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	"A Report to Stakeholders on the Condition and Effectiveness of Postsecondary Education, Part One: The Recent College Graduate." May/Jun, 2001. Synopsis Full Text: PDF (help)
	"A Report to Stakeholders on the Condition and Effectiveness of Postsecondary Education, Part Two: The Public." Sep/Oct,2001. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help)
	"A Report to Stakeholders on the Condition and Effectiveness of Postsecondary Education, Part Three: Employers." Jan/Feb,2002. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help)
	"Academic Stratification and Endemic Conflict: Remedial Education Policy at CUNY." Patricia J. Gumport, Michael N. Bastedo. 2001. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help)
	"Administrative Approaches to Educational Productivity." Henry Levin and William Koski. 1998. Synopsis Full text: Alternate format
	"Adult Enrollment and Educational Attainment." Jerry A. Jacobs and Scott Stoner-Eby. 1998. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication 2-05
	"Analytic Framework of Institutional Support for Student Assessment." Marvin Peterson, Marne Einarson, Adriana Nichols, and Andrea Trice. 1997. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication 5-03
	"Are the Doors Closing? Assessing Affirmative Action at Selective Colleges and Universities." Jul/Aug, 1998. Synopsis Full Text: PDF (help) Publication L-05
	"Assessment of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and Public Accountability: State Governing, Coordination Board and Regional Accreditation Association Policies and Practices." Michael Nettles, John Cole, and Sally Sharp. 1997. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication 5-02
	"Barriers to College Success." Andrea Venezia, Michael W. Kirst, Anthony Antonio. Synopsis Full Text: PDF (help)
	"Betraying the College Dream: How Disconnected K-12 and Postsecondary Education Systems Undermine Student Aspirations," Michael Kirst, Andrea Venezia and Anthonio L. Antonio. 2003
	"Beyond Dead Reckoning - Research Priorities for Redirecting American Higher Education." Patricia J. Gumport, Peter Cappelli, William F. Massy, Michael T. Nettles, Marvin W. Peterson, Richard J. Shavelson, and Robert Zemsky. 2002. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help)
	"Bringing School-to-Work to Scale: What Employers Report: First Findings from the New Administration of the National Employers Survey (NES-II)." Robert Zemsky, Peter Cappelli, et al.. 1997. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication 2-04
	"Casting New Light on Old Notions: A Changing Understanding of Community College Faculty." Nov/Dec,1998. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication L-07
	"Claiming Common Ground, State Policymaking for Improving College readiness and Success." Patrick M. Callan, Joni E. Finney, Michael W. Kirst, Michael D. Usdan, and Andrea Venezia. March 2006 Full text: PDF (help)
	"Coming to Market: A Growing Reliance on Student-Supplied Revenue." Jul/Aug, 2000. Synopsis Full Text: PDF (help) Publication L-16
	"Community College Faculty Attitudes and Trends, 1997." Mary Taylor Huber. 1998. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help)
	"Designing Student Assessment to Strengthen Institutional Performance in Associate of Arts Institutions." Marvin Peterson, Catherine H. Augustine, Marne Einarson, and Derek S. Vaughan. 1999. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication 5-07
	"Designing Student Assessment to Strengthen Institutional Performance in Baccalaureate Institutions." Marvin Peterson, Catherine H. Augustine, Marne Einarson, and Derek S. Vaughan. 1999. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication 5-08
	"Designing Student Assessment to Strengthen Institutional Performance in Comprehensive Institutions." Marvin Peterson, Catherine H. Augustine, Marne Einarson, and Derek S. Vaughan. 1999. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication 5-09
	"Designing Student Assessment to Strengthen Institutional Performance in Doctoral and Research Institutions." Marvin Peterson, Catherine H. Augustine, Marne Einarson, and Derek S. Vaughan. 1999. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication 5-10
	"Discontent in the Field of Dreams: American Higher Education, 1945-1990." Marvin Lazerson. 1997. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication 3-01
	"Effects of Racial Diversity on Complex Thinking in College Students." Anthony Lising Antonio, Mitchell J. Chang, Kenji Hakuta, David Kenny, Shana Levin, Jeffrey F. Milem. Jan/Feb, 2003. Full Text: PDF (help)
	"Employer Participation in School-to Work Programs." Peter Cappelli, Daniel Shapiro, and Nichole Shumanis. 1998. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication 2-08
	"Ending the Disconnect Between the Student Evaluation of Teaching and the Improvement of Teaching: A Faculty Developer's Plea ." Michele Marincovich. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication 4-02
	"Energizing Quality Work: Higher Education Quality Evaluation in Sweden and Denmark." William F. Massy. 1999. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication 6-06
	"Exceptional Teaching in Community Colleges: An Analysis of Nominations for the U.S. Professors of the Year Program, 1995-1997." Julie Kerekes and Mary Taylor Huber. 1998. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication 4-04
	"Financing Undergraduate Education: Designing National Policies." Michael McPherson and Morton Schapiro. 1997. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication 2-02
	"For-Profit Higher Education and Community Colleges." Thomas Bailey, Norena Badway, Patricia Gumport. 2001. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help)
	"From Remediation to Acceleration: Raising the Bar in Developmental Education." Jan/Feb,1999. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication L-08
	"Grading Skills by Discipline: A Comparison of Faculty Instructional Goals." May/Jun,1999. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication L-10
	"Great Expectations: How the Public and Parents–White, African American, and Hispanic–View Higher Education." Public Agenda. May/Jun,2000. Synopsis Full text: Alternate format
	"Higher Education Research Priorities: Perspectives from Selected Foundations." Dr. Patricia Gumport. 2003. Synopsis Full Text: PDF (help)
	"How Resposive is the Supply of Female College Graduates to Tuition and Payoff?." John Bishop. 1998. Synopsis Full Text: PDF (help) Publication 2-12
	"Improvement to Emergence: An Organization-Environment Research Agenda for a Postsecondary Knowledge Industry." Marvin Peterson. 1998. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication 1-08
	"Improving and Aligning K-16 Standards, Admissions, and Freshman Placement Policies." Michael Kirst. 1998. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication 2-06
	"Improving Research on Postsecondary Student Outcomes: A Review of the Strengths and Limitations of National Data Resources." Eric L. Dey, Sylvia Hurtado, et al. 1997. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication 5-01
	"Improving Student Assessment at Associate of Arts Institutions." Marvin Peterson, Catherine Augustine, Marne Einarson, and Derek Vaughan. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help)
	"Improving Student Assessment at Baccalaureate Institutions." Marvin Peterson. 1999. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help)
	"Improving Student Assessment at Comprehensive Institutions." Marvin Peterson, Catherine Augustine, Marne Einarson, and Derek Vaughan. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help)
	"Improving Student Assessment at Doctoral & Research Institutions." Marvin Peterson, Catherine Augustine, Marne Einarson, and Derek Vaughan. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help)
	"In Search of Strategic Perspective: A Tool for Mapping the Market in Postsecondary Education." Nov/Dec,1997. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication L-01
	"Institutional Adaptation: Demands for Management Reform and University Administration." Patricia J. Gumport and Barbara Sporn. 1999. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication 1-07
	"Institutional Support for Student Assessment: Methodology and Results of a National Survey." Marvin Peterson, Marne Einarson, Catherine H. Augustine, and Derek S. Vaughan. 1999. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication 5-04
	"Is an Oversupply of College Graduates Coming?." John Bishop. 1997. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication 2-01
	"Life on the Wired Campus: How Information Technology Will Shape Institutional Futures." William F. Massy. 1997. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication 6-02
	"Long-Term Effect of College Quality on the Occupational Status of Students." Eric L. Dey, Leslie A. Wimsatt, Byung-Shik Rhee, and Ellen Waterson Meader. 1999. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication 5-06
	"Looking Back at Revenue and Expenditure Trends: Are We Privatizing Public Higher Education?." Nov/Dec,1999. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication L-12
	"Outsourcing of Instruction at Community Colleges." Thomas Bailey, James Jacobs, and Davis Jenkins. Jan/Feb, 2004. Synopsis Full Text: PDF (help)
	"Postsecondary Adaptation: Selected References." Patricia J. Gumport, Marc Chun, Imanol Ordorika, Brian Pusser, and Angela Schmiede. 1997. Synopsis Full Text: PDF (help) Publication 1-03
	"Practicing What You Preach: Gauging the Civic Engagement of College Graduates." Sep/Oct,2000. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication L-18
	"Public Universities as Academic Workplaces." Patricia J. Gumport. 1997. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication 1-01
	"Reinforcing Stratification in American Higher Education: Some Disturbing Trends." Michael McPherson and Morton Schapiro. 1999. Synopsis Full Text: PDF (help) Publication 3-02
	"Replacing Remediation with Acceleration in Higher Education: Preliminary Report on Literature Review and Initial Interviews." Henry Levin and Bill Koski. 1997. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication 4-01
	"Restructuring the Academic Environment." Patricia J. Gumport and Brian Pusser. 1997. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication 1-05
	"Resurveying the Terrain: Refining the Taxonomy for the Postsecondary Market." Mar/Apr,2001. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication L-20
	"Revolution or Evolution? Gauging the Impact of Institutional Student-Assessment Strategies." Sep/Oct,1999. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication L-11
	"School-to-Work Partnerships and Employer Participation: Evidence on Persistence and Attrition from the National Employer Survey." Daniel Shapiro. 1999. Synopsis Full Text: PDF (help) Publication 2-10
	"Sizing Up the Competition: The Contours of For-Profit Higher Education." Nov/Dec,2001. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help)
	"State Higher Education Assessment Policy: Research Findings from Second and Third Years." Michael T. Nettles and John J. K. Cole. 1999. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication 5-05
	"Teaching and Learning Quality Process Review: The Hong Kong Program." William F. Massy. 1997. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication 6-01
	"Technology and Higher Education: Opportunities and Challenges for the New Era." Patricia J. Gumport and Marc Chun. 1999. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication 1-02
	"Technology's Contribution to Higher Education Productivity." William F. Massy and Andrea Wilger. 1998. Synopsis Full text: Alternate format
	"Telling Time: Comparing Faculty Instructional Practices at Three Types of Institutions." Mar/Apr,1999. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication L-09
	"The Benefits to Bridging Work and School." Daniel Shapiro and Maria Iannozzi. 1998. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication 2-09
	"The Blurring Line Between Merit and Need in Financial Aid." Michael S. McPherson and Morton Owen Schapiro. Mar/Apr,2001. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help)
	"The Choice-Income Squeeze: How Do Costs and Discounts Affect Institutional Choice?." Sep/Oct, 1998. Synopsis Full Text: PDF (help) Publication L-06
	"The Effects of Racial Diversity on Cognitive Complexity in College Studetns: A True Classical Experiment." Anthony Antonio and Kenji Hakuta. 2004
	"The Formal Organization of Knowledge: An Analysis of Academic Structure." Patricia J. Gumport and Stuart K. Snydman. May/Jun,2002. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication 1-09
	"The Governance Divide: A Report on a Four-State Study on Improving College Readiness and Success." Patrick M. Callan, Joni E. Finney, Michael W. Kirst, Michael D. Usdan, and Andrea Venezia. March 2006 Full text: PDF (help)
	"The Human Capital Liabilities of Underrepresented Minorities in Pursuit of Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Doctoral Degrees." Michael Nettles and Catherine Millett. 1999. Synopsis Full Text: PDF (help) Publication 2-13
	"The New Corporate Landscape and Workforce Skills: What Firms Want; How They Get It; and the Role of Education, Training, and Community Colleges." Harold Salzman, Philip Moss, and Chris Tilly. 1998. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication 2-07
	"The Student Aid Game: Meeting the Need and Rewarding Talent in American Higher Education (Chapters 7,8,9,14)." Michael McPherson and Morton Schapiro. 1997. Synopsis Full text: Alternate format
	"The Transition from Initial Education to Working Life in the United States of America." Robert Zemsky, Daniel Shapiro, Maria Iannozzi, Peter Cappelli, and Thomas Bailey. 1998. Synopsis Full Text: PDF (help)
	"The User-Friendly Terrain: Defining the Market Taxonomy for Two-Year Institutions." Jan/Feb,1998. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication L-02
	"Through a Different Lens: A New Angle on the Price Spiral in Higher Education." Jan/Feb,2000. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication L-13
	"Toward Clearer Connections: Understanding Employers' Perceptions of College Graduates." Mar/Apr,1998. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication L-03
	"Tracking a Subtle Storm: Assessment Policies in Higher Education." May/Jun,1998. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication L-04
	"Trends in United States Higher Education from Massification to Post Massification." Patricia J. Gumport, Maria Iannozzi, Susan Shaman, and Robert Zemsky. 1997. Synopsis (help) Publication 1-04
	University of Michigan Affirmative Action Cases (Sixth Circuit): Legal Brief and Supporting Report by by Shavelson & Thomas 2001.
	"University Restructuring: The Role of Economic and Political Contexts." Patricia J. Gumport and Brian Pusser. 1999. Synopsis Full text: Alternate format Publication 1-06
	"What Makes a Revolution: Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 1980-2000." Marvin Lazerson, Ursula Wagener, and Nichole Shumanis. 1999. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication 5-11
	"When the Customer is Right: Market-Driven Accountability in Postsecondary Education." May/Jun,2000. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication L-15
	"Why is Research the Rule? The Impact of Incentive Systems on Faculty Behavior." Mar/Apr,2000. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication L-14
	"You Can't Get There From Here: Gauging the Demand for Education and Training by High-Tech Employers." Sep/Oct, 2000. Synopsis Full Text: PDF (help) Publication L-17
	"Youth Labor Markets in the U.S: Shopping Around vs. Staying Put." David Neumark. 1998. Synopsis Full text: PDF (help) Publication 2-11