Higher Education

This guide is intended to serve as a gateway to organized resources related to research, studying, and teaching in Higher Education

Research Topics Overview

The topics included on this page are some common in higher education research. Jump to the relevant section by using the navigation on the left or the link above.

Higher Education Administration

Academy of Management Learning & Education
Features a wide range of materials devoted to management education in colleges and universities, and all organizations that formally foster learning about management.
from 09/01/2002 to present
Economics of Education Review
Publishes research on education policy and finance, human capital production and acquisition, and the returns to human capital
from 1981 to present
Educational Administration Quarterly
Publishes prominent empirical and conceptual articles focused on timely and critical leadership and policy issues of educational organizations. Coverage from 1965 to the present
Educational Management Administration & Leadership
Publishes original and significant contributions on educational administration, management and leadership, in its widest sense, from all over the world.
From 1965 to present
Harvard Business Review
Presents analysis of management problems and helpful commentary on advanced thinking and practice in all fields of management and administration.
from 10/01/1922 to present
Higher Education Management & Policy
Previously published as Higher Education Management, Higher Education Management and Policy (HEMP). It covers the field through articles and reports on such issues as quality assurance, human resources, funding, and internationalisation. It also is a source of information on activities and events organised by OECD’s IMHE Programme.
from 2001 to present
International Journal of Organizational Innovation
Contains research, scholarship, educational and practitioner perspectives on management/organizational-related themes and topics.
from 04/01/2009 to present
Leader to Leader
Report on management, leadership, and strategy written by today's top leaders themselves.
from 01/01/2000 to present
University Business (non-scholarly)
Deals with the bureaucratic side of higher learning.
from 12/01/2001 to present

Cambridge Core This link opens in a new window
Provides access to Cambridge University Press journals and ebooks across all academic disciplines.
Tutorial for the Cambridge Core database.
Chronicle of Higher Education - Web Edition This link opens in a new window
The Chronicle of Higher Education -Web Edition is the online edition of the Chronicle, the leading source of news and information on Higher Education. The web edition includes exclusive multimedia features, such as videos and podcasts, on current topics in higher education. (Non-scholarly source)
Educational Administration Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Abstracts of literature concerning educational administration, including educational leadership, educational management, and educational research.
Tutorial for the Educational Administration Abstracts database.
Education Database This link opens in a new window
Coverage spans the literature on primary, secondary and higher education as well as special education, home schooling and adult education.
Education Research Complete This link opens in a new window
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Education Research Complete covers all aspects of education including multilingual education, health education, testing, curriculum instruction, administration, policy, funding, and all levels of education from early childhood to higher education
Public Administration Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Includes bibliographic records covering areas related to public administration, including public administration theory, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Tutorial for the Public Administration Abstracts database.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Access (searching and browsing) journals and eBooks published by Elsevier and its partners. Covers most disciplines, including science, medicine, economics and the social sciences.
Tutorial for the ScienceDirect database.
Social Sciences Citation Index This link opens in a new window
Indexes more than 3,000 journals across 55 social science disciplines, as well as selected items from 3,500 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals. Covers from 1900 to the present. Part of Web of Science.
Tutorial for the Social Science Citation Index Expanded database.
Web of Science: Core Collection This link opens in a new window
Contains citations and searchable author abstracts, covering scholarly literature in journals, books and conference proceedings. Includes: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Book Citation Index, Conference Proceedings Citation Index, Current Chemical Reactions, Index Chemicus, and Emerging Sources Citation Index. Additional resources available by selecting from the dropdown list next to the Core Collection heading. Tutorial for the Web of Science: Core Collection database.

Best Dang Job in the World: A Leadership Guide for College and University Administrators
Applies practices and techniques learned in both the corporate and academic world to a leadership role in the higher education enterprise. It covers effective techniques for identifying, interviewing, hiring, and retaining qualified college and university executives.
Building Academic Leadership Capacity: A Guide to Best Practices
his book provides insight into the elements of successful academic leadership and the training that makes it effective.
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Ensuring the Success of Latino Males in Higher Education: A National Imperative
Presents new research on factors that inhibit or promote Latino success in both four-year institutions and community colleges in order to inform both policy and practice.
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Theorizing Women and Leadership: New Insights & Contributions from Multiple Perspectives
The purpose of this volume is the provide a forum for women to theorize about women's leadership in multiple ways and in multiple contexts.
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Truth Without Tears: African American Women Deans Share Lessons in Leadership
Truth Without Tears is a timely and insightful portrait of Black women leaders in American colleges and universities. Carolyn R. Hodges and Olga M. Welch are former deans who draw extensively on their experience as African American women to account for both the challenges and opportunities facing women of color in educational leadership positions.
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American Association of University Administrators (AAUA)
Works to develop and advance superior standards for the profession of higher education administration.
American Council on Education: Leadership
ACE is consistently at the center of federal policy debates in areas critical to higher education. Because of our role as a convener of higher education associations and agencies, the higher education community is able to speak with one clear voice on vital issues affecting institutions and students.
Association of College Administration Professionals (ACAP)
Provides services to all college and university administrators, regardless of their positions.
Commission for Academic Affairs ( ACPA)
Provides outreach, advocacy, and professional development opportunities to individuals in higher education who work in or with academic affairs related areas.
Council of Higher Education Management Associations (CHEMA)
An informal voluntary assembly of management-oriented higher education associations in the United States and Canada.

Community Colleges

Community College Enterprise
Published by and for community college practitioners, fosters & shares sound educational practices based upon scholarship & research.
from 11/01/2003 to present
Community College Journal
Features articles by leading experts, opinions that put the news in perspective, coverage of higher education issues, & profiles of the field's leaders; covers news & information from a national network of colleges, providing the latest surveys, etc.
from 02/01/2000 to present
Community College Journal of Research and Practice
Multidisciplinary forum for researchers and practitioners in higher education and the behavioral and social sciences. It promotes an increased awareness of community college issues by providing an exchange of ideas, research, and empirically tested educational innovations.from 01/01/1997 to present
Community College Review
Publishes articles on all aspects of community college administration, education, and policy, both within the American higher education system as well as within the higher education systems of other countries that have similar tertiary institutions.
from 04/01/1973 to present
Journal of Applied Research in the Community College
Focused on serving institutional researchers and planners in community colleges. All submissions must have clearly identified recommendations for practice, which inform enhanced programming, policies, practices, and structures in community colleges.
from 09/01/2004 to present

APA PsycInfo (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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Covers the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, and other areas. Includes more than 3.7 million records.
Tutorial for the APA PsycInfo database.
Associates Programs Source This link opens in a new window
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Covers journals on subjects commonly taught in community colleges, including Accounting, Agriculture, Child Care, Cosmetology, Culinary Arts and Food Service, Forestry, Graphic Arts, Hospitality Management, Interior Design, Journalism, Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning, Veterinary Technology and Welding.
Tutorial for the Associates Programs Source database..
Educational Administration Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Abstracts of literature concerning educational administration, including educational leadership, educational management, and educational research.
Tutorial for the Educational Administration Abstracts database.
Education Research Complete This link opens in a new window
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Covers all aspects of education including multilingual education, health education, testing, curriculum instruction, administration, policy, funding, and all levels of education from early childhood to higher education. Provides indexing for over 1,800 journals, as well as full-text for over 900 journals, 81 books, and numerous education-related conference papers.
Tutorial for the Education Research Complete database.
ERIC This link opens in a new window
References to thousands of educational topics. Indexes journal articles, books, theses, curricula, conference papers, standards, guidelines and more. ERIC documents (non-journal literature) are available full-text, 1993 to the present.

Tutorial for the ERIC database.
Oxford University Press Journals This link opens in a new window
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Over 100 periodical titles in the fields of the humanities, social sciences, and the sciences. Full text generally available for the past several years; abstracts of articles date back additional years.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Access (searching and browsing) journals and eBooks published by Elsevier and its partners. Covers most disciplines, including science, medicine, economics and the social sciences.
Tutorial for the ScienceDirect database.
Social Sciences Citation Index This link opens in a new window
Indexes more than 3,000 journals across 55 social science disciplines, as well as selected items from 3,500 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals. Covers from 1900 to the present. Part of Web of Science.
Tutorial for the Social Science Citation Index Expanded database.
Taylor and Francis Online This link opens in a new window
Search, browse, and access the full text of more than 2,000 journals published by Taylor & Francis covering the humanities, medicine, the social sciences, science, and technology. View a tutorial on this database here.

Community College Leaders on Workforce Development : Opinions, Observations, and Future Directions
Visionary leaders of community colleges present their views about the present challenges and future approaches needed for community colleges to be successful.
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Community Colleges and First-Generation Students
Community Colleges and First-Generation Students examines a community college writing classroom through ten students from diverse linguistic, ethnic, socio-economic, and national backgrounds.
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It's Time to Complete Community College : Student Outcome Studies Show What It Takes to Succeed
This book summarizes: student characteristics including socio-economic status, academic background, work/family commitments; instructional methods of work-pace, grading procedures, student practice opportunities, and feedback to students; institutional policies such as course scheduling, teaching loads, teacher training, availability of student services, commitment of administrators to using assessment to improve student learning outcomes.
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Promising and High-Impact Practices: Student Success Programs in the Community College Context
This volume explores the latest research on: how student success program research is conceptualized and operationalized, evidence for ways in which interventions foster positive student outcomes, critical inquiry of how students themselves experience them, and challenges and guidance regarding program design, implementation and evaluation.
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Understanding Community Colleges
Provides a critical examination of contemporary issues and practices and policy of community colleges
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American Association for Women in Community Colleges (AAWCC)
AAWCC has worked deliberately and diligently to ensure the equitable treatment and success of women in community colleges.
American Association of Community Colleges
AACC promotes community colleges through five strategic action areas: recognition and advocacy for community colleges; student access, learning, and success; community college leadership development; economic and workforce development; and global and intercultural education.
American Student Association of Community Colleges (ASACC)
A national student-governed organization that provides leadership, citizenship and advocacy development opportunities for community college student government leaders.
Community College Research Center
Leading independent authority on the nation’s nearly 1,200 two-year colleges.

Community-University Partnerships

Gateways: International Journal of Community Research & Engagement
Concerned with the practice and processes of community research and other forms of engagement.
from 2008 to present
International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering
Focuses on projects, programs, research and pedagogy that involve humanitarian engineering, social entrepreneurship, and service learning.
from 2006 to present
Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship
Integrates teaching, research, and community engagement in all disciplines, addressing problems identified through a community-participatory process.
from 09/01/2008 to present
Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement
Features content on theory and practice related to all forms of outreach and engagement between higher education institutions and communities.
from Spring 1996 to present

Chronicle of Higher Education - Web Edition This link opens in a new window
Source of news and information on Higher Education. Includes exclusive multimedia features, such as videos and podcasts, on current topics in higher education. Additionally, the current annual Almanac of Higher Education is accessible for demographic information in higher education. Other features include interactive tools for career development, and job searching.
ECAR (EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research) This link opens in a new window
Publications about the role and implications of information technology in higher education. Access to full-text is available only to current GMU faculty, staff and students by registering for a user name and password. note: Click on Login to create a user profile (with your Mason e-mail account) or to log in to your account.
Educational Administration Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Abstracts of literature concerning educational administration, including educational leadership, educational management, and educational research.
Tutorial for the Educational Administration Abstracts database.
Education Database This link opens in a new window
Gives users access to over 900 educational publications.. Coverage spans the literature on primary, secondary and higher education as well as special education, home schooling, and adult education.
ProQuest Social Sciences Collections This link opens in a new window
Provides global indexing of the scholarly literature in the social sciences, including full-text scholarly journals and key non-periodical sources such as dissertations and working papers, covering political science, sociology, the applied social sciences, criminal justice, education, and other areas.
Web of Science: Core Collection This link opens in a new window
Contains citations and searchable author abstracts, covering scholarly literature in journals, books and conference proceedings. Includes: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Book Citation Index, Conference Proceedings Citation Index, Current Chemical Reactions, Index Chemicus, and Emerging Sources Citation Index. Additional resources available by selecting from the dropdown list next to the Core Collection heading. Tutorial for the Web of Science: Core Collection database.

Building and Maintaining Collaborative Communities : Schools, University, and Community Organizations
Building and Maintaining Collaborative Communities: Schools, University, and Community Organizations is a new and noteworthy volume in the literature on collaboration among schools and universities. It expands the playing field to include both publically and privately funded community organizations and the effects of the interaction of the three on projects in a multitude of settings both domestically and in international venues.
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Civic Engagement, Civic Development, and Higher Education
Each author presents a distinct approach from his or her own institution-from community colleges to research universities both public and private in the United States and the world of which it is part. Some consider initiatives which enhance educational excellence at the institutional level, where others emphasize their work with faculty members, curricula, or communities.
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Community Engagement 2.0: Dialogues on the Future of the Civic in the Disrupted University
As higher education is disrupted by technology and takes place less and less on campus, what does meaningful community engagement look like? How can it continue to enrich learning?
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Doing More with Less [Summary] : the Role of School-Community Partnerships in the Academic Success and Post-Secondary Aspirations of Low-income Students in Small Rural Schools in Virginia
The work of rural K-12 educators is necessarily supplemented by community organizations and individuals in a wide variety of ways both inside and outside the school setting. Such support,
referred to in the report as school-community partnerships, was found to be vital to the success of small rural schools and area students, particularly those from low-income backgrounds

Civic Learning American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
AAC&U provides many resources for strengthening civic and social responsibility, including white papers, campus models and case studies, assessment tools, and publications. This is an institutional membership organization, though many resources are also available to nonmembers
Engagement Scholarship Consortium (ESC)
Supports university-community partnerships with an emphasis on research and scholarship. In addition to an annual conference and publishing two journals, ESC also offers an annual, selective Emerging Engagement Scholars Workshop for doctoral students and early-career faculty interested in community-engaged scholarship.
International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE)
This key organization advances research focused on community engagement. It offers an annual conference and provides resources such as a journal, Graduate Student Network, job postings, an email newsletter, webinars, and awards/recognition for faculty and graduate student scholarship.
National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
This searchable database of free online service-learning resources includes assignments, articles, activities, reflection prompts, and more. It includes both K–12 and higher education resources.
Swearer Center for Public Service, Brown University.
The center coordinates the elective Community Engagement Classification for higher education institutions (formerly coordinated by the Carnegie Foundation, 2006-2016). Criteria includes institutional mission, reciprocity of community relationships, assessment, scholarship, and other areas.

Distance Education

American Journal of Distance Education
Provides a unique depository of previous research as well as the most recent research-based knowledge about all aspects of the pedagogy of the field.
from 01/01/1997 to present
Distance Education
The journal publishes research and scholarly material in the fields of open, distance and flexible education where learners are free from the constraints of the time, pace and place of study.
1997 to present
International Journal of Distance Education Technologies
A forum for researchers and practitioners to disseminate practical solutions to the automation of open and distance learning
.from 01/01/2003 to present
International Journal of e-Learning & Distance Education
Aims are to promote and encourage scholarly work in e-learning and distance education and provide a forum for the dissemination of international scholarship.
from 03/01/2014 to present
Open Education: The Journal for Open Education & Educational Technology
Publishes theoretical papers, original research, translations of articles, reviews and presentation of congress, symposiums, conferences, seminars and educational activities which are relevant to Open and Distance Education Technology.
from 12/01/2009 to present
Quarterly Review of Distance Education
Publishes articles, research briefs, reviews, & editorials dealing with the theories, research, & practices of distance education.
from 03/01/2002 to present
Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education (TOJDE)
Contains articles focusing on the issues and challenges of providing theory, research and information services to global learners in any kind of distance education or open learning applications.
from 2000 to present

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Digital Library This link opens in a new window
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Citations and full-text articles in the area of computing and information technologies from journals, magazines, and conference proceedings published by the ACM.
Tutorial for the ACM Digital Library database.
Cambridge Core This link opens in a new window
Provides access to Cambridge University Press journals and ebooks across all academic disciplines.
Tutorial for the Cambridge Core database.
Educational Administration Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Abstracts of literature concerning educational administration, including educational leadership, educational management, and educational research.
Tutorial for the Educational Administration Abstracts database.
Education Database This link opens in a new window
Coverage spans the literature on primary, secondary and higher education as well as special education, home schooling and adult education.
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LearnTechLib This link opens in a new window
Contains over thirty years worth of peer-reviewed and published international journal articles and conference papers on the latest research, developments, and applications related to all aspects of Educational Technology and E-Learning.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Access (searching and browsing) journals and eBooks published by Elsevier and its partners. Covers most disciplines, including science, medicine, economics and the social sciences.
Tutorial for the ScienceDirect database.
Web of Science: Core Collection This link opens in a new window
Contains citations and searchable author abstracts, covering scholarly literature in journals, books and conference proceedings. Includes: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Book Citation Index, Conference Proceedings Citation Index, Current Chemical Reactions, Index Chemicus, and Emerging Sources Citation Index. Additional resources available by selecting from the dropdown list next to the Core Collection heading. Tutorial for the Web of Science: Core Collection database.

Beyond the Online Course : Leadership Perspectives on E-learning
The book brings together scholarly and practice-based writings from the pages of the Quarterly Review of Distance Education and Distance Learning for Educators, Trainers and Leaders.
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E-Learning in the 21st Century : A Community of Inquiry Framework for Research and Practice
Provides a coherent, comprehensive, and empirically-based framework for understanding e-learning in higher education.
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Empowering Learners with Mobile Open-Access Learning Initiatives
Offers an engaging look at how mobile technologies are aiding educators in providing new, innovative ways to enhance student learning experiences. Featuring relevant topics such as switch access technology, digital portfolios, dual enrollment students, and place conscious education, this is a reliable resource for academicians, educators, students, and practitioners that are interested in studying recent mobile education advancements.
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Handbook of Research on Innovative Pedagogies and Technologies for Online Learning in Higher Education
Featuring extensive coverage across a range of relevant perspectives and topics, such as social constructivism, collaborative learning and projects, and virtual worlds, this publication is ideally designed for academicians, practitioners, and researchers seeking current research on best methods to effectively incorporate technology into the learning environment.
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Issues in Distance Education
The authors explore the current and future practice of distance education in higher education institutions, including: developing an initial infrastructure to support course design and development, revitalizing existing structures and processes for distance education, and cutting-edge practices that innovate and lead the field.
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EDUCAUSE
A nonprofit association that helps higher education elevate the impact of Information Technology
European Association for Distance Learning (EADL)
EADL aims to improve the quality and acceptance of distance learning to ensure the maximum benefit for students. EADL provides its members with a forum for open discussion of all issues related to distance learning and for sharing ideas and good practice.
International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
Global membership organization for online, open and flexible education and draws its membership from institutions, educational authorities, commercial actors, and individuals.
Online Learning Consortium
Dedicated to quality digital education for anyone, anywhere, anytime.
United States Distance Learning Association
The first nonprofit distance learning association in the United States to support distance learning research, development and praxis across the complete arena of education, training and communications.

International Higher Education

British Educational Research Journal
International peer reviewed medium for the publication of articles of interest to researchers in education and has rapidly become a major focal point for the publication of educational research from throughout the world.
from 1997 to present
Education Research International
An international journal aimed at facilitating the global exchange of education theory
from 2011 to present
International Journal of Educational Development
Reports new insight and foster critical debate about the role that education plays in development.
from 1981 to present
Journal of Higher Education
Publishes original research reporting on the academic study of higher education as a broad enterprise.
from 01/01/1997 to present
Journal of Studies in International Education (JSIE)
Forum for higher education leaders, administrators, educators, researchers and policy makers interested in all facets of the internationalization of higher education.
from 03/01/1997 to present

Digital Library for International Research This link opens in a new window
Bibliographic and full-text primary and secondary source information, covering both print collections and research collections in other media in Europe, the Near and Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, and West Africa. Includes bibliographic materials from Inner Asia and the New World.
Fuente Académica This link opens in a new window
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Accesses scholarly journal articles from Latin America, Portugal and Spain. Covers all major subject areas with particular emphasis on agriculture, biological sciences, economics, history, law, literature, philosophy, psychology, public administration, religion, and sociology.
Oxford University Press Journals This link opens in a new window
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Over 100 periodical titles in the fields of the humanities, social sciences, and the sciences. Full text generally available for the past several years; abstracts of articles date back additional years.
Social Sciences Citation Index This link opens in a new window
A multidisciplinary database indexing more than 3,000 journals across 55 social science disciplines, as well as selected items from 3,500 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals
Springer LINK This link opens in a new window
Access over 480 journals, books, book series (including Lecture Notes in Computer Science and Topics in Current Chemistry), protocols, and reference works published by Springer and its partners. Covers subjects in computer science, engineering, humanities, social sciences, law, business and economics, biomedical and life sciences. Tutorial for the Springer LINK database.
World Development Indicators Online This link opens in a new window
Contains statistical and time series data for over 600 development indicators dating back to the 1960's. Data includes social, economic, financial, and environmental indicators for over 200 countries and 18 country groups.
World Higher Education Database (WHED) This link opens in a new window
Includes information available on higher education systems and credentials in 184 countries and over 18,000 higher education institutions worldwide. Tutorial for the World Higher Education Database (WHED) database.

Annual Review of Comparative and International Education 2017
This year's Annual Review of Comparative and International Education surveys the field from several globally representative perspectives.
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Challenges in Global Learning
Offers a wide range of approaches for framing and addressing issues which currently shape global education.
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Global Competencies for Educational Diplomacy in International Settings
Geared towards school administrators, university professors, curriculum developers, and researchers interested in teaching and leading abroad.
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Intercultural Competence in Higher Education
Features the work of scholars and international education practitioners in understanding the learning outcomes of internationalization, moving beyond rhetoric to concrete practice around the world.
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Intercultural Competence in Higher Education: International Approaches, Assessment and Application
Features the work of scholars and international education practitioners in understanding the learning outcomes of internationalization, moving beyond rhetoric to concrete practice around the world.
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Comprehensive Internationalization Framework

Comprehensive internationalization is defined by the American Council on Education (ACE) as a strategic, coordinated process that seeks to align and integrate policies, programs, and initiatives to position colleges and universities as more globally oriented and internationally connected institutions.

Based on its work colleges and universities in the ACE Internationalization Laboratory and other institutions, ACE has identify six interconnected target areas that require attention and resources in order to achieve truly comprehensive internationalization. Together, these comprise the ACE Model for Comprehensive Internationalization:

Image of the 6 components of the six target areas of the model

For detailed information about the six interconnected target areas pictured above, click on the following link: Comprehensive internationalization Framework.

Visit the Internalization Toolkit which includes examples of policies, programs, surveys, and information from participants in the Internalization Laboratory program and other institutions.

Alliance for International Exchange
An association of 90 nongovernmental organizations comprising the international educational and cultural exchange community in the United States.
American Council on Education (ACE)
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ACE Model for Comprehensive Internationalization
Based on its work colleges and universities in the ACE Internationalization Laboratory and other institutions, ACE has identify six interconnected target areas that require attention and resources in order to achieve truly comprehensive internationalization. Together, these comprise the ACE Model for Comprehensive Internationalization:
Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration
CONAHEC advises and connects institutions interested in establishing or strengthening academic collaborative programs within the North American region and beyond.
European Association for International Education (EAIE)
The EAIE is the European centre for expertise, networking and resources in the internationalisation of higher education.
IIE: The Power of International Education
IIE’s mission is to help people and organizations leverage the power of international education to thrive in today’s interconnected world
International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association (HETL)
The aim of HETL is to bring together higher education professionals and thought leaders from around the world to dialogue, network, and collaborate on issues relevant to teaching and learning in higher education.
NAFSA: Association of International Educators
the world's largest nonprofit association dedicated to international education and exchange, working to advance policies and practices that ensure a more interconnected, peaceful world today and for generations to come.

Legislation & the Law

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal
Articles, review articles, commentary and book reviews covering legal topics within the field of education.
from 1993 to present
Journal of College and University Law
he only law review in the United States dedicated exclusively to the law of higher education. Since post-secondary education represents a microcosm of the greater community and world, virtually all legal issues of significant interest—race, gender, freedom of speech, religion and bioethics—arise on our campuses.
from 1973 to present
Journal of Law and Education
Devoted exclusively to school law, with emphasis on critical current & emerging issues, serving both the legal & educational professions.
from 1972 to present

HeinOnline

Very large image-based legal research database includes such collections as: Legal Classics, Law Journal Library, U.S. Supreme Court Library, U.S. Federal Legislative History Library, Treaties and Agreements Library and more.
JSTOR

Collection of core scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences digitized in most cases back to the first date of issue. JSTOR also includes selected books, primary sources and other materials for academic work.
Nexis Uni

Provides access to a wide range of news (includes New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times), business (company news, industry forecasts), government (legislative news, tax information), legal (news, case law) and reference information.

JSTOR
The complete text (full back runs) of core scholarly journals in Anthropology, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, History, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies and Sociology.

PolicyFile
Public policy research and analytical papers on governmental and legal topics can be accessed here, representing the work of think tanks, research groups and academic institutes.

Public Affairs Information Service
Formerly PAIS Decade, this database consists of articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories.

Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR)

The official compilation of all administrative regulations issued by agencies of the state of Maryland.
Congress.gov

Presented by the Library of Congress, Congress.gov is the official website for U.S. federal legislative information.
Maryland Higher Education Commission

Coordinating board responsible for establishing statewide policies for Maryland public and private colleges and universities and for-profit career schools. MHEC also administers state financial aid programs that affect students on a statewide basis.
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV)

SCHEV is the Commonwealth's coordinating body for higher education.
U.S. Department of Education - Laws and Guidance

Legislation, regulations, guidance, and other policy documents can be found here for the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), and other topics. NOTE: In the U.S., the federal role in education is limited. Because of the Tenth Amendment, most education policy is decided at the state and local levels.
Virginia Codes, Rules and Statutes

Includes bill tracking, browsing and searching, a comprehensive subject index of bills, resolutions and documents, and state code searching.

Handbook of Comparative Higher Education Law
Addresses legal issues from institutions of higher learning in seventeen countries on all six inhabited continents in a reader friendly manner. All chapters follow the same outline on institutional issues, faculty rights, student rights, and emerging issues so that similarities and differences can be compared.
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The Law of Higher Education
The Law of Higher Education, Fifth Edition, is the most up-to-date and comprehensive reference, research source, and practical legal guide for college and university administrators, campus attorneys, legal counsel, and institutional researchers, addressing all the major legal issues and regulatory developments in higher education.
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The Law of Higher Education: Student Edition
Provides an up-to-date textbook, reference, and guide for coursework in higher education law and programs preparing higher education administrators for leadership roles.
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The Rights and Responsibilities of the Modern University
This substantially revised and updated second edition includes discussion of recent judicial, legislative and regulatory college safety mandates, modern risk management and prevention practices, and the explosion in college safety and wellness issues (suicide, active shooter violence, sexual assault, etc.)
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Center for Excellence in Higher Education Law and Policy at Stetson Law School

Provides a unique resource for both attorneys and non-attorneys alike in advancing a better understanding of the ever-changing realm of higher education.
Education Law Association

he premier association for practical knowledge, scholarship, and interdisciplinary dialogue about legal and policy issues affecting all levels of education.
National Association for College and University Attorneys

The Association's purpose is to enhance legal assistance to colleges and universities by educating attorneys and administrators as to the nature of campus legal issues.
University of Houston Law Center: Institute for Higher Education Law and Governance

It has as its primary aim providing information and publications to colleges and universities related to the field of higher education law, and also has a broader mission to be a focal point for discussion and thoughtful analysis of higher education legal issues

Minorities & Gender

Diverse Issues in Higher Education
Covers issues & events affecting diverse groups in higher education.
from 8/25/2005 to present
Equity and Excellence in Education
Contains essays relating to implementing equality of learning and expanding understanding of its implications in a multicultural world; studies on schools in society.
from 04/01/1997 to present
Gender & Education
Articles and viewpoints from around the world which contribute to feminist knowledge, theory, consciousness, action, and debate.
from 03/01/1995 to present
Gender, Work and Organization
Dedicated to advancing theory, research and analytically driven applications concerning gender relations at work, the organization of gender and the gendering of organizations. Draws on organisation and management theory, cultural studies etc.
from 01/01/1996 to present
Journal of Diversity in Higher Education
Offers research findings, theory, and promising practices to help guide the efforts of institutions of higher education in the pursuit of inclusive excellence.
from 03/01/2008 to present
Journal of Hispanic Higher Education
Devoted to the advancement of knowledge and understanding of issues at Hispanic-serving institutions.
from 01/01/2002 to present
Women Studies Quarterly
An interdisciplinary forum for the exchange of emerging perspectives on women, gender, and sexuality
from 03/01/2008 to present

APA PsycArticles (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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Covers general psychology and specialized, basic, applied, clinical and theoretical research in psychology from journals published by the APA and allied organizations spanning from 1984 to the present.
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Education Research Complete This link opens in a new window
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Education Research Complete covers all aspects of education including multilingual education, health education, testing, curriculum instruction, administration, policy, funding, and all levels of education from early childhood to higher education.
GenderWatch This link opens in a new window
Provides publications that focus on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas. Its archival material, dating back to 1970, focuses on the evolution of the women's movement, men's studies, the transgendered community and the changes in gender roles over the years.
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Historically significant Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender journals, magazines and regional newspapers, as well as full-text monographs/books. Scope includes traditional academic, cultural, lifestyle and regional material, as well as speeches, case studies, newsletters and more.
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Provides global indexing of the scholarly literature in the social sciences, including full-text scholarly journals and key non-periodical sources such as dissertations and working papers, covering political science, sociology, the applied social sciences, criminal justice, education, and other areas.
Social Sciences Citation Index This link opens in a new window
Indexes more than 3,000 journals across 55 social science disciplines, as well as selected items from 3,500 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals. Covers from 1900 to the present. Part of Web of Science.
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Abstracts and indexes the international literature of sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
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This resource covers the core disciplines in Women’s Studies including feminist research. Areas covered include sociology, history, political science & economy, public policy, international relations and education.
APA PsycInfo (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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Covers the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, and other areas. Includes more than 3.7 million records.
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A Guide to LGBTQ+ Inclusion on Campus, Post-«PULSE»
Because we cannot choose our sexual, racial, ethnic, cultural, political, geographic, economic, and chronological origins, with greater advantage comes greater responsibility to redistribute life's resources in favor of those whose human rights are compromised and who lack the fundamental necessities of life. Among these basic rights are access to higher education and to positive campus experiences.
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College Curriculum at the Crossroads : Women of Color Reflect and Resist
Explores the ways in which college curriculum is complicated, informed, understood, resisted, and enriched by women of color. This text challenges the canon of curriculum development which foregrounds the experiences of white people, men and other dominant subject positions.
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Honors Education
Honors education, which celebrates excellence, and references “honor” and all that word and concept infers, heightens and promotes the principled recognition of attainment, giving rise to questions of diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Black Colleges Across the Diaspora: Global Perspectives on Race and Stratification in Post-secondary Education
This book examines colleges and universities across the diaspora with majority African, African-American, and other Black designated student enrollments.
LC2699 .B25 2018
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Empowering Men of Color on Campus : Building Student Community in Higher Education
Examines how men of color negotiate college through their engagement in Brothers for United Success (B4US), an institutionally-based male-centered program at a Hispanic Serving Institution.
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Changing Pedagogical Spaces in Higher Education: Diversity, Inequalities and Misrecognition
Speaks to those concerned with how theory relates to everyday practices and development of teaching in higher education and those who are interested in theorising about pedagogies, identities and inequalities in higher education
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American Association of University Professors
Committed solely to college and university faculty members. It defends academic freedom and tenure, advocates collegial governance, and develops policies ensuring due process.
American Association of University Women (AAUW)
The nation’s leading voice promoting equity and education for women and girls.
American Council on Education: Diversity & Inclusion
Programs, resources and research to foster greater diversity and inclusion in higher education, particularly within the senior leadership ranks.
Association on Higher Education & Disability (AHEAD)
AHEAD has offered an unparalleled member experience to disability resource professionals, student affairs personnel, ADA coordinators, diversity officers, AT/IT staff, faculty and other instructional personnel, and colleagues who are invested in creating welcoming higher education experiences for disabled individuals.
Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals
Support individuals who work on campuses to educate and support people of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities, as well as advocate for more inclusive policies and practices through an intersectional and racial justice framework
Hispanic Association of Colleges & Univeristies (HACU)
HACU is committed to Hispanic success in education, from kindergarten through graduate school and into the work force of tomorrow.

Policy & Planning

Journal of Marketing for Higher Education
Focuses on the marketing of higher education.
from 02/01/1997 to present
Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education
Provides higher education managers and administrators with innovative material which analyses and informs their practice of management.
from 03/01/1997
Planning for Higher Education
Covers trends and issues in academic planning and management, planning techniques and applied research of relevance to educational decision making.
from 10/01/2008 to present
Quality in Higher Education
Aimed at those interested in the theory, practice and policies relating to the control, management and improvement of quality in higher education
from 04/01/1997 to present

Educational Policy
Examines the relationship between educational policy and educational practice, and sheds new light on important debates and controversies within the field.
from 03/01/1987 to present
Education Policy Analysis and strategic research
Contains analysis of education policy at all levels and in all nations.
01/15/2006 to present
Higher Education Policy
Focuses on issues of significance in higher education policy.
from 01/01/1997 to present
Higher Education Quarterly
Articles concerned with policy, strategic management and ideas in higher education.
from 1987 to present
Journal of Education Policy
Publishes original, critically and theoretically informed research that discusses, analyses and debates policymaking, policy implementation and the impact of policy at all levels and in all facets of formal and informal education
from 01/01/1997 to present
Journal of Higher Education Policy & Management
The journal also aims to be of use to managers and senior academic staff who seek to place their work and interests in a broad context and influence educational policy and practice.
from 05/01/1997 to present
Studies in Higher Education
The Journal welcomes contributions that seek to enhance understanding of higher education policy, institutional management and performance, teaching and learning, and the contribution of higher education to society and the economy.
from 01/01/1976 to present

Cambridge Core This link opens in a new window
Provides access to Cambridge University Press journals and ebooks across all academic disciplines.
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Chronicle of Higher Education - Web Edition This link opens in a new window
Source of news and information on Higher Education. Includes exclusive multimedia features, such as videos and podcasts, on current topics in higher education. Additionally, the current annual Almanac of Higher Education is accessible for demographic information in higher education. Other features include interactive tools for career development, and job searching.
Educational Administration Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Abstracts of literature concerning educational administration, including educational leadership, educational management, and educational research.
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Education Research Complete This link opens in a new window
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Covers all aspects of education including multilingual education, health education, testing, curriculum instruction, administration, policy, funding, and all levels of education from early childhood to higher education.
FindPolicy.org This link opens in a new window
Search across leading think tanks in a policy area. Search engines within FindPolicy include: Climate, Economy, Development, Foreign Policy, and general Public Policy. There are also country-level and regional searches.
PAIS Index This link opens in a new window
Covers issues in the public debate through selective coverage of a variety of international sources including journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, web content, and more, from 1972 to present. Includes PAIS Archive, covering content published in print 1915-1976.
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Includes bibliographic records covering areas related to public administration, including public administration theory, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Tutorial for the Public Administration Abstracts database.

Beyond Mcdonaldization : Visions of Higher Education
his wide-ranging text discusses arguments surrounding the industrialisation of higher education, with case studies and contributions from a wide range of international authors.
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New Perspectives on Internationalization and Competitiveness: Integrating Economics, Innovation and Higher Education
This book is organized into two sections, focusing on: science and economics and innovation policy and its measurement, with an underlying emphasis on exploring connections across disciplines and across research, practice and policy.
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Planning and Assessment in Higher Education: Demonstrating Institutional Effectiveness
An essential resource for college and university leaders and staff charged with the task of providing evidence of institutional effectiveness.
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Survival of the Fittest:The Shifting Contours of Higher Education in China and the United States
Examines how universities in China and the US are responding to markets and increasing global competition.
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Using Data to Improve Higher Education: Research, Policy, and Practice
Under the current economic downturn, universities are under pressure to further cut costs while maintaining their attractiveness to prospective students. As a result educational policy makers and administrators are called to select the 'right' alternatives, aiming for both efficiency and effectiveness in delivered outcomes.
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Why Universities Should Seek Happiness and Contentment
Conceptualises higher education in a counter-valued way to the current dominant discourse of higher education institutions and educational policy while placing students at the centre of their own educational activity
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Association for the Study of Higher Education

romotes collaboration among its members and others engaged in the study of higher education through research, conferences, and publications, including its highly regarded journal,
Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution

The Law Library collects all Brookings Institution publications; check GULLiver catalog for print versions. This site provides a subject arrangement of Brookings' publications on education. Topics included are: education equality, education finance, education research, education statistics, elementary and secondary education (K-12), higher education, school choice, teachers, testing and assessments.
Society for College and University Planning (SCUP)

community of higher education leaders responsible for the integration of planning on their campuses and for the professionals who support them.
University Risk Management and Insurance Association (URMIA)

URMIA's core purpose is to promote the advancement and application of effective risk management principles and practices in institutions of higher education.

Program Evaluation

American Journal of Evaluation
Contains articles on techniques and methods of evaluation to assist evaluators to improve the theory and practice of their profession, to develop their skills, to encourage dialogue, and to improve their knowledege base.
from 02/01/1981 to present
Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education
Provides current information about significant developments within the field of assessment & evaluation in higher education.
from 03/01/1997 to present
Educational Assessment, Evaluation & Accountability
Original title: Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education (2002 - 2007). Focuses on educational effectiveness
from 2009 to present
Evaluation & Program Planning
Based on the principle that the techniques and methods of evaluation and planning transcend the boundaries of specific fields and that relevant contributions to these areas come from people representing many different positions, intellectual traditions, and interests.
from 1978 to present

Cambridge Journals Online
Over 125 specialized journals from renowned research societies and associations in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities.

Education Full Text
Coverage of education-related English-language periodicals, monographs & yearbooks. Topics include: comparative education, educational technology, multicultural/ethnic education, teaching methods, literacy standards, school administration & others.

Education Research Complete
Education Research Complete covers all aspects of education including multilingual education, health education, testing, curriculum instruction, administration, policy, funding, and all levels of education from early childhood to higher education.

Educational Administration Abstracts
Abstracts of literature concerning educational administration, including educational leadership, educational management, and educational research.

Social Sciences Citation Index
A multidisciplinary database, with searchable author abstracts for over 60% of the articles, covering the journal literature of the social sciences

Accreditation on the Edge : Challenging Quality Assurance in Higher Education
Brings together stakeholders to illustrate the complexities of the accreditation system and to map the critical issues that must be navigated going forward
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Handbook on Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation in Higher Education
In this valuable resource, well-known scholars present a detailed understanding of contemporary theories and practices, with guidance on how to apply these ideas for the benefit of students and institutions.
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Higher Education Governance in the Arab World : Exploring the Challenges of the Education Sector and Social Realities
This book offers an insight into the complications higher education is currently facing in the Arab world. It discusses whether governance in international higher education is of particular importance in Arab countries when considering their difference in political systems, cultures, interests, concerns and numerous conflicts.
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Improving Quality in American Higher Education : Learning Outcomes and Assessments for the 21st Century
Outlines the fundamental concepts and competencies society demands from today's college graduates, and provides a vision of the future for students, faculty, and administrators
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Learning Analytics in Higher Education
Gain an overview of learning analytics technologies in higher education, including broad considerations and the barriers to introducing them.
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The American Evaluation Association
The American Evaluation Association is a professional association of evaluators devoted to the application and exploration of program evaluation, personnel evaluation, technology, and many other forms of evaluation. Evaluation involves assessing the strengths and weaknesses of programs, policies, personnel, products, and organizations to improve their effectiveness.
Center for Measuring University Performance (MUP)
A research enterprise focused on the competitive national context for major research universities. The MUP work relies heavily on the initiative and insight of its advisory board and draws on the insight and recommendations of many colleagues throughout the country who contribute data, information, and perspective.
Council for Higher Education Accreditation
A national advocate and institutional voice for promoting academic quality through accreditation,
Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS}
Pre-eminent force for promoting standards in student affairs, student services, and student development programs.
National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA)
NILOA’s primary objective is to discover and disseminate ways that academic programs and institutions can productively use assessment data internally to inform and strengthen undergraduate education, and externally to communicate with policy makers, families and other stakeholders.

Student Services

This page links to resources related to issues in student services in higher education. Including relevant:

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College Student Affairs Journal
Focuses on concepts, practices, and research that have implications and applicability for practitioners involved in college student affairs work.
from 03/01/2005 to present
Journal of College & University Student Housing
Features current research, literature reviews, & other scholarly material of interest to housing officers.
from 06/01/2004 to present
Journal of College Student Development
Largest and leading source of research about college students and the field of student affairs, publishes scholarly articles and reviews from a wide range of academic fields.
from 01/01/2003 to present
Journal of Educational Administration & History
The Journal publishes papers that contribute to and historicise debates on educational administration, leadership, management and policy in a range of settings.
from 01/01/1997 to present
Journal of Student Affairs Research & Practice (JSARP)
Formerly known as NAPSA Journal.
JSARP publishes the most rigorous, relevant, and well-respected research and practice making a difference in student affairs practice
from 01/01/2010 to present
New Directions for Student Services
A series of thematic journals offering guidelines and programs for aiding students in their total development--emotional, social and physical as well as intellectual.
from 01/01/1996 to present

APA PsycInfo (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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Covers the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, and other areas. Includes more than 3.7 million records.
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Cambridge Core This link opens in a new window
Provides access to Cambridge University Press journals and ebooks across all academic disciplines.
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Educational Administration Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Abstracts of literature concerning educational administration, including educational leadership, educational management, and educational research.
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Education Research Complete This link opens in a new window
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Covers all aspects of education including multilingual education, health education, testing, curriculum instruction, administration, policy, funding, and all levels of education from early childhood to higher education.
Sage Journals Online This link opens in a new window
Provides online access (searching and browsing) to over 800 journals published by Sage in fields of Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine. Tutorial for the Sage Journals Online database.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Access (searching and browsing) journals and eBooks published by Elsevier and its partners. Covers most disciplines, including science, medicine, economics and the social sciences.
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Social Sciences Citation Index This link opens in a new window
Indexes more than 3,000 journals across 55 social science disciplines, as well as selected items from 3,500 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals. Covers from 1900 to the present. Part of Web of Science.
Tutorial for the Social Science Citation Index Expanded database.
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Search, browse, and access the full text of more than 2,000 journals published by Taylor & Francis covering the humanities, medicine, the social sciences, science, and technology. View a tutorial on this database here.

Angst and Hope : Current Issues in Student Affairs Leadership
This volume focuses on contexts for understanding student affairs leadership and experiences of contemporary student affairs leaders, including issues of concern, such as: affordability and access, student health and well-being, diversity and inclusion, and regulations and compliance.
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Gender and Sexual Diversity in U. S. Higher Education: Contexts & Opportunities for LGBTQ College Students
This volume includes this enlarged body of research on LGBTQ students, taken in the context of widespread changes in public attitudes and public policies related to LGBTQ people, integrating scholarship and student affairs practice
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Generation Vet : Composition, Student Veterans, and the Post-9/11 University
Institutions of higher education are experiencing the largest influx of enrolled veterans since World War II, and these student veterans are transforming post-secondary classroom dynamics. While many campus divisions like admissions and student services are actively moving to accommodate the rise in this demographic, little research about this population and their educational needs is available, and academic departments have been slower to adjust.
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Latino Access to Higher Education : Ethnic Realities and New Directions for the Twenty-first Century
Latino experience in the world of academia, focusing primarily, but not exclusively, on first-generation Latino students in higher education, delineating the dynamics of the educational journey, while situating their experiences within the ethnic community, the overall American society, and the international community.
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Student Affairs Professionals Cultivating Campus Climates Inclusive of International Students
Examines how student affairs professionals and their campus partners might welcome diverse populations of international students. Provides strategies for enhancing interactions between international and domestic students, as well as the greater campus community.
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Supporting Student Affairs and Professionals
This volume provides a framework for excellence in student affairs work at community colleges, including assessing quality and outcomes for program development and accreditation.
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American Association of Collegiate Registrars & Admissions Officers
Provides professional development, guidelines, and voluntary standards to be used by higher education officials regarding the best practices in records management, admissions, enrollment management, administrative information technology, and student services.
American College Personnel Association (ACPA)
Leading comprehensive student affairs association that advances student affairs and engages students for a lifetime of learning and discovery.
Association for Student Conduct Administration (ASCA)
The mission statement of ASCA is to advance the student conduct profession.
National Academic Advising Association (NACADA)
NACADA promotes and supports quality academic advising in institutions of higher education to enhance the educational development of students.
National Association of Student Affairs Professionals (NASAP)
The mission of NASAP is to promote professional development training, research, and advocacy for student affairs professionals and student leaders who serve at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and those professionals who serve in other diverse settings of higher education.
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA)
Provides professional development and services for financial aid administrators; advocates for public policies that increase student access and success; serves as a forum on student financial aid issues, and is committed to diversity throughout all activities.

Teaching Methods & Curriculum

Active Learning in Higher Education
An international, refereed publication for all those who teach and support learning in higher education (HE) and those who undertake or use research into effective learning, teaching and assessment in universities and colleges.
from 07/01/2000 to present
Curriculum Inquiry
Dedicated to studies of educational experience in schools, communities, families, and other local or transnational settings, using a range of theoretical and disciplinary approaches.
from 01/01/1997 to present
International Journal of Teaching & Learning in Higher Education
Provides broad coverage of higher education pedagogy and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) across diverse content areas, educational institutions, and levels of instructional expertise.
from 2006 to present
Journal of Computing in Higher Education
Contributes to our understanding of the design, development, and implementation of instructional processes and technologies in higher education.
from 01/01/1997 to present
National Teaching & Learning Forum
Covers the breadth of college teaching and learning issues including learning theory, class management, pedagogical innovation, technology and more
from 1997 to present
Teaching in Higher Education
Addresses the roles of teaching, learning and the curriculum in higher education in order to explore and clarify the intellectual challenges which they present.
from 03/01/1997 to present

Action Learning: Research and Practice
Publishes articles which advance knowledge and assist the development of practice through the processes of action learning.
from 04/01/2004 to present
Higher Education Research & Development
Informs and challenges researchers, teachers, administrators, policy-makers and others concerned with the past, present and future of higher education.
from 04/01/1997 to present
Innovative Higher Education
A refereed scholarly journal of articles presenting descriptions and evaluations of current innovations in higher education that strike a balance between practice and theory.
from Fall 1983 to present
Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice
Dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of academic and intellectual knowledge by publishing, through a blind, refereed process, ongoing results of research in accordance with international scientific or scholarly standards.
from 04/01/2011 to present
New Directions for Teaching & Learning
A series of thematic journals presenting ideas and techniques for improving college teaching, based both on the practical expertise of seasoned instructors and on the latest research findings of educational and psychological researchers.
from 01/01/1996 to present
Professional Development in Education
Publishes original contributions on professional learning and development (PLD) in its widest sense.
from 03/01/2009 to present

APA PsycInfo (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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Covers the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, and other areas. Includes more than 3.7 million records.
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Cambridge Core This link opens in a new window
Provides access to Cambridge University Press journals and ebooks across all academic disciplines.
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Chronicle of Higher Education - Web Edition This link opens in a new window
Source of news and information on Higher Education. Includes exclusive multimedia features, such as videos and podcasts, on current topics in higher education. Additionally, the current annual Almanac of Higher Education is accessible for demographic information in higher education. Other features include interactive tools for career development, and job searching.
ECAR (EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research) This link opens in a new window
Publications about the role and implications of information technology in higher education. Access to full-text is available only to current GMU faculty, staff and students by registering for a user name and password. note: Click on Login to create a user profile (with your Mason e-mail account) or to log in to your account.
Education Research Complete This link opens in a new window
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Covers all aspects of education including multilingual education, health education, testing, curriculum instruction, administration, policy, funding, and all levels of education from early childhood to higher education. Provides indexing for over 1,800 journals, as well as full-text for over 900 journals, 81 books, and numerous education-related conference papers.
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ERIC This link opens in a new window
References to thousands of educational topics. Indexes journal articles, books, theses, curricula, conference papers, standards, guidelines and more. ERIC documents (non-journal literature) are available full-text, 1993 to the present.

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LearnTechLib This link opens in a new window
Contains over thirty years worth of peer-reviewed and published international journal articles and conference papers on the latest research, developments, and applications related to all aspects of Educational Technology and E-Learning.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection This link opens in a new window
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Offers over 500 full-text, scholarly journals. Also provides indexing and abstracts for all journals in the collection. Subject coverage includes emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Tutorial for the Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection database.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Access (searching and browsing) journals and eBooks published by Elsevier and its partners. Covers most disciplines, including science, medicine, economics and the social sciences.
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Social Sciences Citation Index This link opens in a new window
Indexes more than 3,000 journals across 55 social science disciplines, as well as selected items from 3,500 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals. Covers from 1900 to the present. Part of Web of Science.
Tutorial for the Social Science Citation Index Expanded database.
TestLink (ETS) This link opens in a new window
Contains descriptions of over 20,000 tests and other measurement devices dating from the early 1900s to the present. Searchable by title, author (personal or corporate), acronym, subject, year or call number. Note: Some tests are located in the Tests in Microfiche collection located in Periodicals/Microforms on the 1st floor of Fenwick Library.
Web of Science: Core Collection This link opens in a new window
Contains citations and searchable author abstracts, covering scholarly literature in journals, books and conference proceedings. Includes: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Book Citation Index, Conference Proceedings Citation Index, Current Chemical Reactions, Index Chemicus, and Emerging Sources Citation Index. Additional resources available by selecting from the dropdown list next to the Core Collection heading. Tutorial for the Web of Science: Core Collection database.
World Higher Education Database (WHED) This link opens in a new window
Includes information available on higher education systems and credentials in 184 countries and over 18,000 higher education institutions worldwide. Tutorial for the World Higher Education Database (WHED) database.

Designing Interdisciplinary Education : A Practical Handbook for University Teachers
erves as a foothold for interdisciplinary initiatives in higher education, whether it be programmes, minors, courses or extra-curricular activities. It offers accessible guidance and practical advice for university teachers and curriculum leaders who aim to develop, implement and sustain a successful interdisciplinary approach to their teaching at the classroom, course or programme level.
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The Digital Turn in Higher Education : International Perspectives on Learning and Teaching in a Changing World
It presents epistemological, ethical and theoretical approaches, and best practice examples, from universities in different countries using different learning strategies. The book can be understood as an international and interdisciplinary collection providing heuristic strategies for handling the digitalization of higher education in theory and in practice.
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Handbook of Research on Innovative Pedagogies and Technologies for Online Learning in Higher Education
Featuring extensive coverage across a range of relevant perspectives and topics, such as social constructivism, collaborative learning and projects, and virtual worlds, this publication is ideally designed for academicians, practitioners, and researchers seeking current research on best methods to effectively incorporate technology into the learning environment.
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Hybrid Teaching and Learning
It offers a comprehensive range of ideas and techniques for improving college teaching based on the experience of seasoned instructors and the latest findings of educational and psychological researchers.
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Leading Academic Change : Vision, Strategy, Transformation
Writing in a highly accessible style, the author recommends changes for higher education such as the reallocation of resources to support full-time faculty members in foundation-level courses, navigable pathways from community college to the university, infusion rather than proliferation of courses, and the role of state universities in countering the disappearance of the middle class.
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Making Sense of the College Curriculum : Faculty Stories of Change, Conflict, and Accommodation
Helps to answer the question of why developing a coherent undergraduate curriculum is so vexing to colleges and universities. Their stories also belie the public's and policymakers' belief that faculty members care more about their scholarship and research than their students and work far less than most people.
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Risk-Taking in Higher Education : The Importance of Negotiating Intellectual Challenge in the College Classroom
This volume includes authors from numerous academic disciplines to emphasize both the importance of risk-taking across higher education and to highlight the varied approaches to incorporate risk-taking into classroom practices.
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American Association of University Professors
AAUP has helped to shape American higher education by developing the standards and procedures that maintain quality in education and academic freedom in this country's colleges and universities. We define fundamental professional values and standards for higher education, advance the rights of academics, particularly as those rights pertain to academic freedom and shared governance, and promote the interests of higher education teaching and research.
American Educational Research Association
The American Educational Research Association (AERA), a national research society, strives to advance knowledge about education, to encourage scholarly inquiry related to education, and to promote the use of research to improve education and serve the public good.
Educause
EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education through the use of information technology.
National Education Association: Higher Education Faculty & Staff
Provides a wealth of information on organizing, issues and advocacy, and much more
Tomorrow's Professor
Tomorrow’s Professor is a mailing list aimed at sharing diverse and world-wide teaching and learning topics among its 25,000+ subscribers. This initiative is sponsored by the Stanford Center for Teaching and Learning.