Higher Education Research Guide

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A handbook for teaching and learning in higher education : enhancing academic practice

2009
African Higher Education: An International Reference Handbook

2003
American Freshman: National Norms Fall 2008

2008

"This is the forty-third annual report of national normative data on the characteristics of students attending American colleges and universities as first-time, full-time freshman."
Education Policy Analysis: Focus on Higher Education

2006

"draws on international perspectives to provide analysis of key education policy challenges and initiatives."
Encyclopedia of Higher Education

1992
Global Education Digest 2006: Comparing Education Statistics Across the World

2006

"The Global Education Digest 2006* presents the latest education statistics from primary to tertiary levels in more than 200 countries. It also tracks the flows of foreign or mobile students. Mobile students are defined as those who study in foreign countries where they are not permanent residents."
Handbook of Accreditation

2001
Handbook of experiential learning and management education

2007
Handbook of research on assessment technologies, methods, and applications in higher education

2009
Handbook on diplomas, degrees and other certificates granted by higher education Institutions in Asia and the Pacific

2004
Higher Education: A Worldwide Inventory of Centers and Programs

2007

"provides a unique and comprehensive guide, including an inventory of 199 centers, programs, and institutes in the field, an essay analyzing the emergence and current status of higher education as an area of study, and a listing of 191 journals focusing on higher education."
History of higher education : major themes in education

2009
International handbook of higher education

2006

"provides an in-depth analysis of the scope of postsecondary education worldwide, combining a series of overarching comparative essays with analytic chapters focusing on key countries and regions."
Minorities in Higher Education 2008

2008
Sage Handbook of African American Education

2009

"comprehensive collection of theoretical and empirical scholarship in six important areas: historical perspectives, teaching and learning, PK-12 school leadership, higher education, current issues, and education policy."
The Routledge international handbook of higher education

2009

"This volume is a detailed and up-to-date reference work providing an authoritative overview of the main issues in higher education around the world today. Consisting of newly commissioned chapters and impressive journal articles, it surveys the state of the discipline and includes the examination and discussion of emerging, controversial and cutting edge areas."
Women in Higher Education: An Encyclopedia

2002

"documents the experiences of the many groups of women who are part of the higher education system--students, administrators, faculty, and staff--across a broad spectrum of social class, age, sexual orientation, and racial/ethnic groups."