Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis

Occasional Papers from the Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis

Academic Governance
Enhancing Diversity
Financial Aid and College Access
Other Papers

Academic Governance
Activist Governing Boards: A New Metapolicy for Public Higher Education? Michael N. Bastedo - Read it
Governing or Governance? David W. Leslie - Read it
The End of Shared Governance: Looking Ahead Or Looking Back Bob Birnbaum - Read it
How Universities Think Susanne Lohmann - Read it
A Matter of Fit: Governing For-profit Subsidiaries of Nonprofit Universities Jared L. Bleak - Read it
Disjointed Governance in the University: The Case of Centers and Institutes William T. Mallon - Read it
Models of Curriculum Governance: A Research Agenda Charlotte Briggs - Read it
The Enterprise University Goes Global: Cross-border Traffic in Higher Education and Some of the Implications for Governance Simon Marginson - Read it
The Paradox of Scope: A Challenge to the Governance of Higher Education David Collis - Read it
A View of the Market through Studies of Policy and Governance Mario Martinez - Read it
Shared Academic Governance in an Australian Experimental University Jan Currie - Read it
Decision Making in Historically Black College and Universities: Defining the Governance Context James T. Minor - Read it
Faculty - Administrator Relationships: Implications for Redesign of Higher Education Governance Systems Marietta Del Favero - Read it
Understanding Faculty Senates: Moving from Mystery to Models James T. Minor - Read it
Capitalizing on the Curriculum: Challenges for Shared Governance and Administration Peter Eckel - Read it
Steering Colleges and Universities Toward Distinctive Missions Christopher Morphew - Read it
Shadow Governance Structures: The Promise and Peril of Task Forces During Times of Change Matthew Hartley - Read it
The Status of Non-Tenured Faculty of Color in the Governance Process Yolanda T. Moses - Read it
Governing in the Sunshine: The Impact of State Open - Meetings and Record Laws on Decision-Making in Higher Education James C. Hearn - Read it
Governing Badly: Theory and Practice of Bad Decision-making in Higher Education Michael Olivas - Read it
Governance Toward a Common Good: Has It Happened? Audrey J. Jaeger - Read it
University Governance and Academic Freedom Robert O'Neil - Read it
Does Governance Matter? Gabriel E. Kaplan - Read it
Community College Faculty-Administrative Trust in the Governance Process: Decision-Making in Critical Myron L. Pope - Read it
Growing Quaintness: Traditional Governance in the markedly New Realm of U.S. Higher Education George Keller - Read it
Democracy and Capitalism, Academic Style: Governance in Contemporary Higher Education Gary Rhoades - Read it

Enhancing Diversity
Exemplary Practices Dean Campbell and William G. Tierney - Read it
Practical Approaches for Academic Success Dean Campbell and William G. Tierney - Read it
Practices for Structural Improvement Dean Campbell and William G. Tierney - Read it
Reframing the Learning Context Dean Campbell and William G. Tierney Read it at the Enhancing Diversity Project website.
Principles for Good Practice Dean Campbell and William G. Tierney - Read it

Financial Aid and College Access
Preparing for College: Building Expectations, Changing Realities William G. Tierney, Julia E. Colyar, and Zoë B. Corwin - Read it
Presentation at the 2005 Western Association of College Admission Counseling Conference, Finding Balance, Aliso Viejo, CA: Financial Aid and Access: Getting the Word Out--Research Findings and Possible Practices, Mari Luna De La Rosa and Paz Oliverez General Facts about College Going: A Resource Guide (posted 05/27/2005)
Presentations at the 2005 AERA Conference, Demography and Democracy in an Age of Accountability, Montreal, Canada: Going to College and How to Pay for It: Perceptions of Low-Income High School Students, Mari Luna De La Rosa Public versus Private: Differences in College Access and Financial Aid Resources, Kristan Venegas Financial Aid and Access: What Counselors, Students, and Families are Saying About Paying for College, Kristan Venegas Foster Care and Financial Aid, Zoë Blumberg Corwin
Presentations to the Fall 2004 Tomás Rivera Policy Institute's Challenges in Improving Latino College Enrollment: Opportunities for Systemic Change: Challenges to College Access and Financial Aid: A Preliminary View of the CHEPA Study High Schools, Mari Luna De La Rosa A View from the Academic Community, William G. Tierney
The unacknowledged crisis: Latino males and higher education Mari Luna De La Rosa, Ph.D. Website: Tomas Rivera Policy Institute

Other Papers
A New Game in Town: Competitive Higher Education (MS-Word) Lloyd Armstrong This paper outlines how the system of higher education faces increased competition from the for-profit sector. This competition foreshadows structural changes in faculty work and university organization.
Creating the Inclusive Campus: The Essential Role of Faculty Diversity (MS-Word) John Brooks Slaughter John Slaughter looks at the demographic changes in academe and reminds us of the importance of diversity for preparing students to live in a democracy.
The Coming Transformation of the American University (MS-Word) Roger Benjamin In this paper, Roger Benjamin tracks how global changes will impact higher education. Based on these conclusions, he then looks toward redesigned mission statements that focus on K-16 education.
Developing the High Performance Organization: Impediments To Change and Innovation in Colleges and Universities (MS-Word) William G. Tierney In light of recent and expected changes in higher education, this paper considers how we might create a climate for organizational change and innovation. Tierney suggests that the way to increase organizational effectiveness is through an attention to the structural and cultural processes that circumscribe organizational action.
Higher Education at a Crossroads (MS-Word) Arthur Levine This paper offers a discussion of distance learning and its implications for higher education.
The University After 9/11 (PDF) William G. Tierney This paper offers a discussion of academic freedom in the post-September 11 era and its implications for higher education.