Required/Highly Recommended:

AAUP Statement on Academic Freedom and Tenure (1940). https://higheredissues.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2015/11/AAUP-1940-Statement-on-Acdemic-Freedom-and-Tenure.pdf

Academy of Arts & Sciences I (2015).   Public Research Universities: Changes in State Funding.  https://higheredissues.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2015/09/LincolnProject_StateBudgets_v6.pdf

Academy of Arts & Sciences II (2015).   Public Research Universities: Why They Matter.  https://higheredissues.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2015/09/LincolnProject_WhyTheyMatter.pdf

Allen, E & Seaman, J. (2015). Grade level:  Tracking online education in the United States.  Needham, MA:  Babson College Survey Research Group.  http://onlinelearningconsortium.org/read/survey-reports-2014/

Bigrami, A & Cole, J. (Eds.) (2015).  Who’s afraid of academic freedom?  New York:  Columbia University Press.  Introduction,   Chap. 1,   Chap. 5,   Chap. 12.

Bok, D.  (2015).  Higher education in America.  Princeton:  Princeton University Press.

Bowen, W. & Tobin, E.  (2015).  Locus of authority.  Princeton:  Princeton University Press.

Goldrick-Rab, S., Harris, ,D., Mazzeo, C., & Kienzl, (2009).  Transforming America’s community colleges:  A federal policy proposal to expand opportunity and promote economic prosperity.     Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program.  https://higheredissues.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2015/08/Community_college_Brookings-Report.pdf

Goldstein, M. & Otte G. (Eds).  Change we must:  Deciding the future of higher education.  https://higheredissues.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2015/08/Goldstein-and-Otte-20150825.pdf 

Jordan, C.  (2015). Accountability vs. innovation: Online and hybrid course practices of the City University of New York.  Theory, Research, and Action in Urban Education.  III(2). https://traue.commons.gc.cuny.edu/accountability-vs-innovation-online-hybrid-course-practices-city-university-new-york/

Katz, S. (2010).  Beyond crude measurement and consumerism.  AAUP Bulletin.  September-October. http://www.aaup.org/article/beyond-crude-measurement-and-consumerism#.Vdw2_8PD-po

Middle States Association (2011).  Characteristics of excellence in higher education.  Philadelphia: Middle State Association of Colleges and Universities. https://higheredissues.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2015/08/Middle-States-Characteristics-of-Excellence.pdf 

Minerva (2015a).  Minerva: Achieving extraordinary.  Minerva Project Website. Retrieved from:  https://www.minerva.kgi.edu/about/

National Conference of State Legislatures (2015).  Performance-based funding for higher education website.  http://www.ncsl.org/research/education/performance-funding.aspx

Pew Charitable Trust (2015).  Federal and state funding of higher education:  A changing landscape. http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/issue-briefs/2015/06/federal-and-state-funding-of higher-education

Picciano, A.G. (September 2014).  Big data and learning analystics in blended learning environments: Benefits and concerns.  Interactive Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Multimedia, 2(7) 35-43.  http://www.ijimai.org/journal/sites/default/files/journals/IJIMAI20142_7.pdf

Picciano, A.G. (June 12, 2013).  Commoditization, for-profit institutions and the value of higher education.  EVOLLUTION.   http://evolllution.com/opinions/commoditization-for-profit-institutions-higher-education/

Picciano, A.G. (2009). Blending with purpose:  The multimodal model.  Journal of the Research Center for  Educational Technology, 5(1). Kent State University http://www.rcetj.org/index.php/rcetj/article/view/11

Redden, E.  (March 11, 2013).  Global Ambitions.  Inside Higher Education.  https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/03/11/nyu-establishes-campuses-and-sites-around-globe

Swan, K. (2012).  Special Edition on Big Data and Learning Analytics. JALN Vol. 16 (3) – June 2012. http://onlinelearningconsortium.org/read/journal-issues/

U.S. General Accounting Office (2014).  Higher Education:  State Funding Trends and Policies on  Affordability. GAO-15-151.  http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/667557.pdf

Zakaria, R.  (2015).  In defense of liberal education.  New York:  W.W. Norton & Co.

Recommended:

Aronowitz, S. (2000).  The knowledge factory:  Dismantling the corporate university and creating true higher learning.Boston:  Beacon Press.

Arum, R.  &  Roksa, Josipa (2010). Academically adrift: Limited learning on college campuses. Chicago:  University of Chicago Press.

Attewell, P.  & Lavin. D.  (2007).   Passing the torch.  New York:  Russell Sage Foundation.

Bailey, T.R.  (2015).  Redesigning America’s community colleges.  Boston:  Harvard University Press. 

Berrett, D. (January 26, 2015).  The day the purpose of college changed. The Chronicle of Higher Education.  Retrieved from:  http://chronicle.com/article/The-Day-the-Purpose-of-College/151359/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

Bloom, A.  (1987).  The closing of the American mind:  How higher education has failed democracy and impoverished the souls of today’s students.  New York:  Simon & Schuster.

Burbeles, N.C. & Torres, C.A.  (2000).   Globalization and education:  Critical perspectives.  New York:  Routledge.

California Alliance of Pre K-18 Partnerships (2003).  Effective education partnerships:   Policy and  practice.  www.csulb.edu/projects/california-alliance.

Christensen, C. & Eyring, H.J. (2011).  The innovative university: Changing the DNA of higher education from the inside out.  San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass, Inc.

Cole, J.  (2009). The great American university.  New York:  Public Affairs.

Friedman, T.L.  (2005).  The world is flat.  New York:  Farrar, Straus, & Giroux.

Gaston, P.  (2014).  Higher education accreditation:  How it is changing, why it must.  Sterling,   VA:  Stylus Publications.

Goldin, C.  & Katz, L.F.  (2008).   The race between education and technology.   Cambridge:  Harvard University Press.  (Chapters 4 and 9).

Katz, S. (2010).  Beyond crude measurement and consumerism.  AAUP Bulletin.  Spetmeber-October.  Retrieved from:  http://www.aaup.org/article/beyond-crude-measurement-and-consumerism#.Vdw2_8PD-po

Kerr, C.  (1963). The uses of the university.  Cambridge:  Harvard University Press.

Kinser, K. (2006).  From main street to Wall Street:  The transformation of for-profit higher  education.  San Francisco:  Josssey-Bass.

Knowles, M.S., Holton, E.F., & Swanson, R.A.  (1998).  The adult learner (5^th Edition or latest).  Woburn,MA:   Butterworth-Heinemann.

Kolodny, A. (2000).   Failing the future:  A dean looks at higher education in the Twenty-first Century.Durham, NC:  Duke University Press.

Kronman, A. T. (2007).  Education’s end:  Why our colleges and universities have given up on the meaning of life.    New Haven:  Yale University Press.

Lavin, D. & Hildegard, D.  (1996).  Changing the odds:  Open admissions and the life chances of the disadvantaged.  New Haven:  Yale University Press.

Menand, L.  (2010).  The marketplace of ideas.  New York:  W.W. Norton and Company.  [Important commentary on the higher education curriculum as seen from the liberal arts and science position.]

Minerva (2015).  Minerva: Achieving extraordinary.  Minerva Project Website.  Retrieved from:  https://www.minerva.kgi.edu/about/.

Mortensen, T.G. (Winter 2012).  State funding: A race to the bottom.  Washington, D.C.:  American Council on Education. Retrieved from: http://www.acenet.edu/the-   presidency/columns-and-  features/Pages/state-funding-a-race-to-the-bottom.aspx

Newman, F., Couturier, L., &  Scurry, J. (2004).  The future of higher education.  San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass.

Middaugh, M. ( 2010).   Planning and assessment in higher education.  San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass.

Picciano, (A.G  (2006).  Online learning:  Implications for higher education policy and pedagogy. Journal of Thought (Spring, 2006), pp. 75-96.

Redden, E.  (March 11, 2013).  Global Ambitions.  Inside Higher Education.  Retrieved from:  https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/03/11/nyu-establishes-campuses-and-sites-around-globe

Roff, S.S.,  Cucciara, A.M., & Dunlap, B.J.  (2000).  From the Free Academy to CUNY.   New York:  Fordham University Press.

Ruch, R.S. (2001).  Higher education, Inc.  Baltimore:  Johns Hopkins University Press.

Sewell, W. (2005).  Logics of history.  Social theory and social transformation.  Chicago:  University of Chicago Press.

Teachers College Record, Volume 109 No. 10 (November 2007).   This special issue examines research issues related to access and transition to college.  Copies of the introduction to this special issue (Transitions to College: Lessons from the Disciplines by William Trent, Margaret Orr, Sheri  Ranis & Jennifer Holdaway) and another article (Pathways in the Past: Historical Perspectives  on Access to Higher Education by Scott Gelber) are available at the seminar website

Thelin, J.R. (2004).  A history of American higher education.  Baltimore:  Johns Hopkins Press.

U.S. Department of Education (2010).  Evaluation of evidence-based practices in online learning: A meta-analysis and review of online learning studies.  Available at:  https://higheredissues.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2015/08/USDOE-FINAL-Report-MetaAnalysis-2010.pdf

U.S. Department of Education (2015).  Condition of education 2015.  Washington, D.C.  Retrieved from: http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2015/2015144.pdf

U.S. General Accountability Office Report (2014).   Highlights of higher education state funding trends and policies on affordability.  GAO Re  ort 15-151.  Retrieved from: http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/667557.pdf

U.S.  Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Report (July 30, 2012.)        For-profit higher education:  The failure to safeguard the federal investment and ensure student success.  Washington, D.C.  Retrieved from:  http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/committeecong.action?collection=CPRT&committee=health&chamber=senate&congressplus=112&ycord=0

Washburn, J.  (2005).  University, Inc:   The corporate corruption of higher education.   New York:  Basic Books.

Western Governors University (2015).  The unique history of Western Governors University. Retrieved from:  http://www.wgu.edu/about_WGU/WGU_story

Zemsky, R., Wegner, G.R., & Massy, W.F. (2006).  Remaking the American university:  Market-smart and mission-centered.    New Brunswick, NJ:   Rutgers University Press.