John Aubrey Douglass

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John Douglass is a Senior Research Fellow whose current research interests are focused on the student experience in research universities, the role of universities in economic development, science policy as a component of national and multinational economic policy, the evolving role of mass higher education in society, and the influence of globalization.

He has served as the deputy director of the Center from 1999 to 2002 and is the editor of the Center's Research and Occasional Papers Series. Before coming to CSHE, he served as the chief policy analyst for the University of California's Systemwide Academic Senate and held teaching and research positions at UC Santa Barbara. He has been a Visiting Professor at the Institute d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), a Visiting Research Fellow at the Oxford Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (OxCHEPS) and a Visiting Policy Analyst at the California Postsecondary Education Commission.

Dr. Douglass is the author of The California Idea and American Higher Education (Stanford University Press 2000) recently reissued in paperback and also published in Chinese with a special preface.

He is also the author of The Conditions for Admission: Access, Equity and the Social Contract of Public Universities (Stanford University Press 2007). Recent scholarly publications include articles in Higher Education Policy and Management (OECD), Higher Education Policy (Association of International Universities), Perspectives (UK), Change Magazine, Minerva, The Journal of Policy History, California Politics and Policy, History of Education Quarterly, The American Behavioral Scientists, and the European Journal of Education.

He is also the founding director of the UC History Digital Archives (UCHDA) and is a co-Principal Investigator in the CSHE-based Student Experience in the Research University project (SERU) which developed the University of California Undergraduate Experience Survey (UCUES)—a census survey of all undergraduates with the objective of creating analytical tools for improving the undergraduate experience.

Recent Publications & Presentations

"A Global Scenario for Higher Education Systems" GUNI-UNESCO Dec 2007

The Immigrant University: Assessing the Dynamics of Race, Major and Socioeconomic Characteristics at the University of California. John Aubrey Douglass, Heinke Roebken, and Gregg Thomson. CSHE.19.07 (November 2007)

The Crisis of the Publics: An International Comparative Discussion on Higher Education Reforms and Possible Implications for US Public Universities -Symposium Proceedings, C. Judson King, John Aubrey Douglass, and Irwin Feller (ed), Center for Studies in Higher Education, University of California - Berkeley, November 2007.

"What Happened to America's Higher Education Advantage?" John Aubrey Douglass, Oxford Magazine, Michaelmas Term 2007.

"The Global Race for Higher Education," John Aubrey Douglass, International Higher Education, No. 49 Fall 2007.

"Whither America's Higher Education Advantage? Our Economic Competitors are Trying Harder to Increase Access and Graduation Rates," John Aubrey Douglass, Coastlines Magazine, Summer 2007.

A New Generation: Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, Immigration and the Undergraduate Experience at the University of California, John Aubrey Douglass, Steven Brint et al., Center for Studies in Higher Education, University of California - Berkeley, September 2007.

"Stem Cells, Science Policy, and Religion in the United States," John Aubrey Douglass, International Higher Education, No. 48 Summer 2007.

"The Entrepreneurial State and Research Universities in the United States: Policy and New State-based Initiatives." John Aubrey Douglass. Higher Education Management and Policy (OECD). Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 84-120. (March 2007).

The Conditions for Admission: Access, Equity and the Social Contract of Public Universities. John A. Douglass. Stanford University Press. (2007).

Universities and the Entrepreneurial State: Politics and Policy and a New Wave of State-Based Economic Initiatives. John Aubrey Douglass. CSHE.14.06. (September 2006)

The Waning of America's Higher Education Advantage: International Competitors Are No Longer Number Two and Have Big Plans in the Global Economy. John Aubrey Douglass. CSHE.9.06. (June 2006)

"Higher Education and the Specter of Variable Fees: Public Policy and Institutional Responses in the United States and United Kingdom." John A. Douglass and David Ward. Higher Education Management and Policy (OECD). Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 1-28. 2006.

Civic and Academic Engagement in the Multiversity: Institutional Trends and Initiatives at the University of California. Proceedings of a University of California Symposium held June 10, 2005. CSHE.2.06. December 2005.

Promoting Civic Engagement at the University of California: Recommendations from the Strategy Group on Civic and Academic Engagement. Jodi Anderson, John Aubrey Douglass, et al. CSHE.2.06. December 2005.

"How All Globalization is Local: Countervailing Forces and their Influence on Higher Education Markets." John Aubrey Douglass. Higher Education Policy, Vol. 18: No. 4, pp. 445-473 (December 2005)

"California Falling: The Links Between Equity, Growth and the Postmodern Economy." keynote speech, California Association for Institutional Research. November 18, 2005.

The Carnegie Commission and Council on Higher Education: A Retrospective. John Aubrey Douglass. CSHE 14.05. November 2005.

A New System of Top-Up Fees: Market Response of English Universities, John A. Douglass. CSHE 12.05. October 2005.

"When Publics Become Like Privates: An Analysis of Variable Fee and Tuition Trends in the US and UK Universities." OECD – La Defense Site, Paris. September 30, 2005.

"The Entrepreneurial State: State-Based Initiatives and US High Technology Policymaking." World Bank-CMI Workshop on University-Industry Linkages in Europe and North America. Downing College, Cambridge University. September 26-27, 2005

"Higher Education as a National Resource: A Retrospective on the Influence of the Carnegie Commission and Council." John A. Douglass. Change Magazine, Vol. 37, No. 5, pp. 30-38. Sep/Oct 2005.

"A Comparative Look at the Challenges of Access and Equity." John A. Douglass. Higher Education Policy, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 87-116. June 2005.

The California Idea and American Higher Education, 1850 to the 1960 Master Plan. John A. Douglass. Stanford University Press, 2000.

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