Higher education systems and leading universities in Northern Cyprus, Turkey and more generally the Mediterranean region, are undergoing significant enrollment and program growth. This poses challenges for coordination of the growing number of Higher Education Institutions (HEI’s). At the same time, universities are expected by lawmakers and other stakeholders to provide an expanding array of activities, and ministries are seeking for evidence of productivity gains. HEIs operate in local, national, regional, and global contexts.
December 11, 2018
November 16, 2018
The Center for Studies in Higher Education (CSHE) is delighted to announce that Dr. Igor Chirikov has been appointed as the Center’s Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) Consortium Director and Senior Research Fellow. His first day at UC Berkeley will be December 10, 2018.
November 6, 2018
With funding support from the Volkswagen Foundation, the first gradSERU Research Symposium was held on October 4-5, 2018 in Hannover, Germany.
October 16, 2018
Former CSHE Director C. Judson King’s book, The University of California: Creating, Nurturing, and Maintaining Academic Quality in a Public University Setting, is now available in a second printing. This book, published by CSHE, reviews and analyzes the reasons behind the academic success of the ten-campus University of California. The intended audience includes those interested in the history and workings of that university, seeking insights on developing new universities or university systems, and/or interested in research universities in general.
September 27, 2018
What are the benefits and costs of attending a selective public research university instead of a less-selective university or college?
August 24, 2018
The Center for Studies in Higher Education is seeking a new faculty Director effective no later than July 1, 2019. We invite nominations of tenured Berkeley faculty members (who may be emeritus) -- who are highly qualified and willing to serve as a leader in both research and administrative functions for the Center.
August 20, 2018
July 2, 2018
In an environment of declining public funding and rising tuition rates, many public universities in the US are moving toward a “progressive tuition model” that attempts to invest approximately one-third of tuition income into institutional financial aid for lower-income and middle-class students. The objective is to mitigate the cost of rising tuition and keep college affordable. But is this model as currently formulated working?
June 27, 2018
June 25, 2018
David P. Gardner Research Seminar on Higher Education
May 18, 2018
May 14, 2018
May 10, 2018
Dr. Gwilym Croucher Featured in University World News Article
May 7, 2018
Join the 2019 CSHE Visiting Scholar's Program
May 1, 2018
April 25, 2018
CSHE Research and Occasional Paper Series (ROPS)
The Center for Studies in Higher Education (CSHE) is pleased to announce the following new additions to the Research and Occasional Papers Series (ROPS):
March 29, 2018
For a limited time, CSHE is pleased to share a free e-book copy of Envisioning the Asian New Flagship University: Its Past and Vital Future by John Aubrey Douglass & John N. Hawkins via the following link:
