William G. Tierney, Ph.D.

University Professor
&
Wilbur-Kieffer Professor of Higher Education
&
Director, Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis









Rossier School of Education
University of Southern California
Waite Phillips Hall, Room 701C
Los Angeles, CA 90089-4037
Tel: (213) 740-7218
Fax: (213) 740-3889
Email: wgtiern@usc.edu
Featured Work
  • Tierney, William G. (2008). The impact of culture on organizational decision-making: Theory and practice in higher education. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing LLC.
 
 
Other recent works
  • Hentschke, Guilbert C., Lechuga, Vicente M., & Tierney, William G. (Eds.).  (2010).  For-profit colleges and universities:  Schools or businesses: Their markets, regulation, performance and place in higher education.  Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing LLC.
  • Findlay, Christopher, & Tierney, William G. (Eds.). (2010).  Globalization and tertiary education in the Asia Pacific:  The changing nature of a dynamic market.  Singapore: World Scientific.
  • Kaur, Sarjit, Sirat, Morshidi, & Tierney, William G. (Eds.).  (2010). Quality assurance and university rankings in higher education in the Asia Pacific: Challenges for universities and nations. Penang, Malaysia:  Universiti Sains Malaysia.
  • Tierney, William G. and Colyar Julia E. (Eds.). (2009). Urban high school students and the challenge of access: Many routes, difficult paths. (Revised ed.). New York, NY:  Peter Lang.
  • Tierney, William G., Bailey, Thomas, Constantine, Jill, Finkelstein, Neal, and Hurd, Nicole (2009). Helping students navigate the path to college: What high schools can do: A practice guide (NCEE # 2009-4066). Washington, DC:  National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education.  Retrieved from: http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/pdf/practiceguides/higher_ed_pg_091509.pdf
  • Tierney, William G. & Hentschke, Guilbert C. (2007). New players, different game: Understanding the rise of for-profit colleges and universities. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press
  • Tierney, William G. (2006). Trust and the public good: Examining the cultural conditions of academic work. New York: Peter Lang Publishers
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