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Advancing Higher Education

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Advancing Higher Education, written for an educated, non-technical audience, focuses on issues of strategic importance to the ongoing vitality of America's universities and colleges. Recent titles include:

  • Managing Higher Education in Uncertain Economic Times
  • Globalization of Higher Education
  • Financing Institutional Operations in Higher Education

Recent Articles

The Private and Social Benefits of Higher Education: The Evidence, Their Value, and Policy Implications
Walter W. McMahon
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
March 2010

Smart Leadership in Difficult Times
Paul J. Yakoboski
Principal Research Fellow
TIAA-CREF Institute
January 2010

Faculty, Governing Boards and Institutional Governance

Merrill Schwartz
Director of Research
Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges

Richard Skinner
former Senior Vice President for Programs and Research
Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges

Zeddie Bowen
former Provost
University of Richmond


December 2009

The Davidson Trust: A Case Study of Promoting Student Access

Christopher J. Gruber
Vice President and Dean of Admission and Financial Aid
Davidson College

Clark G. Ross
Vice President for Academic Affairs
Davidson College


October 2009