Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research: Volume 35

by Laura W. Perna

Overview

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 annual volume contains chapters that discuss salient dimensions of scholarly and policy inquiries on topics pertaining to college students and faculty, organization and administration, curriculum and instruction, policy, diversity issues, economics and finance, history and philosophy, community colleges, advances in research methodology and more. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of research findings on a selected topic, critiques the research literature in terms of its conceptual and methodological rigor and sets forth an agenda for future research intended to advance knowledge on the chosen topic. The series is fortunate to have attracted annual contributions from distinguished scholars throughout the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030313647
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	04/25/2020
Series:	Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research , #35
Edition description:	1st ed. 2020
Pages:	738
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Laura W. Perna is GSE Centennial Presidential Professor of Education and Executive Director of the Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy (AHEAD) at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn). Her research uses various methodological approaches to identify how social structures, educational practices, and public policies promote and limit college access and success, particularly for groups that are underrepresented in higher education. Recent publications include Improving research-based knowledge of college promise programs (with Edward Smith, 2019, AERA), Taking it to the streets: The role of scholarship in advocacy and advocacy in scholarship (2018, Johns Hopkins University Press), and The Attainment Agenda: State policy leadership for higher education (with Joni Finney, 2014, Johns Hopkins University Press). She has served as President of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Vice President of the Postsecondary Division of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), and Chair of Penn’s Faculty Senate. She is a member of the Gates Commission on the Value of Postsecondary Education and the Board of Directors for the Postsecondary National Policy Institute (PNPI). Among other honors, she has received the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching from the University of Pennsylvania, Early Career Achievement Award from ASHE, the Excellence in Public Policy in Higher Education Award from ASHE’s Council on Public Policy and Higher Education, the Dr. Constance Clayton Education Award from the Philadelphia College Prep Roundtable, and the Robert P. Huff Golden Quill Award from the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. She is also a member of the National Academy of Education and a Fellow of AERA.

Table of Contents

Autobiographical essay.- Four-dimensional framework of college athletes’ rights and well-being.- Latino males in U.S. higher education: Ten years of progress, lessons learned, and emerging research.- Increasing faculty diversity.- Difference-in-differences methodology.- History of religion.- Community college finance.- Decision-making.- An interdisciplinary return to queer and trans studies in higher education: Implications for research and practice.- The ambivalence about distance learning in higher education: Challenges, opportunities, and policy implications.- Examining the literature on faculty engagement in teaching and learning initiatives.- Sexual harassment on campus.- Privatization of public higher education.