ABSTRACT How can we provide a quality student experience, cultivate human connections, and create learning working environments in which all members of an institution thrive? The purpose this chapter is to highlight how the Appreciative Education theory‐to‐practice framework help guide institutions becoming Campuses by providing fully human‐centered approach for rehumanizing, recentering, reinvigorating college campuses. We strides strategies may become Campuses, ultimately address...

While the ascendancy of market behaviours in public research universities is well documented, extent to which have transformed themselves into industry-like organisations has been called question. So what are displaying transformation their core values? The concept institutional logics, with its focus on relationship between organisational design and underlying beliefs values, shows potential address this Yet study logics at campus level date limited. This paper presents an empirical...

By 2010, all but 12 U.S. states had adopted some form of research and development tax credits. The forces driving the rapid rise spread this policy remain unclear. This event history analysis finds adoption to be associated with higher state unemployment levels, supporting notion “policy-making from disadvantage.” Yet patenting activity is also adoption, suggesting that having a strong preexisting (R&D) infrastructure facilitates adoption. In 1980s, Republican governor apparently...

This paper examines the growing number of affiliations between research universities and "affiliated nonprofit organizations" (ANPOs) that exist to support them. We posit universities' increasing ties ANPOs represent strategic responses unfavorable environmental conditions. In other words, it is likely practice affiliating with many reflects an institution's position within field universities. Panel regression results indicate large numbers associated particular indicators (e.g., tuition...

As economic competition becomes more global and knowledge-based, US states have independently pursued initiatives in research development (R&D) science technology (S&T). Policy efforts often entwine government, universities, industry, aiming to stimulate socially optimal levels of innovation growth. Partnerships this arena are well documented, but few studies foreground first-person accounts policy dynamics. Through comparative case study Georgia, Missouri, Texas, we present perspectives...

National tertiary-education systems are in a period of transition worldwide. Numerous have grown dramatically enrollments and many undergone structural reforms. Often, these organizational changes flow the direction greater privatization association with increased accountability for performance on various dimensions. This essay outlines growing movement that U.S. examines trends’ implications management, enrollment, stratification, pay, staffing country. Conclusions focus broader questions...

Abstract Many regional public universities (RPUs) provide college access to diverse groups of undergraduate students and face pressures pursue prestige in the academic hierarchy. Prior research posits that RPUs will strive for because status‐ resource‐based rewards flow from increasing their admissions selectivity, research‐intensity, wealth. As this dominant perspective suggests, may erode historic missions democratizing educational opportunity emulate more elite peers improve external...

For a future faculty member the choice of which graduate programme and institution to attend is considered have important implications for securing academic employment, developing skills succeed in academia, yielding positive returns on investment time money education. Yet does it matter where attends school – if so, reputation or that matters most his her labour market outcomes? In this study, we used nationally representative data from U.S. estimate relationship between member’s their...

Much of the research and discussion Historically Black Colleges Universities (HBCUs) focuses on four-year institutions, impeding significance their two-year counterparts. Using extant literature data from National Center for Education Statistics' Integrated Postsecondary Data System (IPEDS), this paper elucidates Community (HBCCs). By providing nuanced perspectives group community colleges, we situate these institutions in unique context. The provides a historical background HBCCs, review...

US public research universities face increasing pressures to compete in higher education, but receive fewer resources from their states than previous eras. Prior suggests that these institutions adopt market-driven mentalities and practices generate revenues while eschewing missions. We posit may employ competition profit-seeking (market mechanisms) resource the campus as a whole serve broader society. As such, could potentially bend some industry-oriented principles behaviors bolster social...

Background Popular commentary portrays private liberal arts colleges (LACs) as ensnared within a “death spiral” due to unprecedented enrollment and financial challenges. But, in contrast ominous predictions, recent evidence suggests strong levels of innovative activity resilience the sector, reflected creation adoption methods, approaches, configurations new these campuses. In periods rapid change transition, LAC stakeholders are likely seek research on how different change-centered...

Abstract The college enrollment landscape has changed vastly in the last couple of decades. As such, regional public universities (RPUs) have had to become increasingly strategic how they recruit new students attend their institutions. For example, total declined from 2010 2017, and this population continues more diverse race/ethnicity socioeconomic background. This chapter highlights enrollment‐related changes that these institutions undergone across key variables. We close with two case...

ABSTRACT Private master's comprehensive institutions (PMCIs) in the United States navigate pressures to expand college access and equity while striving for prestige academic hierarchy. To strive entails competing world‐class status of greater selectivity, research intensity resources, but such a pathway excellence may, because market‐competition, deepen institutional student stratification sector. In this study, we examine how organisational characteristics associated with influence...