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Educational Attainment in the United States 2007 - U.S. Census Bureau; Report released January 10, 2008

Foreign Students in the United States: Policies and Legislation - Haddal, Chad C.
Congressional Research Service; Report updated December 10, 2007, 26p

Policy Considerations for Enhancing Student Access and Persistence in a World in Which Tuition Keeps Rising
Ehrenberg, Ronald G.
Background paper prepared for the Aspen Institute Congressional Program, Cornell Higher Education Research Institute; Revised Draft released December 7, 2007, 12p

Deciding on Postsecondary Education - National Postsecondary Education Cooperative. Report released December 11, 2007

Social Science PhDs - Five+ Years Out - The Center for Innovation and Research in Graduate Education, University of Washington - December 2007, online edition

MLA releases Enrollments in Languages Other Than English in United States Institutions of Higher Education, Fall 2006 - Webrelease November 13, 2007, 29p

Distance Education Choices, Choices, and More Choices - Bedord, Jean
Searcher, October 2007, v15, #9, pp18-23

Online Nation: Five Years of Growth in Online Learning
- Sloan Consortium and the Babson Survey Research Group, Babson College, Report released October 2007, online edition, 31p

For International Student Athletes, a Longer Obstacle Course - Connell, Christopher - International Educator, September/October 2007, v16, #5, pp58-62

The Social and Political Views of American Professors - Gross, Neil; Simmons, Solon - Harvard University, Working Paper, September 24, 2007, online edition, 76p

Persistence and Attainment of 2003-04 Beginning Postsecondary Students: After Three Years - National Center for Education Statistics Report. Webrelease August 15, 2007

Differential Characteristics of 2-Year Postsecondary Institutions - National Center for Education Statistics Report, Published August 10, 2007, online edition.

On Campus and Beyond: College Students Today - Crane, Linda
Trends & Tudes, August 2007, v6, #6, online edition, 5p

Top 100 Graduate Degree Producers - Borden, Victor M.H.; Brown, Pamela C. - Diverse - Issues in Higher Education, Published July 12, 2007, online edition

Why Accreditation Doesn’t Work and What Policymakers Can Do About It - American Council of Trustees and Alumni, July 2007, online edition, 32p

The Athlete Stigma in Higher Education - Simons, Herbert D. et.al.
College Student Journal, June 2007, v41, #2, pp251-273

Academic Research and Development Expenditures: Fiscal Year 2005

National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics. Report released May 2007

International Graduate Admission Survey - Council of Graduate Schools. Report released April 16, 2007,online edition

2006-07 Report on the Economic Status of the Profession - American Association of University Professors ,Report released April 12, 2007, online edition, 15p

The Top American Research Universities - Center for Measuring University Performance 2006 Annual Report. Released April 2007, online edition, 228p

The Measure of Learning - Kingsbury, Alex - U.S. News and World Report, v142, #9, March 12, 2007, pp53-57

The Race to Attract International Students - Education Sector, March 22, 2007, online edition

Barriers to Adjustment: Needs of International Students within a Semi-Urban Campus Community - Poyrazli, Senel; Maraj Grahame, Kamini - Journal of Instructional Psychology, March 2007, v34, #1, pp28-45

An Exploratory Study of Perceived Discrimination and Homesickness: A Comparison of International Students and American Students - Poyrazli, Senel; Lopez, Marcos Damian - Journal of Psychology, May 2007, v141, #3, pp263-280

Charitable Contributions to Colleges and Universities - Council for Aid to Education. Survey released February 21, 2007, online edition, 5p

The Path Through Graduate School: A Longitudinal Examination Ten Years After Bachelor’s Degree - Postsecondary Education Descriptive Analysis Report. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, February 2007. 119p

The American Freshmen: Norms for 2006 - Higher Education Research Institute, University of California at Los Angeles, Released January 19, 2007, online edition

Entering the Interaction Age: Implementing a Future Vision for Campus Learning Spaces...Today - Milne, Andrew J. - EDUCAUSE Review, v42, #1, January/February 2007, pp12–31

Foreign Students in the United States:  Policies and Legislation
Chaddal, Chad C. - Congressional Research Service (CRS), Library of Congress, Updated December 8, 2006, online edition

The Humboldt Illusion - Ash, Mitchell G. - Wilson Quarterly; Autumn 2006, v30, #4, pp45-49

The 2006 Brown Center Report on American Education: How Well Are Our Students Learning? - The Brookings Institution, Brown Center on Education Policy, October 18,, 2006, online edition, 34p

Students on the Move: The Future of International Students in the United States - American Council on Education (ACE), October 2006, online edition, 16p

Studying Attrition and Degree Completion Behavior among First-Generation College Students in the United States - Ishitani, Terry T. - Journal of Higher Education, Sep/Oct2006, v77, #5, pp861-885

Playing the Board Game: An Empirical Analysis of University Trustee and Corporate Board Interlocks. - Pusser, Brian; Slaughter, Sheila; Thomas, Scott - Journal of Higher Education, Sep/Oct 2006, v77, #5, pp747-775

Mind to Market: A Global Analysis of University Biotechnology Transfer and Commercialization - Milken Institute, September 2006, online edition

International Graduate Admissions in U.S. up 12% Compared to Last Year - Council of Graduate School Survey, released August 9, 2006, online edition, 7p

Teaching Awards: What Do They Award? - Chism, Nancy Van Note
Journal of Higher Education, Jul/Aug 2006, v77, #4, pp589-617

Student Financing of Graduate and First-Professional Education: 2003-04 - Profiles of Students in Selected Degree Programs and Part-Time Students - Statistical Analysis Report, Published by the U.S. Department of Education, May 31, 2006, online edition

The Evangelical Mind Revisited - Wolfe, Alan - Change, - Mar/Apr2006, v38, #2, pp8-16

College Classifications Get an Overhaul - June, Audrey Williams
Chronicle of Higher Education, March 3, 2006, v52, #26, ppA25-A27

College Endowments Post 'Respectable' Returns for 2005 - Strout, Erin - Chronicle of Higher Education, January 27, 2006, v52, #21, ppA1-A30

Higher Education and Economic Growth: A Conference Report
Mattoon, Richard H. - Chicago Fed Letter; Jan2006 Special Issue Issue 222A, p1, 4p

Inside the Ivory Tower. Peterson, Susan, Michael J. Tierney, Daniel Maliniak. Foreign Policy, November/December 05, v151, pp58-64

Ferment and Change: Higher Education in 2015 - Yankelovish, Daniel - Chronicle of Higher Education, November 25, 2005, v52, #14, ppB6-B9


Growing by Degrees - Online Education in the United States, 2005 - Allen, Elaine; Joyce, Kevern R.; Seaman, Jeff Ph.D. - Sloan Report released November 2005, online edition

Is There Life After Rankings? Diver, Colin. Atlantic, November 2005, v296, #4, pp136-139

The Best Class Money Can Buy. Quirk, Matthew. Atlantic, November 2005, v296, #4, p128-134

Chronicling Higher Education for Nearly Forty Years - Baldwin, Joyce - Carnegie Results (Carnegie Corporation of New York), Winter 2006, 12p

Academic Freedom: Are Liberals Stifling Conservative Views on Campus? Clemmitt, Marcia. CQ Researcher, October 7, 2005, v15, #35, pp833-856

A Graduate Student's Guide to Publishing Scholarly Journal Articles -Van Cott. Donna Lee, PS, Political Science & Politics, October 2005,.v38, #4, pp741

The Relationship between Parental Involvement as Social Capital and College Enrollment: An Examination of Racial/Ethnic Group Differences. Perna, Laura Walter; Titus, Marvin A. Journal of Higher Education, Sep/Oct 2005, v76, #5, pp485-518

Graduate Enrollment in Science and Engineering Programs Up in 2003, but Declines for First-Time Foreign Students. Oliver, Julia. National Science Foundation Info Brief, August 2005, online edition, 6p

2003-04 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study - Undergraduate Financial Aid Estimates for 2003-04 by Type of Institution. National Center for Education Statistics. June 24, 2005, 74p

Measuring Internationalization at Comprehensive Universities. Green, Madeleine. American Council on Education Report. June 2005, 31p









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