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NCPI Reports:

Technical Report

"Academic Stratification and Endemic Conflict: Remedial Education Policy at CUNY." Patricia J. Gumport, Michael N. Bastedo. 2001.
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Book Chapter

"Administrative Approaches to Educational Productivity." Henry Levin and William Koski. 1998.
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Technical Report

"Analytic Framework of Institutional Support for Student Assessment." Marvin Peterson, Marne Einarson, Adriana Nichols, and Andrea Trice. 1997.
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Publication 5-03

 

Technical Report

"Beyond Dead Reckoning - Research Priorities for Redirecting American Higher Education." Patricia J. Gumport. Sep/Oct,2002.
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Technical Report

"Bringing School-to-Work to Scale: What Employers Report: First Findings from the New Administration of the National Employers Survey (NES-II)." Robert Zemsky, Peter Cappelli, et al.. 1997.
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Publication 2-04

 

Landscape

"Casting New Light on Old Notions: A Changing Understanding of Community College Faculty." Nov/Dec,1998.
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Publication L-07

 

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"Coming to Market: A Growing Reliance on Student-Supplied Revenue." Jul/Aug, 2000.
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Publication L-16

 

Technical Report

"Designing Student Assessment to Strengthen Institutional Performance in Associate of Arts Institutions." Marvin Peterson, Catherine H. Augustine, Marne Einarson, and Derek S. Vaughan. 1999.
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Publication 5-07

 

Technical Report

"Designing Student Assessment to Strengthen Institutional Performance in Baccalaureate Institutions." Marvin Peterson, Catherine H. Augustine, Marne Einarson, and Derek S. Vaughan. 1999.
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Publication 5-08

 

Technical Report

"Designing Student Assessment to Strengthen Institutional Performance in Comprehensive Institutions." Marvin Peterson, Catherine H. Augustine, Marne Einarson, and Derek S. Vaughan. 1999.
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Publication 5-09

 

Technical Report

"Designing Student Assessment to Strengthen Institutional Performance in Doctoral and Research Institutions." Marvin Peterson, Catherine H. Augustine, Marne Einarson, and Derek S. Vaughan. 1999.
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Publication 5-10

 

Technical Report

"Discontent in the Field of Dreams: American Higher Education, 1945-1990." Marvin Lazerson. 1997.
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Publication 3-01

 

Technical Report

"Energizing Quality Work: Higher Education Quality Evaluation in Sweden and Denmark." William F. Massy. 1999.
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Publication 6-06

 

Technical Report

"For-Profit Higher Education and Community Colleges." Thomas Bailey, Norena Badway, Patricia Gumport. 2001.
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Technical Report

"Improvement to Emergence: An Organization-Environment Research Agenda for a Postsecondary Knowledge Industry." Marvin Peterson. 1998.
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Publication 1-08

 

Technical Report

"Improving and Aligning K-16 Standards, Admissions, and Freshman Placement Policies." Michael Kirst. 1998.
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Publication 2-06

 

Technical Report

"Institutional Adaptation: Demands for Management Reform and University Administration." Patricia J. Gumport and Barbara Sporn. 1999.
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Publication 1-07

 

Technical Report

"Institutional Support for Student Assessment: Methodology and Results of a National Survey." Marvin Peterson, Marne Einarson, Catherine H. Augustine, and Derek S. Vaughan. 1999.
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Publication 5-04

 

Technical Report

"Life on the Wired Campus: How Information Technology Will Shape Institutional Futures." William F. Massy. 1997.
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Publication 6-02

 

Technical Report

"Long-Term Effect of College Quality on the Occupational Status of Students." Eric L. Dey, Leslie A. Wimsatt, Byung-Shik Rhee, and Ellen Waterson Meader. 1999.
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Publication 5-06

 

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"Looking Back at Revenue and Expenditure Trends: Are We Privatizing Public Higher Education?." Nov/Dec,1999.
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Technical Report

"Postsecondary Adaptation: Selected References." Patricia J. Gumport, Marc Chun, Imanol Ordorika, Brian Pusser, and Angela Schmiede. 1997.
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Publication 1-03

 

Technical Report

"Public Universities as Academic Workplaces." Patricia J. Gumport. 1997.
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Publication 1-01

 

Technical Report

"Reinforcing Stratification in American Higher Education: Some Disturbing Trends." Michael McPherson and Morton Schapiro. 1999.
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Publication 3-02

 

Technical Report

"Replacing Remediation with Acceleration in Higher Education: Preliminary Report on Literature Review and Initial Interviews." Henry Levin and Bill Koski. 1997.
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Technical Report

"Restructuring the Academic Environment." Patricia J. Gumport and Brian Pusser. 1997.
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Publication 1-05

 

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"Resurveying the Terrain: Refining the Taxonomy for the Postsecondary Market." Mar/Apr,2001.
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Publication L-20

 

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"Revolution or Evolution? Gauging the Impact of Institutional Student-Assessment Strategies." Sep/Oct,1999.
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Publication L-11

 

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"Sizing Up the Competition: The Contours of For-Profit Higher Education." Nov/Dec,2001.
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Technical Report

"Teaching and Learning Quality Process Review: The Hong Kong Program." William F. Massy. 1997.
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Publication 6-01

 

Technical Report

"Technology and Higher Education: Opportunities and Challenges for the New Era." Patricia J. Gumport and Marc Chun. 1999. Synopsis

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Publication 1-02

 

Book Chapter

"Technology's Contribution to Higher Education Productivity." William F. Massy and Andrea Wilger. 1998.
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"Telling Time: Comparing Faculty Instructional Practices at Three Types of Institutions." Mar/Apr,1999.
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"The Formal Organization of Knowledge: An Analysis of Academic Structure." Patricia J. Gumport and Stuart K. Snydman. May/Jun,2002.
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Publication 1-09

 

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"The User-Friendly Terrain: Defining the Market Taxonomy for Two-Year Institutions." Jan/Feb,1998.
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"Through a Different Lens: A New Angle on the Price Spiral in Higher Education." Jan/Feb,2000.
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Publication L-13

 

Technical Report

"Trends in United States Higher Education from Massification to Post Massification." Patricia J. Gumport, Maria Iannozzi, Susan Shaman, and Robert Zemsky. 1997.

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Technical Report

"University Restructuring: The Role of Economic and Political Contexts." Patricia J. Gumport and Brian Pusser. 1999.
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Technical Report

"What Makes a Revolution: Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 1980-2000." Marvin Lazerson, Ursula Wagener, and Nichole Shumanis. 1999.
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Publication 5-11

 

Landscape

"Why is Research the Rule? The Impact of Incentive Systems on Faculty Behavior." Mar/Apr,2000.
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