How Universities Work

ADDITIONAL READING: A SAMPLER

203 An indication of the significance of colleges and universities in American life appears in the endless stream of publications analyzing, criticizing, describing, and engaging every imaginable aspect of higher education. This flood of writing appears in the popular press, in scholarly journals, and in books published for experts and the general public. Government agencies, legislatures, education associations, and special interest groups all publish reports, analyses, data, and other materials of interest. The items listed here serve as a somewhat eclectic sampling of the depth and breadth of this remarkable outpouring of commentary and analysis. Some of these items are classics in the field, while others have a more transitory value. Taken together, however, they provide a reasonable perspective on the scale, scope, and style of higher education research and writing. Those interested in staying abreast of the dynamic world of higher education should follow the two significant newspapers that cover the field on a daily basis. The Chronicle of Higher Education (a subscription publication available in print and online at chronicle.com) and Inside Higher Ed (available without charge online at www.insidehighered.com) offer news, commentary , analysis, and data on all aspects of American postsecondary education . Among their many useful functions they often identify new publications of significant interest. 2012 Giving USA: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2011. Chicago: Giving USA Foundation, 2012. Additional Reading A Sampler 204 Additional Reading: A Sampler Adelman, Clifford. “War and Peace among the Words: Rhetoric, Style, and Propaganda in Response to National Reports.” Journal of Higher Education 58, no. 4 (1987): 371–403. American Association of University Professors. 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure: With 1970 Interpretive Comments. Washington, DC: American Association of University Professors, 2006. Anderson, Eugene L. The New Professoriate: Characteristics, Contributions, and Compensation. Washington, DC: American Council on Education, 2002. Astin, Alexander W. What Matters in College? Four Critical Years Revisited. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993. Astin, Alexander W., and Anthony Lising Antonio. Assessment for Excellence: The Philosophy and Practice of Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education. American Council on Education Series on Higher Education. 2nd ed. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2012. Baumol, William J., with contributions by Monte Malach, Ariel PablosM éndez, and Lilian Gomory Wu. The Cost Disease: Why Computers Get Cheaper and Health Care Doesn’t. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2012. Bess, James L. College and University Organization: Insights from the Behavioral Sciences. New York: New York University Press, 1984. Birnbaum, Robert. Management Fads in Higher Education: Where They Come from, What They Do, Why They Fail. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000. Bloom, Allan David. The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today’s Students. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987. Bok, Derek Curtis. The Cost of Talent. New York: Free Press, 1993. Bowen, William G., and Derek Curtis Bok. The Shape of the River: Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1998. Bowen, William G., and Neil L. Rudenstine. In Pursuit of the PhD. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1992. Boyer, Ernest L. Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate. Princeton, NJ: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 1990. Additional Reading: A Sampler 205 Bradburd, Ralph M., and Duncan P. Mann. “Wealth in Higher Education Institutions.” Journal of Higher Education 64, no. 4 (1993): 472–493. Capaldi, Elizabeth. “Intellectual Transformation and Budgetary Savings through Academic Reorganization.” Change 41, no. 4 (2009): 18–27. Capaldi, Elizabeth D., and Craig W. Abbey. “Performance and Costs in Higher Education: A Proposal for Better Data.” Change 43, no. 2 (2011): 8–15. Capaldi, Elizabeth D., John V. Lombardi, Craig W. Abbey, and Diane D. Craig. “In Pursuit of Number ONE.” In Top American Research Universities. Tempe: The Center for Measuring University Performance , Arizona State University, 2010. Capaldi, Elizabeth D., John V. Lombardi, and Victor Yellen. “Improving Graduation Rates: A Simple Method That Works.” Change 38, no. 4 (2006): 44–50. Carlson, Scott, and Goldie Blumenstyk. “For Whom Is College Being Reinvented? ‘Disruptions’ Have the Buzz but May Put Higher Education Out of Reach for Those Students Likely to Benefit the Most.” Chronicle of Higher Education. December 17, 2012. Carnevale, Anthony P., Tamara Jayasundera, and Ban Cheah. The College Advantage: Weathering the Economic Storm. Washington, DC: Georgetown University, 2012. Clotfelter, Charles T., ed. Context for Success: Measuring Colleges’ Impact. Washington...