The Steinhardt Institute for Higher Education Policy

The Steinhardt Institute for Higher Education Policy

Recent Publications

ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION

Outcomes Assessment for First-year Programs, Curricula, Co-Curricula and
Experiences

Mayhew, M.J., Vanderlinden, K., & Kim, E. (in press). A multi-level assessment of the impact of orientation programs on student leaning. Research in Higher Education.

Mayhew, M.J., Caldwell, R.C., & Hourigan, A. (2008). The influence of curricular-based interventions within first-year "success" courses on student alcohol expectancies and engagement in high-risk drinking behaviors. The NASPA Journal, 45(1), 49-72.

Grunwald, H.E. & Mayhew, M.J. (2008). Using propensity scores in identifying a comparison group in a quasi-experimental design: Moral reasoning development as an outcome. Research in Higher Education, 49(8), 758-775.

Mayhew, M.J., Wolniak, G.C., & Pascarella, E. T. (2008). How educational practices affect the development of life-long learning outcomes in traditionally-aged undergraduate students. Research in Higher Education, 49(4), 317-356.

Mayhew, M.J. & King, P.M. (2008). How curricular content and pedagogical strategies affect moral reasoning development in college students. Journal of Moral Education, 37(1), 17-40.

Engberg, M.E. & Mayhew, M.J. (2007). The influence of first-year "success" courses on student learning and democratic outcomes. Journal of College Student Development, 48(3), 241-258.

Mayhew, M.J. & Deluca Fernandez, S. D. (2007). Pedagogical practices that contribute to social justice outcomes. Review of Higher Education, 31(1), 55-80.

Outcomes Assessment for Professional Schools' (Business, Engineering, Medicine) Educational Practices

Mayhew, M.J., Hubbard, S.H., Finelli, C.J., Harding, T.S., & Carpenter, D.D. (2009). Using structural equation modeling to validate the theory of planned behavior for predicting student cheating. Review of Higher Education, 32(4), 441-468.

Harding, T., Mayhew, M.J., Finelli, & Carpenter, D. (2007). The theory of planned behavior as a model of academic dishonesty in humanities and engineering undergraduates. Ethics and Behavior, 17(3), 255-279.

Passow, H.J., Mayhew, M.J., Finelli, C., Harding, T., & Carpenter, D. (2006). Factors influencing engineering students' decisions to cheat by type of assessment. Research in Higher Education, 47(6), 643-684.

Assessing and Evaluating Campus Climates for Diversity and Democratic Outcomes

Mayhew, M.J. & Engberg, M.E. (in press). Diversity and moral reasoning: How negative diverse peer interactions affect the development of moral reasoning in undergraduate students. Journal of Higher Education.

Mayhew, M.J., Grunwald, H.E., & Dey, E.L. (2006). Breaking the silence: Achieving a positive campus climate for diversity from the staff perspective. Research in Higher Education, 47(1), 63-88.

Mayhew, M.J. & Grunwald, H.E. (2006). Factors that contribute to faculty's incorporation of diversity-related content into their course materials. Journal of Higher Education, 77(1), 148-168.

Mayhew, M.J., Grunwald, H.E., & Dey, E.L. (2005). Curriculum Matters: Creating a positive climate for diversity from the student perspective. Research in Higher Education, 46(4), 389-412.

Mayhew, M.J. (2004). Exploring the essence of spirituality: A phenomenological study of eight students with eight different worldviews. The NASPA Journal, 41(4), 647-674.


ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY

Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education

Teranishi, R.T. (forthcoming). Asians in the Ivory Tower: A Study of Race, Social Mobility, and America's Equity Agenda.  Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press.

National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education. (2008). Facts, Not Fiction: Setting the Record Straight.  New York: The College Board. 

Park, J. & Teranishi, R.T. (2008). Asian American and Pacific Islander Serving Institutions: Historical Perspectives and Future Prospects. In M. Gasman, B. Baez & C.S. Turner (eds)., Interdisciplinary Approaches to Understanding Minority Serving Institutions. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.

Teranishi, R.T. (2007). Asian American and Pacific Islander activism.  In G. Anderson & K. Herr (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice (pp. 198-199).  Thousand Oaks: Sage.

Race, Education and Opportunity: Toward a New Research Agenda

Teranishi, R. T., & Behringer, L. (2008). Higher education: Stratification and mobility. In T. L. Good (ed.), 21st Century Education: A Reference Handbook. Thousand Oaks: Sage.

Teranishi, R. T., & Briscoe, K. (2008). Contextualizing race: African American college choice in an evolving affirmative action era. The Journal of Negro Education, 77(1), 43-65.

Teranishi, R. T. (2007). Race, ethnicity, and higher education policy: The use of critical quantitative research. In F. Stage (ed.), Using Quantitative Research to Answer Critical Questions (pp. 37-49). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Allen W. R., Bonous-Hammarth, M., & Teranishi, R. T. (2006). Higher Education in a Global Society: Achieving Diversity, Equity, and Excellence. Oxford: Elsevier Publishers.

Teranishi, R. T. (2006). State policy and the quest for equity in higher education: Implications for a global society. In W. Allen, M. Bonous-Hammarth, & R. Teranishi (eds.), Higher Education in a Global Society: Achieving Diversity, Equity, and Excellence. Oxford: Elsevier Publishers.

Teranishi, R. T. (2005). Black Residential Migration in California: Implications for Higher Education Policy.  Oakland, CA: University of California Office of the President.

INTERNATIONAL POLICY

Moja, T. (2008). Institutional Challenges and Implications for HEIs: Transformations, Mission and Vision for the 21st Century.  In Global University Network for Innovation (GUNI), Higher Education in the World (3rd Edition). New York: Palgrave MacMillan.

Moja, T. (2007). Politics of Exclusion in Higher Education: The Inadequacy of Gender Issues in the Globalization Debates.  In Ndri Assie Lumumba (Ed.), Women and Higher Education in Africa: Reconceptualizing Gender-Based Human Capabilities and Upgrading Human Rights to Knowledge.  Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire: Ceparred.

Cloete, N., Maassen, P., Fehnel, R., Moja, T., Gibbon, T. & Perold, H. (Eds.). (2006). Transformation in Higher Education: Global Pressures and Local Realities.  New York: Taylor and Francis.
 
Cloete, N., Pillay, P., Badat, S., & Moja, T. (2004). National Policy and a Regional Response in South African Higher Education. Oxford: James Currey Publishers.