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Perna, Laura W., Ed. – Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, 2022
Published annually since 1985, the Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of research findings on a selected topic, critiques the research literature in terms…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Theories, Educational Research, Admission Criteria
Rabb, Theodore, Comp. – 2000
This document contains eleven essays by fellows in the Mid-Career Fellowship Program at Princeton University (New Jersey). The essays in this document were published in June of 2000. The following articles and their respective authors are contained in this document: "Do You Hear What I Hear? Or Teaching Music Listening Skills in Music…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Development, Educational Practices, Educational Strategies
Princeton Univ., NJ. Mid-Career Fellowship Program. – 2001
This document contains 11 essays by fellows in the Mid-Career Fellowship Program at Princeton University (New Jersey). Published in July 2001, the articles in this document include: (1) "Writing for Community College Students--A New Approach" (David Daniels); (2) "The Fourth Paradigm: Establishing Shared Governance at a New Jersey Community…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Educational Development, Educational Practices
Birnbaum, Robert, Ed. – 1984
Supplementary text materials for graduate courses in the field of higher education are presented in 29 chapters on organization, governance, and internal and external constraints on governance. Chapter titles and authors include: "Alternative Models of Governance in Higher Education" (J. Victor Baldridge, David V. Curtis, George P.…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Change Strategies, College Presidents, Governance
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Feldmesser, Robert A., Ed. – 1979
The papers and discussion generated by exchange visits of American and Soviet educators are reprinted or summarized. The purpose of the visits was to exchange information and to study each country's system of higher education. Seminars held in the United States concentrated on two topics: selection and guidance of students in higher education, and…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Students, Colleges, Degree Requirements
Whitt, Elizabeth J., Ed. – 1997
This anthology contains 47 papers on college student affairs administration, focusing on current issues, trends, and research in the field of student affairs administration. Articles in Part 1, "Foundations of Student Affairs Administration," provide an overview of the past and present of college student affairs, including the evolution of the…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, College Administration, Context Effect, Cultural Pluralism
Peterson, Marvin W., Ed. – 1986
An anthology of supplementary text material on organization and governance in higher education is presented for use in graduate courses in the field of higher education administration. The chapters are divided into three sections: organization, governance, and responses to internal and external pressures. Chapter titles and personal/corporate…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Anthologies, Board Administrator Relationship, Budgeting
Brown, Richard Harvey, Ed.; Schubert, J. Daniel, Ed. – 2000
This collection of essays is authored by social scientists who are concerned primarily with relationships between academic knowledge and political power, rethinking the traditional view of politics and science as mutually exclusive fields of study. Chapters are organized into three parts: "Introduction"; "The Institutional Politics of Knowledge…
Descriptors: Capitalism, Discourse Analysis, Educational History, Educational Policy
Leslie, Larry L., Ed.; Anderson, Richard E., Ed. – 1986
An anthology of supplementary text material on financing of American higher education is presented for use in graduate courses in the field of higher education administration. The chapters concern college financial management, higher education economics, and federal and state policies. Chapter titles and authors/editors are as follows: "In Praise…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Budgets, College Administration, College Planning
Conrad, Clifton F., Ed. – 1985
Historical and philosophical perspectives on college academic programs, current curriculum practices and agendas, and academic program development and implementation are considered in 20 articles in a reader designed for graduate classes in higher education administration. Titles and authors are as follows: "Frames of Reference" (Frederick…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Instruction, College Programs, Curriculum Development
Martinez, Magdalena, Ed.; Pasque, Penny A., Ed.; Bowman, Nick, Ed.; Chambers, Tony, Ed. – National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good (NJ1), 2005
The National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good, along with the American Association for Higher Education (AAHE), American College Personnel Association (ACPA), American Educational Research Association (AERA), Association for Institutional Research (AIR), and Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), have committed…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Higher Education, Institutional Research, Educational Research
Quay, Richard H., Comp. – 1980
Nearly 3,600 articles and essays covering a wide spectrum of postsecondary educational issues for the period 1960-1978 are indexed in this anthology. The essays, found in more than 200 anthologies, are arranged under 31 topic headings such as: History of Postsecondary Education; Economics of Postsecondary Education; Planning and Policy…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Anthologies, College Administration, College Admission
Smart, John C., Ed. – 1990
Eleven papers on theory and research in higher education have the following titles and authors: "A Paradigm for Research on Higher Education" (William F. Massy); "Minority Student Access to, and Persistence and Performance in College: A Review of the Trends and Research Literature" (Shirley L. Mow and Michael T. Nettles);…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Access to Education, Adult Development, College Students
Smart, John C., Ed. – 1996
This volume contains 10 papers on higher education theory and research. "Variation Among Academic Disciplines: Analytical Frameworks and Research" (John M. Braxton and Lowell L. Hargens) reviews work on disciplinary differences and proposed conceptual schemes for explaining these differences. "Public Policy and Public Trust: The Use…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Outcomes Assessment, Doctoral Programs, Educational Finance
Nelson, Glenn M., Ed.; And Others – 1981
Syllabi from graduate courses in the field of higher education are presented. The collection was assembled in conjunction with a survey of the membership of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) about important books for students and scholars in the field of higher education. From the 25 syllabi received, 11 were chosen that…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Curriculum, College Faculty, College Instruction