations for expanding the definition of scholarship to include the scholarship of discovery, of teaching, of integration, and of application. These categories, the authors argue, can be included in the evaluation of the academic profession.

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Carchidi, Daniel M. The Virtual Delivery and Virtual Organization of Postsecondary Education. New York: RoutledgeFalmer, 2002. 232 pp. $80 (hb). ISBN 0-4159-3088-X. Address: RoutledgeFalmer Publishers, 29 W. 35th St., New York, NY 10001, USA.

An analysis of postsecondary institutions involved in virtual education, mainly through the Internet, this book provides case studies of several U.S. virtual institutions. Among the cases are the National Technological University, the University of California Extension Center for Independent Learning, the Colorado Electronic Community College, and several others. The author concludes that these institutions are still in an experimental stage.

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Clote, Nico, et al., eds. Transformation in Higher Education: Global Pressures and Local Pressures in South Africa. Lansdown, South Africa: Juta, 2002. 509 pp. (pb). ISBN 0-7021-5834-8. Address: Juta and Company, POB 23409, Lansdowne 7779, South Africa.

An extraordinarily comprehensive and useful analysis of South Africa's higher education experience, this book considers higher education transformation in both the global and South Africa contexts and provides analysis of such topics as funding, student issues, staff and the professoriate, leadership, the role of research, private higher education, and a range of issues relating to change. This book provides insights into the process and problems of change that will be useful to other developing countries.

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Cohen, Robert, and Reginald E. Zelnik, eds. The Free Speech Movement: Reflections on Berkeley in the 1960s. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. 672 pp. $19.95 (pb). ISBN 0-520-23354-9. Address: University of California Press, 2000 Center St., Berkeley, CA 94704, USA.

This comprehensive group of essays on the Free Speech Movement and related events at the Berkeley campus of the University of California in the 1960s provides a thoughtful analysis of these key events by many of the participants. The FSM was the beginning of the major student movement in the United States in the 1960s, and as such has a central place in the history of student activism.

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DiGeorgio-Lutz, Joann, ed. Women in Higher Education: Empowering Change. Wesport, CT: Praeger, 2002. 192 pp. $64.95 (hb). ISBN 0-89789-887-7. Address: Praeger Publishers, POB 5007, Wesport, CT 06881, USA.

A selection of essays without an overarching theme on the broad topic of women in higher education, this book includes such topics as women and leadership, barriers to women scientists in higher education, teaching in various areas of women's studies, and others. The material relates to the United States.

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Díaz-Briquets, Sergio and Charles C. Cheney. Biomedical Globalization: The International Migration of Scientists. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction, 2002. 209 pp. $39.95 (hb). ISBN 0-7658-0104-3. Address: Transaction Publishers, 35 Berrue Circle, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.

This volume reports on a study of foreign biomedical researchers working in the United States. The role of the National Institutes of Health in fostering exchanges and research programs is highlighted. The research is based on interviews with the researchers and is one of the first studies to obtain firsthand perspectives. The authors point out that the NIH channels foreign researchers into the U.S. labor market.

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Forest, James J. F. and Kevin Kinser, eds. Higher Education in the United States: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio Publishers, 2002. 2 volumes. (hb). ISBN 1-57607-248-7. Address: ABC-Clio, POB 1911, Santa Barbara CA 93116, USA.

A comprehensive encyclopedia concerning all aspects of higher education in the United States, this two-volume set features basic essays on most key topics relating to higher education ranging from academic administration to women in higher education and workforce development. Each essay has a useful bibliography.

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Guerrero, Andrea. Silence at Boalt Hall: The Dismantling of Affirmative Action. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. 262 pp. $19.95 (pb). ISBN 0-520-23309-3. Address: University of California Press, 2000 Center St., Berkeley, CA. 94704, USA.

This book provides a journalistic account of the role of affirmative action and the political campaign that resulted in the ending of the policy that gave preferences in admission to students from underrepresented racial groups at the University of California's prestigious law school. Boalt Hall was one of the first law schools in the United States to institute affirmative action and also one of the first to be forced to eliminate it.

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Hartley, Matthew. A Call to Purpose: Mission-Centered Change at Three Liberal Arts Colleges. New York: RoutledgeFalmer, 2002. 150 pp. (hb). ISBN 0-415-93566-0. Address: RoutledgeFalmer, 29 W. 35th St., New York, NY 10001, USA.

In three case studies of small undergraduate liberal arts colleges in the United States, this book focuses on the intersection between institutional and curricular change and the mission and purpose of these colleges. The institutions selected all have a focus on specific missions.

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Hawkins, Brian, et al., eds. Technology Everywhere: A Campus Agenda for Educating and Managing Workers in the Digital Age. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2002. 146 pp (pb). ISBN 0-7879-5014-9. Address: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 989 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.

The focus of this volume is on the use of Information Technology on campus--stressing the training of IT personnel, the use of IT for administration, leadership, and human resource management. The volume is sponsored by EDUCAUSE, a U.S. organization stressing the use of technology in higher education.

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Hayes, Dennis and Robin Wynyard, eds. The McDonaldization of Higher Education. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey, 2002. 232 pp $64.95 (hb). ISBN 0-89789-7. Address: Bergin & Garvey Publishers, POB 5007, Westport, CT 06881, USA.

This volume takes as its point of departure sociologist George Ritzer’s idea of the McDonaldization of modern society--taking Max Weber's concept of rationalization and extending it to modern social institutions, including the university. The essays in this book are broadly critical of the direction of university systems worldwide, examining such topics as markets and higher education, bureaucratization in the university, digital technology and its implications, teacher training, and other subjects. The data relate to a number of countries.

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Hirsch, Werner Z. and Luc E. Weber, eds. Governance in Higher Education: The University in a State of Flux. London: Economica, 2001. 204 pp. $19.95. (hb). ISBN 2-7178-4190-3. Address: Economica, Ltd., 9 Wimpole St., London W1M 8LB, UK.

A series of essays on the broad theme of academic governance by key leaders in higher education in Europe and North America, this volume considers such topics as new missions for the university, decision making and change, governance and globalization, and patterns of organization in the universities.

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Hewitt, Steve. Spying 101: The RCMP's Secret Activities at Canadian Universities, 1917-1997. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002. 295 pp. $30 (hb). ISBN 0-8020-41493. Address: University of Toronto Press, 10 St Maryt St., Toronto M4Y 2W8, Canada.

A detailed analysis of the activities of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and other police agencies in surveillance of students, professors, and others at Canadian universities. These activities included keeping files on many prominent academics.

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Hochschul-Informations-System, Euro Student: Social and Economic Conditions of student Life in Europe, 2000. Hannover, Germany: Hochschul-Informations-System, 2002. 118 pp. (pb). ISBN 3-7639-3042-6. Address: HIS, Goseriede 9, D-30159 Hannover, Germany.

This volume offers a comprehensive overview of eight European countries concerning student life. The focus is on social and economic factors, including demographic characteristics of students, social class backgrounds, sources of income (including employment), state assistance to students, living arrangements, and other issues. Data are reported comparatively and also for each individual country. A CD-Rom with additional data is provided.

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McKeachie, Wilbert J., McKeachie's Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research and Theory for College and University Teachers. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002. 371 pp. (pb). ISBN 0-618-11649-4. Address: Houghton Mifflin Publishers, 222 Berkeley St., Boston MA 02116, USA.

This classic volume, now in its 11th edition, provides guidance in university-level teaching in all areas, including course preparation, facilitating discussion, assessment and testing, assigning grades, problem-based learning, effective lecturing, cheating by students, teaching through distance education, and others. While this book is intended to provide guidance to teachers in the American higher education system, it will be widely relevant and useful.

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Nicholls, Gill. Developing Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. London: RoutledgeFalmer, 2002. 196 pp (pb). ISBN 0-415-23696-7. Address: RoutledgeFalmer, 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE, UK.

A guide for new teachers in higher education, this book, written from a British perspective, deals with planning and preparation for teaching, assessment and evaluation, leadership, professional development, and other topics.

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Nord, Douglas C. and Geoffrey R. Weller, eds. Higher Education Across the Circumpolar North. New York: Palgrave, 2002. 203 pp. $62 (hb). ISBN 0-333-91783-9. Address: Palgrave Publishers, 175 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10010, USA.

This book contains a series of essays on universities in the polar regions of the world, including Canada, Alaska, Greenland, northern Japan, Finland, Russia, Norway, and Sweden. The relationships of these universities to the development of the North are discussed.

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Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Responding to Student Expectations. Paris: OECD, 2002. 151 pp (pb). ISBN 92-64-19824-5. Address: OECD, 2 rue Andre Pascal, 75775 Paris, France.

A set of papers from two international conferences on the broad topic of student services and expectations in an increasingly "student-centered" higher education environment, this volume features discussions on such topics as appropriate student expectations from universities, student views about university management, marketing to students, legal aspects of student services, and others. Countries such as Australia, Denmark, the Czech Republic, Belgium, and others are included.

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Outcalt, Charles. A Profile of the Community College Professorate, 1975-2000. New York: RoutledgeFalmer, 2002. 217 pp. $75. (hb). ISBN 0-41593565-9. Address: RoutledgeFalmer Publishers, 29 W. 35th St., New York NY 10003, USA.

The first full-scale study of the academic profession in U.S. community colleges, this book discusses demographic factors, attitudes concerning institutional and professional involvement, curriculum and instruction, and other aspects of this key segment of the higher education system. Community college faculty are compared to professors in other segments of the system.

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Poskanzer, Steven G., Higher Education Law: The Faculty. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. 352 pp. (pb). ISBN 0-8018-6749-5. Address: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2715 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.

Aimed at providing university administrators with an introduction to the legal implications of academic and administrative decisions and policies, this book is useful both as a practical guide and as background on the legal underpinnings of American higher education. The book begins with a discussion of the basic legal elements--constitutional, statutory, regulatory, and contractual. Discussions focus on such issues as the law as it affects the classroom, faculty as institutional citizens, faculty as public citizens, faculty as employees, etc. While the context is American, this book provides a good discussion of how the law impacts on the academic profession in many ways.

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Rajagopal, Indu. Hidden Academics; Contract Faculty in Canadian Universities. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002. 330 pp. $27.50 £18 (pb) ISBN 0-802-080987. Address: University of Toronto Press, 10 St, Mary St,., Toronto ON M4Y 2W8, Canada.

One of the few full-scale studies of part-time academic staff available anywhere, this Canadian study analyzes all aspects of the lives and careers of part-time staff, including work patterns, salary, teaching responsibilities, attitudes toward a range of issues, and others. Based largely on a survey of faculty in Ontario universities, opinions of part-time staff are discussed. The special problems of women receive attention. Although this book focuses on Canada, the analysis is highly relevant to other countries, since part-time faculty are a growing part of the academic profession worldwide.

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Ruther, Nancy. Barely There, Powerfully Present: Thirty Years of U.S. Policy on International Higher Education. New York: RoutledgeFalmer, 2002. 251 pp. (hb). ISBN 0-415-9333315 Address: RoutledgeFalmer Publishers, 29 W. 35th St., New York NY 10003, USA.

A detailed analysis of U.S. national policy relating to all aspects of international education, this book discusses the period between 1950 and 1990 and focuses on congressional initiatives. It discusses the various laws and programs, assesses their effectiveness, and shows the ups and downs of federal interest in international higher education.

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Soliday, Mary. The Politics of Remediation: Institutional and Student Needs in Higher Education. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2002. 224 pp (hb). $32.50. ISBN 0-8229-4186-4. Address: University of Pittsburgh Press, 3400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.

An analysis of the complex and controversial subject of remedial programs in higher education, this book is a case study of the City College of New York and its English writing program. The author argues that programs that assist students to perform effective in undergraduate programs are important in an open admissions context, and that the programs are important for the institutions as well as for the students.

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Speck, Bruce W. and Beth Carmical, eds. Internationalizing Higher Education: Building Vital Programs on Campus. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2002. 91 pp. (pb). ISBN 0-7879-6290-2. Address: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 989 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.

International programs on American university campuses is the focus of this publication in the "New Directions for Higher Education" series. Topics such as dealing with new visa regulations, defining internationalization in higher education, the value of student exchange programs, the role of foreign language programs, and others are considered. While the contributors deal with the US context, the issues discussed are generally applicable.

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Steinberg, Jacques. The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College. New York: Viking, 2002. 292 pp. $25.95 (hb). ISBN 0-670-03135-6. Address: Penguin Putnam, 375 Hudson St., New York NY 10014, USA.

A detailed study of the admissions process at a prestigious American university, this study provides analysis of how admissions decisions are made. The research is based on a year-long inside analysis. The competitiveness of the admissions process described in this book is limited to the elite sector of American higher education.

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Taylor, Richard, Jean Barr, and Tom Steele. For a Radical Higher Education: After Postmodernism. Buckingham, UK: Open University Press. 182 pp (pb) £22.50. ISBN 0-335-20868-1. Address: Open University Press, 22 Ballmoor, Buckingham MK18 1XW, UK.

Providing a critique of postmodernism as it applies to higher education, this book argues from a left perspective that the values of higher education are being lost in the rush toward marketization and privatization. Discussing contemporary British higher education, the authors provide a critique of the policies of both the Conservatives and New Labour. This is a thoroughgoing critique and analysis of higher education policy.

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World Bank. Constructing Knowledge Societies: New Challenges for Tertiary Education. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, 2002. 204 pp. (pb). ISBN 0-8213-5143-5. Address: Publications Department, The World Bank, 1818 H St., NW, Washington, DC 20433, USA.

This new World Bank report focuses on the role of postsecondary education in the creation and sustaining of the knowledge society. Underlying its argument is a conviction that knowledge is a major driver of economic development and that higher education institutions play a central role in ensuring that societies are able to participate in the knowledge society. Among the topics considered are the challenges of expansion of higher education, the role of the marketplace and the state, information technology, and others. The focus of the report is on developing and transitional societies. Statistical information is provided.

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Zahorski, Kenneth J., ed. Scholarship in the Postmodern Era: New Venues, New Values, New Visions. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2002. 106 pp (pb). ISBN 0-7879-6293-7. Address: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 989 Market St., San Francisco, CA. 94103, USA.

A publication in the "New Directions for Teaching and Learning Series," this book discusses aspects of Boyer’s ideas in Scholarship Reconsidered. Among the topics considered are new ideas of scholarship for the academic profession, the role of institutional policies, faculty development programs, the use of IT for enhancing faculty scholarship, and related topics.