Publications

CSHE has many different kinds of publications. Using the search filters on this page, you can browse all publications at once, or just a certain type, such as:

Research and Occasional Papers Series (ROPS)

The Center for Studies in Higher Education publishes online research papers and essays that reflect multidisciplinary fields, contribute to influencing and expanding the body of research on higher education, and enhance dialogue among educators, policy makers, and the public.

The CSHE Research and Occasional Paper Series (ROPS) includes working papers, original research studies, reflective essays by authors affiliated with CSHE, and major reports generated by CSHE related research projects. Authors are responsible for the content, and the views and interpretations expressed are not necessarily those of CSHE's research staff and other affiliated researchers. Questions regarding the content of individual ROPS contributions and CSHE research reports should be directed to the authors. 

Articles by CSHE-Affiliated Scholars

There are many newspaper and journal articles by CSHE-affiliated scholars available on the internet. We have provided links to many of them from this website.

Books

Books by CSHE scholars are also linked from a list on this site

Chronicle of the University of California

The Chronicle of the University of California was a scholarly journal on the history of the University of California, organized around single themes that presented an inherent longitudinal view of the university's development.

CSHE and SERU Reports

CSHE Reports and SERU Reports are research reports related to major Center-based scholarly and policy-based research  projects. 

Title Author Year Publication type
Biden’s victory means a reboot of US higher education policy John Aubrey Douglass; Richard Edelstein 2020 Commentary
How Colleges Lost Billions to Hedge Funds in 2016 Charlie Eaton 2017 Commentary
New ideas in the face of rankings and ‘world class’ fatigue John Aubrey Douglass 2023 Commentary
Higher education is key for the post-COVID recovery John Aubrey Douglass 2020 Commentary
Higher Ed's Financial Roller Coaster Jennifer Delaney 2023 Commentary
Blue versus red states: Higher education policy-making in the US John Aubrey Douglass 2023 Commentary
Why Does UC Berkeley Need $6 Billion? John Aubrey Douglass 2020 Commentary
$15 Billion Is Enough to Fight a President Charlie Eaton 2025 Commentary
How to enhance the credibility of academia in public life John Aubrey Douglass 2022 Commentary
Here and Abroad, Universities Face an Autocratic Playbook. Academe (AAUP Publication), November 2023 John Aubrey Douglass 2023 Commentary
Demagogues and Democracy – It Can't Happen Here? John Aubrey Douglass 2019 Commentary
Universities in Russia face a dramatic turning point John Aubrey Douglass; Igor Chirikov 2022 Commentary
We Haven’t Seen a Fight Like Harvard vs. Trump in Centuries Steven Brint 2025 Commentary
Institutional and Cultural Parameters Affecting Women’s Participation in the Fields of Chemistry, Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science Around the World 2012 Book Chapter
Three Faces of Berkeley: Competing Ideologies in the Wheeler Era, 1899-1919. Number One Henry F. May 1993 Book Chapter