Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research. Volume 30

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 topic, critiques the research literature in terms of its conceptual and methodological rigor, and sets forth an agenda for future research intended to advance knowledge on the chosen topic. The Handbook focuses on a comprehensive set of central areas of study in higher education that encompasses the salient dimensions of scholarly and policy inquiries undertaken in the international higher education community. Each annual volume contains chapters on such diverse topics as research on college students and faculty, organization and administration, curriculum and instruction, policy, diversity issues, economics and finance, history and philosophy, community colleges, advances in research methodology, and more. The series is fortunate to have attracted annual contributions from distinguished scholars throughout the world. This book contains the following chapters: (1) A Memoir of My Professional Life: What I Can Remember and What I Can Tell (Kenneth A. Feldman); (2) A Model of Critical Thinking in Higher Education (Martin Davies); (3) Unbundling the Faculty Role in Higher Education: Utilizing Historical, Theoretical, and Empirical Frameworks to Inform Future Research (Sean Gehrke and Adrianna Kezar); (4) Interest Groups and State Policy for Higher Education: New Conceptual Understandings and Future Research Directions (Erik C. Ness, David A. Tandberg, and Michael K. McLendon); (5) Endurance Testing: Histories of Liberal Education in U.S. Higher Education (Katherine E. Chaddock and Anna Janosik Cooke); (6) Promoting Effective Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (Rodney A. Clifton, Jeremy M. Hamm, and Patti C. Parker); (7) Critical Advocacy Perspectives on Organization in Higher Education (Penny A. Pasque and Rozana Carducci); (8) Quantile Regression: Analyzing Changes in Distributions Instead of Means (Stephen R. Porter); (9) Academic Capitalism and (Secondary) Academic Labor Markets: Negotiating a New Academy and Research Agenda (Gary Rhoades and Blanca M. Torres-Olave); (10) Men of Color in Community Colleges: A Synthesis of Empirical Findings (J. Luke Wood, Robert T. Palmer, and Frank Harris, III.); (11) Industry-Academia Linkages: Lessons from Empirical Studies and Recommendations for Future Inquiry (Pilar Mendoza); and (12) Serving a Different Master: Assessing College Educational Quality for the Public (Corbin M. Campbell). [For the previous volume "Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research. Volume 29," see ED591556.]