Research in Higher Education

2016 - 2025

Current editor(s): Robert K. Toutkoushian

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Volume 66, issue 3, 2025

Bridging the Divide: Exploring Equity Gaps in Undergraduate Research Participation Among Black and African American and Hispanic and Latinx Students pp. 1-44

Tien-Ling Hu and Victor M. H. Borden

People and Places: Understanding the Longitudinal College-Going and Residential Pathways of U.S. Adults Who “Went Away” to College pp. 1-29

Stephanie Sowl, Rachel A. Smith and Michael G. Brown

Research Learning Experiences for First-Year Undergraduate Students: Belonging, Research Identity, and Retention pp. 1-30

Holly C. White, Katharine J. Ruskin, Alison Jolley, Nathan Flint, Debra M. Allen, Karen N. Pelletreau, Brian J. Olsen, Joan E. Ferrini-Mundy and John C. Volin

Digital Hub or Hindrance? The Effects of Online Enrollment in Introductory STEM Coursework on STEM Outcomes pp. 1-22

Justin C. Ortagus, Rodney Hughes, Nicholas Voorhees and Hope Allchin

The College Transfer and Articulation Network: How are These Statewide Policies and Bilateral or Dyadic Partnerships Structured Across the United States? pp. 1-46

Manuel S. González Canché, Jiayi Arthur Qiu, Kaiwen Zheng, Mingbo Gong and Chelsea Zhang

Class Size and Student Academic and Behavioral Performance in College Synchronous Online Courses pp. 1-33

Xuehan Zhou, Liping Ma, Shangcong Bu and Wei Ha

Lifetime Earnings Premium of Higher Education: Evidence from the 40-Year Career of the 1951–1955 Birth Cohort in Hong Kong pp. 1-20

Jin Jiang and Hon-Kwong Lui

Stakeholder Perspectives on Rankings of Higher Education Institutions: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis pp. 1-38

Melike Çağlayan, Ece Çağlayan and Cengiz Acartürk

Volume 66, issue 2, 2025

Standardized Testing for Diverse Talent Identification: A Framework to Address Geographical Bias in Standardized Testing and Increase Diversity in College Admissions in the Post-Affirmative Action/Race-Neutral Admissions Era pp. 1-35

Manuel S. González Canché, Kaiwen Zheng, Yantao Song and Yunhao Liang

Math Sorting: Unintended Consequences of Developmental Education Reforms in Community Colleges pp. 1-29

Soumya Mishra, Elise Swanson, Elif Yucel, Federick Ngo, Tatiana Melguizo and Cheryl Ching

Volume 66, issue 1, 2025

Knowledge Innovation Effect of University Computing Power in China: Evidence from the top500 Supercomputers pp. 1-30

Yang Haodong, Liu Jialin and Wang Gaofeng

Public Transit and Urban Community College Access pp. 1-29

Zyrashae Smith-Onyewu, Marc L. Stein, Juan B. Cortes, Paula Kim-Christian and Nathaniel Dewey

Developing Antiracist Intelligence in Institutional Research: A Critical Content Analysis of AIR Forum Conference Programs, 2002–2023 pp. 1-23

Jacob P. Wong-Campbell

How Does Students’ Negative Feedback Affect University Teachers? pp. 1-23

Julia Mendzheritskaya, Nicola A. Maier and Miriam Hansen

Transforming Undergraduate STEM Education: The Learning Assistant Model and Student Retention and Graduation Rates pp. 1-26

Li Feng, Eleanor W. Close, Cynthia J. Luxford, Jiwoo An Pierson, Alice Olmstead, Jieon Shim, Venkata Sowjanya Koka and Heather C. Galloway

Reaching the Finish Line: Can Coaching Help Students Graduate? pp. 1-47

Kelly Lack and Hannah Acheson-Field

Language Proficiency, Second Language Educational Experience, and Psychological Well-being Among International Students at U.S. Universities pp. 1-19

Qiaona Yu, Nelson C. Brunsting, Jonathan Smart and W. Patrick Bingham

COVID-19 in California Community Colleges: College Responses, College Resources, and Student Outcomes pp. 1-28

Cassandra M.D. Hart, Di Xu, Emily Alonso and Michael Hill

University Alumni Donations as Threats to Punish or Promises to Reward: Alumni Loyalty Before and After the Elimination of a Native American Nickname and Logo pp. 1-28

Dana M. Williams

How the Ingroup Representation of First-Generation Students in Residence Halls Predicts Short-Term and Long-Term College Success pp. 1-27

Nicholas A. Bowman, Genia M. Bettencourt and Sora Moon

Goodbye Performance-Based Funding: Policy Abandonment of Performance Funding for Higher Education in the United States pp. 1-25

Amy Y. Li and Xiaodan Hu

Exploring the Unstated: Using Critical Discourse Analysis to Examine Faculty Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statements pp. 1-39

Max K. Sherard and Tatiane Russo-Tait

Volume 65, issue 8, 2024

2-Year or Not 2-Year? The Impact of Starting at Community College on Bachelor’s Degree Attainment pp. 1717-1746

Taylor Delaney

Can the Promise of Free Education Improve College Attainment? Lessons from the Milwaukee Area Technical College Promise pp. 1747-1770

Drew M. Anderson, David B. Monaghan and Jed Richardson

Less is more, or is it? Age and Gender Differences in How Students Build Momentum toward College Graduation pp. 1771-1803

Peter Riley Bahr, Claire A. Boeck, Yiran Chen and Paula Clasing-Manquian

Discrimination or a Competitive Climate? Why Women Cannot Translate Their Better High School Grades into University Grades pp. 1804-1825

Diana Roxana Galos, Susanne Strauss and Thomas Hinz

Tennessee’s Burden: How Students Apply for State Financial Aid within One Southern State pp. 1826-1852

Annie Everett, Kelly Rosinger, Dominique J. Baker, Hyung-Jung Kim, Robert Kelchen and Justin C. Ortagus

Mapping the Occupations of Recent Graduates. The Role of Academic Background in the Digital Era pp. 1853-1882

Helena Corrales-Herrero and Beatriz Rodriguez-Prado

Updating Our Understanding of Doctoral Student Persistence: Revising Models Using Structural Equation Modeling to Examine Consideration of Departure in Computing Disciplines pp. 1883-1910

Kari L. George and Kaitlin N. S. Newhouse

Liberal Arts Graduates in the Labour Market: A Comparative Study of Dutch University Colleges and Conventional Bachelor’s Programmes pp. 1911-1933

Milan Kovačević, Teun J. Dekker and Rolf Velden

The Relationship Between Low-Income College Students’ Time Use and Well-Being: A Mixed Methods Exploration pp. 1934-1964

Joseph A. Kitchen, Nicholas A. Bowman, Ralitsa Todorova, Lauren N. Irwin and Zoë B. Corwin

Assessing the Psychometric Properties of Quality Experience in Undergraduate Research Using Item Response Theory pp. 1965-1991

Tien-Ling Hu and Dubravka Svetina Valdivia

Sustained Strain: Faculty Work Strain Under COVID-19 pp. 1992-2012

David A. Cotter, Catherine White Berheide and Megan A. Carpenter

Gender Differences in Motivational and Curricular Pathways Towards Postsecondary Computing Majors pp. 2013-2036

Jinjushang Chen, Lara Perez-Felkner, Chantra Nhien, Shouping Hu, Kristen Erichsen and Yang Li

Volume 65, issue 7, 2024

Editor’s Note pp. 1367-1367

Will Doyle

Trends and Motivations in Critical Quantitative Educational Research: A Multimethod Examination Across Higher Education Scholarship and Author Perspectives pp. 1368-1394

Christa E. Winkler and Annie M. Wofford

Evaluating the Short-term Causal Effect of Early Alert on Student Performance pp. 1395-1419

Andre Oliveira

The Roles of Faculty Hiring and Retention in Shaping Diversity and Representation in US Higher Education Institutions: A Retrospective and Prospective Analysis from 2001 to 2035 pp. 1420-1460

Trang Pham and Yung-Yu Tsai

How First-Year Academic Momentum Influences Transfer Outcomes Among Different Racial and Ethnic Groups pp. 1461-1490

Hongwei Yu, Lyle McKinney, Andrea Burridge and Susana H. Hernández

Does Gender Composition in a Field of Study Matter? Gender Disparities in College Students’ Academic Self-Concepts pp. 1491-1513

Isabelle Fiedler, Sandra Buchholz and Hildegard Schaeper

Secondary Ethnic Effects in the Transition to Higher Education in Germany and Their Explanations pp. 1514-1539

Sebastian Neumeyer and Gisela Will

Caring Too Much? Emotional Labor and Compassion Fatigue Among Faculty During the COVID-19 Pandemic pp. 1540-1560

Katie Constantin, Gemini Creason-Parker, Cynthia Werner, Elizabeth D. Jenkins, Vansa Shewakramani Hanson and Rose L. Siuta

Understanding Asians’ Success in Pursuing and Completing STEM Degrees pp. 1561-1586

Yapeng Wang

Student Ratings of Instruction: Updating Measures to Reflect Recent Scholarship pp. 1587-1613

Kathleen D. Dyer and Dermot Donnelly-Hermosillo

It’s About Time: The Inequitable Distribution of Time as a Resource for College, by Gender and Race/Ethnicity pp. 1614-1646

Claire Wladis, Alyse C. Hachey and Katherine Conway

International Education’s Academic Benefit: Potential for Community College Virtual International Exchange pp. 1647-1678

Melissa Whatley

The Internal Determinants of Innovation Efficiency in Chinese Universities: A Perspective from Embeddedness Theory pp. 1679-1713

Bojun Hou, Pengcheng Jin, Xing Tang, Jin Hong and Peng Zhou

Correction To: Higher Education Policy Narratives during COVID-19: How are Budget Requests Justified to State Legislatures? pp. 1714-1715

Meredith S. Billings, Paul G. Rubin, Denisa Gándara and Lindsey Hammond

Volume 65, issue 6, 2024

Performance-Based Funding and Certificates at Public Four-Year Institutions pp. 1065-1084

Junghee Choi

Destiny Unbound: A Look at How Far from Home Students Go to College pp. 1085-1111

Robert K. Toutkoushian, Stephen Mayfield and Samantha M. R. Jelks

A Panel Data Analysis of Using Multiple Content Modalities during Adaptive Learning Activities pp. 1112-1136

Catherine A. Manly

Making the Band: Constructing Competitiveness in Faculty Hiring Decisions pp. 1137-1162

Damani K. White-Lewis, KerryAnn O’Meara, Jennifer Wessel, Julia Anderson, Dawn Culpepper and Lindsey Templeton

Strategically Diverse: An Intersectional Analysis of Enrollments at U.S. Law Schools pp. 1163-1184

Nicholas A. Bowman, Frank Fernandez, Solomon Fenton-Miller and Nicholas R. Stroup

Up-or-Out Systems? Quantifying Path Flexibility in the Lived Curriculum of College Majors pp. 1185-1207

Lindsay Jarratt, Freda B. Lynn, Yongren Shi and Katharine M. Broton

A Proposed Typology of Regional Public Universities pp. 1208-1242

Cecilia M. Orphan, Mac Wetherbee and Becket C. Duncan

Institutional Effects of Adding Football: A Difference-in-Difference Analysis pp. 1243-1268

Welch Suggs, Alex B. Monday, Jennifer May-Trifiletti and James C. Hearn

The Private School Network: Recruiting Visits to Private High Schools by Public and Private Universities pp. 1269-1315

Ozan Jaquette, Crystal Han and Irma Castañeda

Exploring the Interplay Between Equity Groups, Mental Health and Perceived Employability Amongst Students at a Public Australian University pp. 1316-1339

Chelsea Gill, James Todd, Dawn Bennett and Adrian Gepp

Insufficient Academic Experience or Excessive Family Responsibility: Why do Female Faculty in Chinese Research Universities Publish Less than Male Faculty? pp. 1340-1366

Jianxiu Gu

Volume 65, issue 5, 2024

Heterogeneity in Labor Market Returns to Master’s Degrees: Evidence from Ohio pp. 775-793

Veronica Minaya, Judith Scott-Clayton and Rachel Yang Zhou

Combating Summer Melt: The Impact of Near-Peer Mentor Matriculation Program in New York City pp. 794-826

Vivian Yuen Ting Liu, Alexandra Haralampoudis and Isabel Polon

Variation in Broadband Access Among Undergraduate Populations Across the United States pp. 827-870

Benjamin Skinner, Taylor Burtch and Hazel Levy

STEM Faculty Instructional Beliefs Regarding Assessment, Grading, and Diversity are Linked to Racial Equity Grade Gaps pp. 871-892

Elizabeth S. Park, Mike Wilton, Stanley M. Lo, Natascha Buswell, Nicole A. Suarez and Brian K. Sato

The Quality and Quantity of Participation in Peer Leader Experiences and Student Outcomes: A Cross-National Validation of Constructs and Predictive Model pp. 893-913

Dallin George Young, Wen Zeng, Jane Skalicky and Jacques van der Meer

Wage Disparities in Academia for Engineering Women of Color and the Limitations of Advocacy and Agency pp. 914-942

Ebony McGee, Monica F. Cox, Joyce B. Main, Monica L. Miles and Meseret F. Hailu

Illuminating the Post-Graduation Impact of Undergraduate Participation in High-Impact Practices Using Propensity Score Analysis with Structural Equation Modeling pp. 943-964

Joanna L. Dickert and Jian Li

Work Hours, Job Resources and Subjective Well-Being of Chinese Faculty: An Empirical Analysis Based on a Sequential Mediation Model pp. 965-988

Ping Zhao, Jing Yuan and Yongmei Hu

Good Begets Good: The Role of Helping Others on Engagement and Achievement Among University Students pp. 989-1006

Ronnel B. King, Yan Luo and Meng Xie

Role Models in Action Through YouTube Videos for Engineering Community College Students pp. 1007-1039

Hye Rin Lee, Teomara Rutherford, Paul Hanselman, Fernando Rodriguez, Kevin F. Ramirez and Jacquelynne S. Eccles

A Fad or the New Norm for Student Access Today? Evaluating Enrollment Outcomes of Holistic Admissions in South Korea pp. 1040-1064

Heeyun Kim

Volume 65, issue 4, 2024

Promoting Age Inclusivity in Higher Education: Campus Practices and Perceptions by Students, Faculty, and Staff pp. 601-624

Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Lauren Marshall Bowen, Nina M. Silverstein, Joann M. Montepare and Jeffrey E. Stokes

Higher Education Policy Narratives during COVID-19: How are Budget Requests Justified to State Legislatures? pp. 625-654

Meredith S. Billings, Paul G. Rubin, Denisa Gándara and Lindsey Hammond

The Roles of Identity-Based Motivation and Perceived Instrumentality for Probationary Students’ Positive Self-Beliefs, Self-Regulation, and Performance pp. 655-678

Jieun Lee

On My Honor: A Quasi-Experimental Analysis of Honors Students’ Perceptions of Workload and Cognitive Challenge pp. 679-704

K. C. Culver, Nathaniel Bray and John Braxton

Unpacking the Gap: Socioeconomic Background and the Stratification of College Applications in the United States pp. 705-731

Wesley Jeffrey and Benjamin G. Gibbs

The Multifaceted Impact of Erasmus Programme on the School-to-Work Transition: A Matching Sensitivity Analysis pp. 732-754

Giuseppe Croce and Emanuela Ghignoni

Recent Graduates in the Labor Market: The Efficiency Frontier of Higher Education Institutions pp. 755-774

Fabiola Saavedra-Caballero

Volume 65, issue 3, 2024

The Role of Higher Education in Intergenerational Mobility: An Exploration Using Multilevel Structural Equation Modeling pp. 379-416

Amanda Simpfenderfer

Examining the Influence of First-Generation Status on STEM Socialization Among Undergraduates in a STEM Scholars Program pp. 417-438

Tong Li, Leticia Oseguera and Chris Kirk

Learning to Collaborate in a Project-based Graduate Course: A Multilevel Study of Student Outcomes pp. 439-462

Mette Mari Wold Johnsen, Ela Sjølie and Vegard Johansen

Celebrating Differences: A Conjoint Analysis of Senior Year Mechanical Engineering Students’ Occupational Preferences pp. 463-509

James N. Magarian and Warren P. Seering

Understanding Themes in Postsecondary Research Using Topic Modeling and Journal Abstracts pp. 510-551

Mio Takei, Stephen R. Porter, Paul D. Umbach and Junji Nakano

The Job No One Wants? A National Study of Department Leader Job Satisfaction pp. 552-575

Amanda M. Kulp, Elizabeth A. Gregg and Amanda Blakewood Pascale

The Silver Lining of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Undergraduate Research Experiences, Mentorship, and Posttraumatic Growth pp. 576-599

Danielle X. Morales, Sara E. Grineski and Timothy W. Collins

Volume 65, issue 2, 2024

How did College Students with and Without Disabilities Experience the First wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Stress and Coping Perspective pp. 209-229

Simon Larose, Julien S. Bureau, Caroline Cellard, Michel Janosz, Catherine Beaulieu, Geneviève Boisclair Châteauvert and Alexandre Girard-Lamontagne

Learning, Compliance, and Psychological Burdens When Undocumented Immigrants Claim In-State Tuition Policy pp. 230-258

Andrea Briceno-Mosquera

Toward a Practical Set of STEM Transfer Program Momentum Metrics pp. 259-282

John Fink, Taylor Myers, Daniel Sparks and Shanna Smith Jaggars

Tertiary Education, Changing One’s Educational Decision and the Role of Parental Preferences pp. 283-302

Bernhard Christoph, Heike Spangenberg and Heiko Quast

Are Students’ Abilities Better Developed at Double First-class Universities? Evidence from Chinese University Graduates pp. 303-321

Genshu Lu and Shuang Wen

International Student Mobility and Academic Performance: Does Timing Matter? pp. 322-353

Cintia Denise Granja and Fabiana Visentin

Course Withdrawal Behaviors and Predictors of Course Withdrawal Among College Students pp. 354-377

Ibrahim Bicak

Volume 65, issue 1, 2024

How Does Reducing Merit-Aid Generosity and Certainty Affect College Choices? Evidence from Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship pp. 1-41

Youngwan Song and Ross Rubenstein

Could Shifting the Margin Between Community College and University Enrollment Expand and Diversify University Degree Production in STEM Fields? pp. 42-69

Cheng Qian and Cory Koedel

Examining the Effects of Tuition Controls on Student Enrollment pp. 70-91

Robert Kelchen and Sarah Pingel

A STEM Penalty from Affirmative Action Bans? pp. 92-123

David Mickey-Pabello

Social Origins and University Drop-Out During the Great Recession: The Role of the Field of Study pp. 124-152

Loris Vergolini and Eleonora Vlach

Health-Related Quality of Life, Success Probability and Students’ Dropout Intentions: Evidence from a German Longitudinal Study pp. 153-180

Tim Baalmann

BUILDing an Early Advantage: An Examination of the Role of Strategic Interventions in Developing First-Year Undergraduate Students’ Science Identity pp. 181-207

M. Kevin Eagan, Ana L. Romero and Shujin Zhong