Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research

Book Overview

Contributors. 1. Life under construction: Autoethnography of a researcher; Y.S. Lincoln. 2. Mandated openness and higher-education governance: Policy, theoretical, and analytic perspectives; M.K. McLendon, James C. Hearn. 3. Studying college access and choice: A proposed conceptual model; L.W. Perna. 4. The study of academic careers: Looking back, looking forward; M.J. Finkelstein. 5. Institutions of academic governance and institutional theory: A framework for further research; G.E. Kaplan. 6. To use or not to use theory: Is that the question?; A. Kezar. 7. Crossborder education: An analytical framework for program and provider mobility; J. Knight. 8. Preparing the professoriate of the future: Graduate student socialization for faculty roles; A.E. Austin, M. McDaniels. 9. Using data mining to analyze large data sets in higher education research: An example of prediction with NSOPF; Yonghong Jade Xu. 10. Toward strategic ambiguity: Antidote to managerialism in governance; J.L. Bess. 11. The political economy of international student flows: Patterns, ideas, and propositions; J.J. Lee et al. 12. Social capital and the racial stratification of college opportunity; R. Teranishi, K. Briscoe. Contents of previous volumes. Subject index. Author index.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402055382
• ISBN13: 9781402055386
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 642 Pages
• Weight: 1.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"