Research and Occasional Paper Series (ROPS)
Our long-standing Research and Occasional Paper Series (ROPS) has served as a vital platform for critical and timely scholarship. It is CSHE’s internal publication platform, featuring original research papers, reflective essays, and major reports from CSHE faculty affiliates, researchers, associates and visiting scholars. Reflecting multidisciplinary perspectives and peer reviewed for scholarly value, ROPS has been a trusted resource for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers around the world.
With a growing repository(link is external) of over 340 publications, the journal has established itself as a valuable resource for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners seeking evidence-based insights into higher education issues.
Our most-read publications demonstrate the journal's reach and influence:
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Validity of High-School Grades in Predicting Student Success Beyond the Freshman Year: High-School Record vs. Standardized Tests as Indicators of Four-Year College Outcomes(link is external) by Saul Geiser & Maria Veronica Santelices (CSHE 6.07, June 2007) – 5,832 downloads (monthly average: 30)
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Affirmative Action, Mismatch, and Economic Mobility After California’s Proposition 209(link is external) by Zachary Bleemer (CSHE 10.20, August 2020) – 1,844 downloads (monthly average: 32)
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Does Conflict of Interest Distort Global University Rankings?(link is external) By Igor Chirikov CSHE 5.21 (April 2021)– 1,019 downloads (monthly average: 21)
Our publications regularly garner national and international media attention, including features in:
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The Chronicle of Higher Education, “The Review: On A Fierce Dispute Over DEI Among University of California Professors(link is external),” highlighting our special issue Reflections on the Challenges of Representation and Academic Freedom
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University World News, “US universities face a precipice under a Trump presidency(link is external),” featuring John Aubrey Douglass’s article US Universities Face A Red Tide and A Precipice: A Neo-Nationalism and University Brief(link is external)
Through timely scholarship and broad visibility, ROPS helps shape the discourse on higher education locally and globally.