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What are the benefits and costs of attending a selective public research university instead of a less-selective university or college?

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.

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?

David P. Gardner Research Seminar on Higher Education

Dr. Gwilym Croucher Featured in University World News Article

Join the 2019 CSHE Visiting Scholar's Program

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):

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: 

Link: E-Book Author's Copy
Password: AsiaNewFlagship

The University of California: Creating, Nurturing, and Maintaining Academic Quality in a Public University Setting by C. Judson King, University of California (January 2018)

The University of California: Creating, Nurturing, and Maintaining Academic Quality in a Public University Setting