Associates focus on:
| Name | Job title | Role | Research interests |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorothy Leland, Ph.D. | Chancellor Emerita (2019), University of California, Merced – Merced, California; Former President, Georgia College and State University – Milledgeville, Georgia | Associates, ELA Advisory Board | |
| Richard J. Edelstein | Senior Research Associate | Associates |
International strategies of universities, branch campuses, global competence or citizenship myth or reality?, foreign language study and the undergraduate curriculum, universities as organizations |
| Marian Gade | Former CSHE Deputy Director, Clark Kerr Associate | Associates | |
| Saul Geiser | Senior Associate | Associates | |
| Diane Harley, Ph.D. | Retired Senior Researcher | Associates | |
| Karen Merritt | Senior Associate University History | Associates | |
| Brian Murphy | President Emeritus De Anza College | Associates | |
| Patricia A. Pelfrey | Senior Research Associate Emerita | Associates | |
| Xia Teng | Former Senior Associate for the Berkeley Institute on Higher Education | Associates | |
| Ami Zusman | Former Coordinator of Graduate Education Planning & Analysis, University of California system, UCOP | Associates |
Graduate education, University of California, higher education policy, state policy and politics in higher education |