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HIGHER EDUCATION Enlightening Problems: the Failure to Share Academic Expectations and Civic Responsibilities Hurts Students, Schools, and Society Fall 2009 2009 HIGHER EDUCATION Enlightening Problems: The failure to share academic expectations and civic responsibilities hurts students, schools, and society. Business Fluctuations: The recession cuts into college sports and alters campus enrollment. Collision Courses: An earthquake shakes up a university. Helicopter parents shake things up too. Apex Award Winner Chapter Update: for Publication Excellence Distinguished Member Shirley C. Sorensen, 85, retires as executive secretary of the for Magazine & Journal University of Maryland chapter after more Writing for the than two decades of service. Spring 2009 Edition About Us Phi Kappa Phi Forum mission statement Phi Kappa Phi Forum, a multidisciplinary quarterly that enlightens, challenges and entertains its diverse readers, The fi rst organizational meeting of what came serves as a general-interest Archival photo. Archival publication as well as a platform for to be known as The Honor Society The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. of Phi Kappa Phi took place in Coburn Hall (shown at left) at the University of Maine in Phi Kappa K Phi Forum F Orono, Maine, in 1897. The Phi Kappa Phi name (Issn 1538-5914) is published quarterly by was adopted on June 12, 1900. Although the The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, national headquarters have been located in 7576 Goodwood Blvd., Baton Rouge, La. 70806. Printed at R.R. Donnelley, 1160 N. Main, Baton Rouge, La., since 1978, the vast majority Pontiac, Ill. 61764. of the Society’s historical documents are still kept at the founding institution. ©The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, 2009. All rights reserved. Nonmember subscriptions $30 per year, domestic; $45 outside the U.S. Single copies $10 each; $3.25 each for active, dues- paying members. Periodicals postage paid Baton Rouge, La., and additional mailing offi ces. AAN Note on content hi K appa P hi F orrumm is the multidisciplinary through exclusive interviews. Q & As have The views expressed in this publication quarterly magazine of The Honor Society run the gamut from public servants such as are not necessarily those of the staff of Phi Kappa Phi. Each issue of the award- Lynne Cheney, former chair of the National of Phi Kappa Phi Forum, the Society winning journal reaches more than 100,000 Endowment for the Humanities, to famous staff , or the Board of Directors of active members as well as government offi cials, artists such as playwright August Wilson to The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. scholars, educators, university administrators, literary critics such as Stanley Fish. Submissionsbii public and private libraries, leaders of charitable (For other signifi cant contributors, go to Material intended for publication and learned organizations, corporate executives www.PhiKappaPhi.org/Web/Publications/ should be addressed to Peter Szatmary, Editor, Phi Kappa Phi Forum, and many other types of subscribers. Forum/about_forum.html.) The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi It is the fl agship publication of Phi Kappa Phi, The spring, summer and fall issues further 7576 Goodwood Blvd. the nation’s oldest, largest and most selective contain columns on fi elds such as education Baton Rouge, La. 70806. all-discipline honor society, with chapters and academics, science and technology, and ReprintRi permission ii on more than 300 college and university arts and entertainment in addition to book Written permission to reprint articles campuses across the country. Phi Kappa Phi reviews, poetry and cartoons. Plus, these issues may be obtained by mail or fax. was founded in 1897 at the University of Maine compile member news, chapter updates and Mail to Permissions Department, and upwards of one million members spanning Society developments, along with letters to the Phi Kappa Phi Forum, 7576 Goodwood Blvd., Baton Rouge, La. 70806. Fax to (225) 388-4900. the academic disciplines have been initiated editor, the Phi Kappa Phi bookshelf and general Copying for other than personal or internal since the Society’s inception. Notable alumni announcements of interest to keep readers reference use without permission of include former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, abreast of Society programs and activities. Phi Kappa Phi Forum is prohibited. former NASA astronaut Wendy Lawrence, Through words and images, Web links and Phi Kappa Phi Forum staff The Ohio State University head football coach multimedia components, the magazine intends to Editor: Peter Szatmary Jim Tressel, writer John Grisham, YouTube appeal to the diverse membership of Phi Kappa Phi (800) 804-9880 ext. 42 co-founder/CEO Chad Hurley and poet Rita by providing thoughtful, instructive, helpful — [email protected] Dove. The Society began publishing what’s and sometimes provocative — material in smart, Graphic Designers: Kellye Sanford now called Phi Kappa Phi Forum in 1915. engaging ways. and Jon Seal Proofreader: Martha Allan Spring, summer and fall issues Winter issue (freelance) Editorial Consultant: Traci Navarre Director of Marketing and Member Benefi ts The spring, summer and fall issues (usually The winter issue (mailed late November) (800) 804-9880 ext. 22 mailed late February, late May and late August, celebrates those who win monetary awards [email protected] respectively) feature a variety of timely, relevant from Phi Kappa Phi. The Society distributes articles from infl uential scholars, educators, more than $800,000 annually through graduate ChangeCh of f address dd To request a change or correction writers and other authorities, oftentimes active and undergraduate scholarships, member and to your mailing address, please send Phi Kappa Phi members, who offer variations chapter awards, and grants for local and national your new address along with your on an overall theme. literacy initiatives, and Phi Kappa Phi Forum old address. Include your name, phone numbers (cell, home, work), Notables to have contributed pieces include applauds the recipients in this edition, listing email address, member status and Ronald Reagan, fortieth President of the United them all and spotlighting a few. member number. States; Myrlie Evers-Williams, civil rights (For more information about Phi Kappa Phi Note: Your member number is the fi rst trailblazer; Warren Burger, the fi fteenth Chief monetary awards, go to www.phikappaphi.org/ multi-digit number from the left directly Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court; Molefi Kete Web/Scholarships/.) above your name on your mailing label. Asante, African-American studies groundbreaker; As an arm of the Society, Phi Kappa Phi Send to: Change of Address Sally Ride, former NASA astronaut; Ernest Forum helps uphold the institution’s mission: The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Gaines, fi ction writer; and Geoffrey Gilmore, “To recognize and promote academic 7575 Goodwood Blvd. former director of the Sundance Film Festival. excellence in all fields of higher education Baton Rouge, La. 70806 Phi Kappa Phi Forum also encourages and to engage the community of scholars in Postmaster movers and shakers to speak for themselves service to others.” Send address changes to: The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi www.PhiKappaPhi.org 7576 Goodwood Blvd. Baton Rouge, La. 70806 II Fall 2009 Contents Fall 2009, Vol. 89, No. 3 This Issue: P Higher Education 2 President’s Page By Robert B. Rogow College and university students, professors and administrators confront numerous Editor’s Note challenges from pedagogy to economics and from natural disasters to intrusive parents. By Peter Szatmary 3 Society Information The Climate Outside the Classroom 27 Society Developments Earns a Failing Grade 28 Member Spotlight 4 By Mark Bauerlein 29 Member News Students and professors fail to communicate about goals. 31 In Memoriam Engagement in Civic Education 33 Phi Kappa Phi Bookshelf Remains Weak 34 Chapter Update 8 By Bruce L. R. Smith and A. Lee Fritschler The governance of ethics at schools continues to fall short. C 21 Ethics Seismic Shifts and Other Visible Tremors By Mary Ann Manos By Lallie Fay Scott 22 Science and Technology 11 A visiting geography professor offers By Jason Caudill snapshots of the 2008 earthquake in China. 23 Education and Academics Recession Emerges as Formidable By Helen Janc Malone Foe for College Sports 24 Business and Economics By Jurgen Brauer 14 By Tim DeSchriver The name of the game is cost-effectiveness and survival. 25 Workplace and Employment By Kimberly Thompson Calculated Decisions Factor into the 26 Arts and Entertainment Economics of a College Education By Sybil Huskey By Dean E. Nelson 17 When coffers run low, a degree becomes F even more of a business decision. 32 Book Review: The Unforgiving Minute: Teach Your Children Well A Soldier’s Education By Morten Ender By William A. Bloodworth, Jr. 20 Society President-Elect and university president 35 Poetic Pause: recalls an instructive childhood infl uence. “Now That You’re Graduating What Do You Plan to Do with Your Life?” RELATED STORIES, ONLINE ONLY: By Mariana L. Seda 36 Picture This ... The Contributions of Research to Teaching in Higher Education By Bruce A. Thyer with Matthew Henry Hall Faculty research contributes to instruction and other responsibilities collectively known as teaching. Go online to http://www.phikappaphi.org/web/Publications/Forum/fall09/research.html. On the cover: The 1894-vintage Old Main administration building at the University “The Graduation Play” By Deborah Ann Percy and (William) Arnold Johnston of Wisconsin-Stevens Point is shown in this A bank executive and lawyer spar while attending their unseen son’s college commencement in undated photo. By Douglas Moore, University Relations & Communications, this one-act play about familial pride and tension. Go online to http://www.phikappaphi.org/web/ University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. © Publications/Forum/fall09/graduationplay.html. University of Wisconsin Board of Regents. Fall 2009 P President’s Page But of late during my many years as professor By Robert B. Rogow and administrator, I have observed a shift away H. Ellsworth Steele, president from the “giving back” component of the tripartite of the Auburn University Phi goals for higher-education faculty: teaching, Board of Directors Kappa Phi chapter in the late 1970s, research and service.
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