HIGHER EDUCATION: Handbook of Theory and Research /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Smart, John C. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, 21
• Subjects: Education.; Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education > Curricula.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Educational sociology.; Higher education.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Higher Education.; Curriculum Studies.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Sociology of Education.

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 chapter provides a comprehensive review of research findings on a selected t...

Table of Contents:

• LIFE UNDER CONSTRUCTION: AUTOETHNOGRAPHY OF A RESEARCHER
• MANDATED OPENNESS AND HIGHER-EDUCATION GOVERNANCE: POLICY, THEORETICAL, AND ANALYTIC PERSPECTIVES
• STUDYING COLLEGE ACCESS AND CHOICE: A PROPOSED CONCEPTUAL MODEL
• THE STUDY OF ACADEMIC CAREERS: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD
• INSTITUTIONS OF ACADEMIC GOVERNANCE AND INSTITUTIONAL THEORY: A FRAMEWORK FOR FURTHER RESEARCH
• TO USE OR NOT TO USE THEORY: IS THAT THE QUESTION?
• CROSSBORDER EDUCATION: AN ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK FOR PROGRAM AND PROVIDER MOBILITY
• PREPARING THE PROFESSORIATE OF THE FUTURE: GRADUATE STUDENT SOCIALIZATION FOR FACULTY ROLES
• USING DATA MINING TO ANALYZE LARGE DATA SETS IN HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH: AN EXAMPLE OF PREDICTION WITH NSOPF: 99
• TOWARD STRATEGIC AMBIGUITY: ANTIDOTE TO MANAGERIALISM IN GOVERNANCE
• THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FLOWS: PATTERNS, IDEAS, AND PROPOSITIONS
• SOCIAL CAPITAL AND THE RACIAL STRATIFICATION OF COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY.