Research in Higher Education

2016 - 2026

Current editor(s): Robert K. Toutkoushian

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Volume 67, issue 5, 2026

Shifting Incentives and Academic Priorities: The Effects of Responsibility Center Management (RCM) on Degree Outcomes pp. 1-25

Junghee Choi

Where Dual Enrollment Leads: Subject, Setting, and Postsecondary Pathways pp. 1-25

JoHyun Kim, Jeongmin Ji and Seung Won Yoon

The Effect of Grade Access Incentives on Student Evaluation Response Rates pp. 1-16

Bree J. Lang and Matthew Lang

Mapping Student Networks and Degree Completion: Evidence from Linked Survey and Administrative Data pp. 1-17

Anna Helga Jonsdottir, Margret Sigrun Sigurdardottir and Magnus Thor Torfason

Contextual Factors and Test-Disclosure Decisions under Test-Optional Policies pp. 1-29

Qi Zheng

Proud to Be First: Adoption of First-Generation Student Supportive Features in US Universities, 2000–2023 pp. 1-22

Jieun Song

Privilege or Pathway? Latent Profiles and Unequal Academic Returns from High-Impact Practices in Higher Education pp. 1-22

Uriel Eduardo Torres Castro

Volume 67, issue 4, 2026

The Dual Pillars of Dual Enrollment: Examining Two- and Four-Year Public Colleges as Providers of Dual Enrollment Programs pp. 1-17

Xiaodan Hu, Frank Fernandez, Matthew J. Capaldi and Yi Leaf Zhang

Students with Disabilities Pursuing STEM: High School Math Preparation to Postsecondary Degree pp. 1-28

Catherine A. Manly

From Club to College: The Impact of Science Clubs/Groups on High School Students’ Intentions to Pursue a STEM Major pp. 1-31

Shuhan Ai and M. Kevin Eagan

Revisiting the Impact of the College Scorecard on Demand for Colleges pp. 1-47

Takeshi Yanagiura, Bingqing Wu, Miki Takahashi and Radomir Ray Mitic

A Chill from the Desert: How Education Deserts Shape Students' Pathways to College pp. 1-32

Daniel Klasik

The Effect of Student–Advisor Match on Retention and Performance: Evidence from Random Assignment pp. 1-37

Alexei Karas

Can Administrative Capacity Moderate the Distributional Effects of Administrative Burden? The Case of FAFSA Completion pp. 1-37

Virginia Carr Schneider and Ross Rubenstein

Educational Gender Segregation and Educational Mismatch pp. 1-33

Inmaculada García-Mainar and Victor Montuenga

Examining the Effects of Education Loans on College Student Transfer in the United States: Evidence from Two National Cohorts pp. 1-33

Rong Chen and Angela Boatman

State Subsidy Reallocations and Postsecondary Institution Spending: Driving a Divergence in Education Quality and Amenities pp. 1-20

Alex Combs

Volume 67, issue 3, 2026

Faculty as Barriers or Facilitators of Student Belonging: Comparisons Across Different Racial Groups pp. 1-27

Young K. Kim and Carol A. Lundberg

The Role of Grit in STEM Faculty Research Success: A US Longitudinal Study pp. 1-20

Godwin Ahiase and Robert H. Stupnisky

Beyond the Pipeline: First-Generation College Students’ Community Cultural Wealth and STEM Degree Pathways pp. 1-34

Doug Havard, Zahra Gholami, Jue Wu, Danette Y. Martinez, A. J. Balatico and Lara Perez-Felkner

Online Student Performance Under Synchronous and Asynchronous Instruction in California Community Colleges pp. 1-37

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

National Patterns in STEM Degree and Career Outcomes for Single Parent Students: Evidence from the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (2016) and Baccalaureate and Beyond (2016/2020) Surveys pp. 1-33

Betul Iscan, Kenneth Retzl, Jieon Shim, Xilin Zhang and Yizhi Zhu

Educating for Social Responsibility: Participation in Race-and Gender-Based Law School Organizations Predicting Prosocial Post-Graduation Outcomes pp. 1-24

Hyun Kyoung Ro, Nicholas A. Bowman and Frank Fernandez

Locals Only: Boosting College Access and Persistence Through a Regional College Scholarship Program pp. 1-31

Cameron Sublett and Thomas Torre Gibney

Framing Institutional Identity in 5 Million Words: Communication Strategies for Navigating Complex Logics in Higher Education pp. 1-31

Joshua Travis Brown and Mary Kate Blake

Volume 67, issue 2, 2026

Unequal Access: Disability and Socioeconomic Inequality in College Enrollment pp. 1-22

Ryan Wells

Decoding Signals: The Role of Institutional Tiers in Shaping College Choices pp. 1-26

Thong Minh Trinh, Phuong Cao, Chau Dang, Chi Nguyen, Thu Thi Kim Le and Tran Ngoc Tran

Financial Aid, Tuition Controls, and Access to Selective Higher Education: A Study of South Korea’s Half-Tuition Reform pp. 1-34

Jin-Kwon Lee, Jeong Youn Lee and Hannah Kim

Correction: Cultivating a Transfer-Receptive Culture: Exploring the Figured World of STEM Transfer Students in a Community College-to-Four-Year Bridge Program pp. 1-2

Shakuntala Devi Gopal, Steve Lemerand and Regina Deil-Amen

Student Conversion: A New Measure and Model for Postsecondary Student Success pp. 1-31

Joshua Travis Brown, Jamie N. Castle, Fred A. Volk and Hannah E. Murch

Sector, Religious Affiliation, and the Risk of Closure Among Postsecondary Institutions pp. 1-36

Shaun M. Dougherty and Wei Gao

Correction: Belonging and Balance: Institutional, Socioeconomic, and External Demands’ Impact on Racial Variation in Time-to-Degree Among College Completers pp. 1-1

Amanda Davis Simpfenderfer and Radomir Ray Mitic

Work-Based Learning and Early Career Outcomes: Evidence on Earnings, College-Level Employment, and Career Progression pp. 1-30

Nichole Torpey-Saboe, Hee Song and Mindi Thompson

In the Midst of Disasters: Graduate and Undergraduate Tuition Fee Elasticity in Puerto Rico pp. 1-24

Eileen Segarra-Almestica and Jose Caraballo-Cueto

Strategic Tuition Pricing and Applicant Demand in Differentiated Higher Education Markets: Evidence from Women’s Universities in Japan pp. 1-24

Koki Arai

Volume 67, issue 1, 2026

The PhD Premium: Diverging Occupational Returns to the PhD Credential in 20 European Countries pp. 1-27

Gabriele Ballarino and Stefano Cantalini

The More the Merrier? The Dosage Effect of Dual Enrollment Credits Earned in High School on College Enrollment and Degree Completion? pp. 1-33

Vivian Yuen Ting Liu, Birunda Chelliah, Thomas Saunders, Hayden Ju and Chris Viera

Faculty Perceptions of their Disciplinary Cultures: Re-Evaluating Biglan’s Dimensions pp. 1-30

Stephen C. Hiller, Emily Braught, Thomas Nelson Laird and Allison BrckaLorenz

Belonging and Balance: Institutional, Socioeconomic, and External Demands’ Impact on Racial Variation in Time-to-Degree Among College Completers pp. 1-31

Amanda Davis Simpfenderfer and Radomir Ray Mitic

Volume 66, issue 8, 2025

The Development and Validation of the Perceived Social Support Scale for Doctoral Students (PSSS-DS) pp. 1-18

Fei Cao, Li-fang Zhang and Ronnel B. King

Cultivating a Transfer-Receptive Culture: Exploring the Figured World of STEM Transfer Students in a Community College-to-Four-Year Bridge Program pp. 1-29

Shakuntala Devi Gopal, Steve Lemerand and Regina Deil-Amen

Virtual Instruction Effects Within University Courses: A Boon for Those Who Need it, a Bane for Others pp. 1-26

Manuel Flores, Mariana Gerstenblüth and Lucía Suarez

Demystifying Success: What are the Attributes of Effective Multifaceted Success Programs for Lower-Income College Students? pp. 1-24

Nicholas A. Bowman, N. F. Tennessen, Shinji Katsumoto and Lauren N. Irwin

Correction: Toward More Accurate and Inclusive Surveying: A Discourse Analysis of NCES Postsecondary Survey Instruments Using a Critical Disability Studies Framework pp. 1-1

Danielle N. Susi

Volume 66, issue 7, 2025

Does University-Industry Collaboration Drive University Innovation? Evidence from China’s 2011 Plan pp. 1-24

Yaru Duan and Jigang Liu

The Importance of Community Context for the Rural Disadvantage and Suburban Advantage in Higher Education pp. 1-30

Xiao Li and Alair MacLean

Women of Color Administrators: Entering, Disrupting, and Changing Higher Education Engineering Ecosystems pp. 1-26

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

Click to Cheat: Unraveling Internet-Facilitated Academic Misconduct Among Undergraduate Students pp. 1-22

Yuehua Wu, Yuchen Wang and Sandra Asantewaa Mensah

Navigating the Path to College: The Impacts of Dual Enrollment on Postsecondary Access pp. 1-22

Youngran Kim, Sambojyoti Biswas, Benjamin Creed and Leapetswe Malete

Postsecondary Education Attendance and the Business Cycle in Europe. Is the Future of Young Adults Related to the Welfare Regime? pp. 1-38

Andrea Barigazzi and Claudia Zola

How Managing up Fuels Doctoral Students’ Work Engagement: The Roles of Passion and Motivation pp. 1-23

Yutong Liu, Mingyu Li and Xin Zhang

Black Faculty and Student Outcomes: How Representation Influences Graduation Rates at HBCUs pp. 1-18

Brandon Purnsley, Erick Kitenge, Jaeyoung Cho and Reginald L. Bell

Volume 66, issue 6, 2025

Local Labor Market Alignment of Short-Term Certificate Programs pp. 1-27

Sophie McGuinness

Tuition Reduction and Student Loan Debt: Evidence from the North Carolina Promise pp. 1-38

William Zahran and Daniel Klasik

If You Charge Them, Will They Come? The Effect of Levying Tuition Fees on International Students pp. 1-38

Charles Mathies, Hannu Karhunen and Stephen L. DesJardins

Examining the Role of Student Engagement on the Relation Between Dual Enrollment and College Persistence or Transfer pp. 1-24

Brian P. An and Chad N. Loes

Disentangle the Curriculum and Structural Effects of Math Pathway Reforms: Evidence from Maryland Community College System pp. 1-33

Florence Xiaotao Ran, Jesse Eze and Yuxin Lin

Do not Discard $16 Billion: Accounting for IPEDS Administrative Unit Observations pp. 1-16

John J. Cheslock

Geography of Computing Graduate Degree Opportunities: Examining the Characteristics of Minority-Serving Institutions pp. 1-11

Annie M. Wofford, Lara Perez-Felkner, K. Bret Staudt Willet and Chantra Nhien

Degrees of Connection: Examining the Relationships Among College Majors, Marriage, and Spouse Selection pp. 1-28

Liang Zhang and Xiangmin Helen Liu

Volume 66, issue 5, 2025

Letters of Recommendation by High School Counselors in Selective College Admissions: Differences by Race and Socioeconomic Status in Letter Length and Topics Discussed pp. 1-35

Brian Heseung Kim, Julie J. Park, Pearl Lo, Dominique Baker, Nancy Wong, Stephanie Breen, Huong Truong, Jia Zheng, Kelly Rosinger and OiYan A. Poon

Wealth, Race, and Under-Addressed Financial Need in Federal Student Aid Policy pp. 1-24

Christian Michael Smith, Laura T. Hamilton and Charlie Eaton

Gendered Expectations for College Applications: Experimental Evidence from a Gender Inegalitarian Education Context pp. 1-27

Fumiya Uchikoshi, Hirofumi Miwa and Yoshikuni Ono

Volume 66, issue 4, 2025

The Role of College Experiences in Students’ Academic Success for Students With and Without Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder pp. 1-37

Laura J. Carroll, Stephen L. DesJardins and Cynthia J. Finelli

Building Transfer Student Interest in Computer Science PhDs: Examining an Advising Intervention Using a Staged Innovation Design pp. 1-24

Jennifer M. Blaney, David F. Feldon, Annie M. Wofford and Kaylee Litson

Accountability at the Expense of Equity? Investigating Intended and Unintended Consequences of Performance Based-Funding in Hispanic-Serving Institutions pp. 1-35

William Casey Boland

Toward More Accurate and Inclusive Surveying: A Discourse Analysis of NCES Postsecondary Survey Instruments Using a Critical Disability Studies Framework pp. 1-20

Danielle N. Susi

STEM Linked-Course Communities Can Increase Student Success: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial pp. 1-25

Laura R. Ramsey, Thomas Kling and Wanchunzi Yu

Buyer Beware: Understanding and Validating Distributional Assumptions of K-Means in College Student Typology Research pp. 1-38

Yiran Chen

Volume 66, issue 3, 2025

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

Melike Çağlayan, Ece Çağlayan and Cengiz Acartürk

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kelly Lack and Hannah Acheson-Field

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

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

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

Yang Haodong, Liu Jialin and Wang Gaofeng

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

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

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

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