Kenneth P. Ruscio

The Distinctive Scholarship of the Selective Liberal Arts College.

fect of Americas diverse higher-education system on its academic profession. As higher education in the United States evolved from a privilege enjoyed by a small minority to an option for nearly every member of society, colleges divided their labor and coalesced into sectors, each sector offering a form of education designed for a segment of the market. Institutions differ greatly in size, quality, and clientele, and each blends teaching, research, and public service in a manner compatible with its chosen mission. Whether the academic profession followed a similar path is a more complex proposition. Institutional expectations for balancing teaching and research certainly differ, but almost all colleges, even community colleges to some extent, require or at least encourage faculty to be active professionally. This usually means faculty should be engaged in their disciplines making a contribution to the discipline which results in faculty being evaluated, in part, by criteria that cut across institutional sectors. As models of institutional success become more complex, the criteria for success in the academic profession seem to remain intact. A successful member of the

Jay’s Pirouette, or Why Political Trust is Not the Same as Personal Trust

Contemporary social and political theorists have addressed the problem of trust in a manner not satisfactory to the development of administrative theory. This article critiques the rational choice theories of trust as well as those theories that depict trust as dependent on widely shared values. It presents instead a version of “political trust” and argues that trust in the political realm derives from confidence in the institutions and processes of government as well as public officials as individuals. Institutional design and its success in balancing discretion and accountability is identified as the problem of trust in the administrative state.

Bridging Specializations: Reflections from Biology and Political Science.

Abstract: Critics of college faculty frequently accuse professors of being too specialized. Other critics worry about the fragmentation of disciplines into isolated subfields. This study, examining biology and political science to identify links among the subfields in each discipline, was based primarily on interviews with college faculty and reviews of current literature. The findings suggest that there are, in fact, systematic links and that specialization is more benign than its image.

The Politics of Science and Technology

A Strategic Analysis of Science and Technology Policy. By Harvey A. Averch. (Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins Press, 1985. Pp. xiv, 216.

Trust, Democracy, and Public Management: A Theoretical Argument

20.00.) The New Politics of Science. By David Dickson. (New York: Pantheon, 1984. Pp. ix, 404.

The leadership dilemma in modern democracy

22.95.) Presidential Management of Science and Technology. By W. Henry Lambright. (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1985. Pp. xii, 224.

Trust in the Administrative State@@@Trustworthy Government: Leadership and Management Strategies for Building Trust and High Performance@@@Trust: The Social Virtues and The Creation of Prosperity@@@Trust in Organizations: Frontiers of Theory and Research

25.00.) Lost at the Frontier: U.S. Science and Technology Policy Adrift. By Deborah Shapely and Rustum Roy. (Philadelphia, PA: ISI Press, 1985. Pp. vii, 223.

Prometheus Entangled: Academic Science in the Administrative State@@@Beyond the Ivory Tower: Social Responsibilities of the Modern University@@@Betrayers of the Truth: Fraud and Deceit in the Halls of Science@@@Can Science Be Inopportune? Constitutional Validity of Governmental Restrictions on Race I-Q Research@@@Genetic Alchemy: The Social History of the Recombinant DNA Controversy@@@The Research Universities and Their Patrons@@@Academic Science, Higher Education and the Federal Government, 1950-1983

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