Higher Education

Published annually since 1985, the Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensiv

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Senior Associate Editor William G. Tierney, Ph.D. Rossier School of Education University of Southern California USA [email protected]

Associate Editors Ben Baez, Florida International University, USA (Social Context) Alan E. Bayer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA (College Faculty) Corinna A. Ethington, University of Memphis, USA (Research Methodology) Simon Marginson, Monash University, Australia (Comparative and International Education) Michael K. McLendon, Vanderbilt University, USA (Governance and Planning) Raymond P. Perry, University of Manitoba, Canada (Curriculum and Instruction) Brian Pusser, University of Virginia, USA (Systems and Organizations) Edward St. John, The University of Michigan, USA (Finance and Economics) Scott L. Thomas, The University of Georgia, USA (College Students)

John C. Smart Editor

Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research Volume XXIII Published under the sponsorship of the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) and the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)

Editor John C. Smart College of Education University of Memphis USA [email protected]

ISBN: 978-1-4020-6958-1 ISSN: 0882-4126

e-ISBN: 978-1-4020-6959-8

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Contents

Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Economic Models and Policy Analysis in Higher Education: A Diagrammatic Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael B. Paulsen and Robert K. Toutkoushian

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Rankings and Classifications in Higher Education: A European Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marijk van der Wende

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Institutional Transformation and the Advancement of Women Faculty: The Case of Academic Science and Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Frank Fox

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The State, the Market and the Institutional Estate: Revisiting Contemporary Authority Relations in Higher Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Brian Pusser Interests, Information, and Incentives in Higher Education: Principal-Agent Theory and Its Potential Applications to the Study of Higher Education Governance. . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Jason E. Lane and Jussi A. Kivisto Toward a Theory of Faculty Professional Choices in Teaching That Foster College Student Success . . . . . . . .