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Technical Report

"For-Profit Higher Education and Community Colleges." Thomas Bailey, Norena Badway, Patricia Gumport. 2001.
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"Outsourcing of Instruction at Community Colleges." Thomas Bailey, James Jacobs, and Davis Jenkins. Jan/Feb, 2004.
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"How Responsive is the Supply of Female College Graduates to Tuition and Payoff?." John Bishop. 1998.
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Technical Report

"Is an Oversupply of College Graduates Coming?." John Bishop. 1997.
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Publication 2-01

 

Technical Report

"Employer Participation in School-to Work Programs." Peter Cappelli, Daniel Shapiro, and Nichole Shumanis. 1998.
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Technical Report

"Improving Research on Postsecondary Student Outcomes: A Review of the Strengths and Limitations of National Data Resources." Eric L. Dey, Sylvia Hurtado, et al. 1997.
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Publication 5-01

 

Technical Report

"Long-Term Effect of College Quality on the Occupational Status of Students." Eric L. Dey, Leslie A. Wimsatt, Byung-Shik Rhee, and Ellen Waterson Meader. 1999.
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Publication 5-06

 

Technical Report

"Academic Stratification and Endemic Conflict: Remedial Education Policy at CUNY." Patricia J. Gumport, Michael N. Bastedo. 2001.
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Technical Report

"Beyond Dead Reckoning - Research Priorities for Redirecting American Higher Education." Patricia J. GumportPeter Cappelli, William F. Massy, Michael T. Nettles, Marvin W. Peterson, Richard J. Shavelson, and Robert Zemsky. 2002.
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Technical Report

"Institutional Adaptation: Demands for Management Reform and University Administration." Patricia J. Gumport and Barbara Sporn. 1999.
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Technical Report

"Postsecondary Adaptation: Selected References." Patricia J. Gumport, Marc Chun, Imanol Ordorika, Brian Pusser, and Angela Schmiede. 1997.
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Technical Report

"Public Universities as Academic Workplaces." Patricia J. Gumport. 1997.
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Publication 1-01

 

Technical Report

"Restructuring the Academic Environment." Patricia J. Gumport and Brian Pusser. 1997.
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Publication 1-05

 

Technical Report

"Technology and Higher Education: Opportunities and Challenges for the New Era." Patricia J. Gumport and Marc Chun. 1999. Synopsis

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"The Formal Organization of Knowledge: An Analysis of Academic Structure." Patricia J. Gumport and Stuart K. Snydman. May/Jun,2002.
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Publication 1-09

 

Technical Report

"Trends in United States Higher Education from Massification to Post Massification." Patricia J. Gumport, Maria Iannozzi, Susan Shaman, and Robert Zemsky. 1997.

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Technical Report

"University Restructuring: The Role of Economic and Political Contexts." Patricia J. Gumport and Brian Pusser. 1999.
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Technical Report

"Community College Faculty Attitudes and Trends, 1997." Mary Taylor Huber. 1998.
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Technical Report

"Adult Enrollment and Educational Attainment." Jerry A. Jacobs and Scott Stoner-Eby. 1998.
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Publication 2-05

 

Technical Report

"Exceptional Teaching in Community Colleges: An Analysis of Nominations for the U.S. Professors of the Year Program, 1995-1997." Julie Kerekes and Mary Taylor Huber. 1998.
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Technical Report

"Improving and Aligning K-16 Standards, Admissions, and Freshman Placement Policies." Michael Kirst. 1998.
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Publication 2-06

 

Technical Report

"Discontent in the Field of Dreams: American Higher Education, 1945-1990." Marvin Lazerson. 1997.
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Publication 3-01

 

Technical Report

"What Makes a Revolution: Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 1980-2000." Marvin Lazerson, Ursula Wagener, and Nichole Shumanis. 1999.
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Publication 5-11

 

Book Chapter

"Administrative Approaches to Educational Productivity." Henry Levin and William Koski. 1998.
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Technical Report

"Replacing Remediation with Acceleration in Higher Education: Preliminary Report on Literature Review and Initial Interviews." Henry Levin and Bill Koski. 1997.
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Technical Report

"Ending the Disconnect Between the Student Evaluation of Teaching and the Improvement of Teaching: A Faculty Developer's Plea ." Michele Marincovich.
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Technical Report

"Energizing Quality Work: Higher Education Quality Evaluation in Sweden and Denmark." William F. Massy. 1999.
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Technical Report

"Life on the Wired Campus: How Information Technology Will Shape Institutional Futures." William F. Massy. 1997.
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Publication 6-02

 

Technical Report

"Teaching and Learning Quality Process Review: The Hong Kong Program." William F. Massy. 1997.
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Publication 6-01

 

Book Chapter

"Technology's Contribution to Higher Education Productivity." William F. Massy and Andrea Wilger. 1998.
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Technical Report

"Financing Undergraduate Education: Designing National Policies." Michael McPherson and Morton Schapiro. 1997.
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Technical Report

"Reinforcing Stratification in American Higher Education: Some Disturbing Trends." Michael McPherson and Morton Schapiro. 1999.
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Technical Report

"The Blurring Line Between Merit and Need in Financial Aid." Michael S. McPherson and Morton Owen Schapiro. Mar/Apr,2001.
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Book Chapter

"The Student Aid Game: Meeting the Need and Rewarding Talent in American Higher Education (Chapters 7,8,9,14)." Michael McPherson and Morton Schapiro. 1997.
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Technical Report

"Assessment of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and Public Accountability: State Governing, Coordination Board and Regional Accreditation Association Policies and Practices." Michael Nettles, John Cole, and Sally Sharp. 1997.
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Technical Report

"State Higher Education Assessment Policy: Research Findings from Second and Third Years." Michael T. Nettles and John J. K. Cole. 1999.
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Technical Report

"The Human Capital Liabilities of Underrepresented Minorities in Pursuit of Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Doctoral Degrees." Michael Nettles and Catherine Millett. 1999.
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Technical Report

"Youth Labor Markets in the U.S: Shopping Around vs. Staying Put." David Neumark. 1998.
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Publication 2-11

 

Technical Report

"Analytic Framework of Institutional Support for Student Assessment." Marvin Peterson, Marne Einarson, Adriana Nichols, and Andrea Trice. 1997.
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Publication 5-03

 

Technical Report

"Designing Student Assessment to Strengthen Institutional Performance in Associate of Arts Institutions." Marvin Peterson, Catherine H. Augustine, Marne Einarson, and Derek S. Vaughan. 1999.
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Publication 5-07

 

Technical Report

"Designing Student Assessment to Strengthen Institutional Performance in Baccalaureate Institutions." Marvin Peterson, Catherine H. Augustine, Marne Einarson, and Derek S. Vaughan. 1999.
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Technical Report

"Designing Student Assessment to Strengthen Institutional Performance in Comprehensive Institutions." Marvin Peterson, Catherine H. Augustine, Marne Einarson, and Derek S. Vaughan. 1999.
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Technical Report

"Designing Student Assessment to Strengthen Institutional Performance in Doctoral and Research Institutions." Marvin Peterson, Catherine H. Augustine, Marne Einarson, and Derek S. Vaughan. 1999.
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Publication 5-10

 

Technical Report

"Improvement to Emergence: An Organization-Environment Research Agenda for a Postsecondary Knowledge Industry." Marvin Peterson. 1998.
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"Improving Student Assessment at Associate of Arts Institutions." Marvin Peterson, Catherine Augustine, Marne Einarson, and Derek Vaughan.
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"Improving Student Assessment at Baccalaureate Institutions." Marvin Peterson. 1999.
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"Improving Student Assessment at Comprehensive Institutions." Marvin Peterson, Catherine Augustine, Marne Einarson, and Derek Vaughan.
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"Improving Student Assessment at Doctoral & Research Institutions." Marvin Peterson, Catherine Augustine, Marne Einarson, and Derek Vaughan.
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Technical Report

"Institutional Support for Student Assessment: Methodology and Results of a National Survey." Marvin Peterson, Marne Einarson, Catherine H. Augustine, and Derek S. Vaughan. 1999.
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Technical Report

"The New Corporate Landscape and Workforce Skills: What Firms Want; How They Get It; and the Role of Education, Training, and Community Colleges." Harold Salzman, Philip Moss, and Chris Tilly. 1998.
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Technical Report

"School-to-Work Partnerships and Employer Participation: Evidence on Persistence and Attrition from the National Employer Survey." Daniel Shapiro. 1999.
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Publication 2-10

 

Technical Report

"The Benefits to Bridging Work and School." Daniel Shapiro and Maria Iannozzi. 1998.
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Publication 2-09

 


"Barriers to College Success." Andrea Venezia, Michael W. Kirst, Anthony Antonio.
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Technical Report

"Bringing School-to-Work to Scale: What Employers Report: First Findings from the New Administration of the National Employers Survey (NES-II)." Robert Zemsky, Peter Cappelli, et al.. 1997.
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Technical Report

"The Transition from Initial Education to Working Life in the United States of America." Robert Zemsky, Daniel Shapiro, Maria Iannozzi, Peter Cappelli, and Thomas Bailey. 1998.
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Landscape

"A Report to Stakeholders on the Condition and Effectiveness of Postsecondary Education, Part One: The Recent College Graduate." May/Jun, 2001.
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"A Report to Stakeholders on the Condition and Effectiveness of Postsecondary Education, Part Two: The Public." Sep/Oct,2001.
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"A Report to Stakeholders on the Condition and Effectiveness of Postsecondary Education, Part Three: Employers." Jan/Feb,2002.
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"Are the Doors Closing? Assessing Affirmative Action at Selective Colleges and Universities." Jul/Aug, 1998.
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"Casting New Light on Old Notions: A Changing Understanding of Community College Faculty." Nov/Dec,1998.
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Publication L-07

 

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"Coming to Market: A Growing Reliance on Student-Supplied Revenue." Jul/Aug, 2000.
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Publication L-16

 

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"From Remediation to Acceleration: Raising the Bar in Developmental Education." Jan/Feb,1999.
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"Grading Skills by Discipline: A Comparison of Faculty Instructional Goals." May/Jun,1999.
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Technical Report

"Great Expectations: How the Public and Parents–White, African American, and Hispanic–View Higher Education." Public Agenda. May/Jun,2000.
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"In Search of Strategic Perspective: A Tool for Mapping the Market in Postsecondary Education." Nov/Dec,1997.
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"Looking Back at Revenue and Expenditure Trends: Are We Privatizing Public Higher Education?." Nov/Dec,1999.
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"Practicing What You Preach: Gauging the Civic Engagement of College Graduates." Sep/Oct,2000.
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"Resurveying the Terrain: Refining the Taxonomy for the Postsecondary Market." Mar/Apr,2001.
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"Revolution or Evolution? Gauging the Impact of Institutional Student-Assessment Strategies." Sep/Oct,1999.
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"Sizing Up the Competition: The Contours of For-Profit Higher Education." Nov/Dec,2001.
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"Telling Time: Comparing Faculty Instructional Practices at Three Types of Institutions." Mar/Apr,1999.
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"The Choice-Income Squeeze: How Do Costs and Discounts Affect Institutional Choice?." Sep/Oct, 1998.
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"The User-Friendly Terrain: Defining the Market Taxonomy for Two-Year Institutions." Jan/Feb,1998.
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"Through a Different Lens: A New Angle on the Price Spiral in Higher Education." Jan/Feb,2000.
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"Toward Clearer Connections: Understanding Employers' Perceptions of College Graduates." Mar/Apr,1998.
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"Tracking a Subtle Storm: Assessment Policies in Higher Education." May/Jun,1998.
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"When the Customer is Right: Market-Driven Accountability in Postsecondary Education." May/Jun,2000.
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"Why is Research the Rule? The Impact of Incentive Systems on Faculty Behavior." Mar/Apr,2000.
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"You Can't Get There From Here: Gauging the Demand for Education and Training by High-Tech Employers." Sep/Oct, 2000.
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