Understanding the College-Choice Process Page 1 This chapter summarizes what we have
learned regarding the process that students and their families undergo when making decisions …

This mixed-methods study used open-response survey data, focus groups, and an
experimental simulation to explore how 311 admissions officers defined and used concepts …

Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs)—not-for-profit, degree-granting colleges and
universities that enroll at least 25% or more Latinx students—are among the fastest-growing …

Students and the public routinely consult various published college rankings to assess the
quality of colleges and universities and easily compare different schools. However, many …

University rankings have gained popularity around the world and are now a significant factor
shaping reputation. This second edition updates Ellen Hazelkorn's first comprehensive study …

This article demonstrates the value of Foucault's conception of discipline for understanding
organizational responses to rankings. Using a case study of law schools, we explain why …

The global expansion of access to higher education has increased demand for information
on academic quality and has led to the development of university ranking systems or league …

Although academic entrepreneurship is a topic receiving some attention in the literature,
higher education's appetite for expanding technology transfer activities suggests that more …

An analysis of three decades of data from national samples of entering college freshmen
reveals that (a) there are substantial socioeconomic inequities in access to the most …

This chapter traces the development of student engagement as a research-informed
intervention to shift the discourse on quality in higher education to emphasize matters of …