General Higher
Education Website Resources
Contents
National Higher Education Websites
College and University Strategic Plans
URL:
http://www.higher-ed.org/stategic_plans.htm
A web site that provides links to 36 college and university strategic plans and a link to a web site on higher education planning in the United Kingdom.
Directory of College and University Websites
URL:
http://www.higher-ed.org/universities.htm
This web site provides an alphabetical and geographical listing of home pages for universities and colleges all over the world. The site does not contain departmental pages unless the page provides general campus information as well. The lists only include one link per school.
Encyclopedia of Higher Education in the United States
URL:
http://www.higher-ed.org/heus.htm
The goal of this project is to develop a comprehensive treatment of higher education in the U.S. today and to make it available on the Internet. The aim is to cover significant topics in the realm of higher education, focusing in particular on developments since World War II.
Higher Education History and Archive Resources for the Study of Higher Education
URL: http://www.higher-ed.org/history.htm
This web site is organized into sections that provide primary documents on the history of higher education, such as the Morrill Act, Statements, Essays and Speeches such as Charles William Eliot on the Elective System; Colleges and University Histories and Archives, such as the History of Oxford University; Faculty web pages for the study and teaching of the history of higher education as well as other useful resources including, the history of the university: a bibliography, a link to the National Archives and Records Administration.
The Center for Learning
URL: http://www.centerforlearning.org/ab_cfl.html
The Center for Learning is a nonprofit educational publisher committed to integrating academic learning and universal values through the humanities. Their mission is to improve education by writing and publishing values-based materials that enable teachers to foster student responsibility for learning. Literature, Language Arts, Social Studies, and Religion are subjects revealing life's choices and consequences. The Center for Learning engages students in the process of learning and living.
Publication and Research Resources
URL: http://www.higher-ed.org/pubs.htm
This web site provides a list of recent books and projects in the field of higher education and other higher education resources such as an analysis of the higher education amendments of 1998.
International Higher Education Websites
ASHE Council on International Higher Education
URL: http://www.higher-ed.org/international/
The ASHE Council on International Higher Education Web Site is a community of scholars and practitioners in higher education who recognize the importance of comparative and international perspectives in the study of higher education. The web site contains an archive of selected abstracts of papers and presentations from past ASHE International meetings.
Boston College Center for International Higher Education
URL:
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/cihe/
The Boston College Center for International Higher Education provides information and support for international initiatives in higher education. The Center provides information and analysis for those involved in managing the higher education enterprise internationally through publications, conferences, and the maintenance of a database of individuals and institutions. The Center is especially concerned with creating dialogue and cooperation among academic institutions in the industrialized nations and those in the developing countries of the Third World.
International Global Information Resources
URL: http://www.higher-ed.org/international/zintlres.htm
This website contains links to international organizations, agencies and institutes, such as the United Nations. Additional listings include research centers and higher education programs.
Salzburg Seminar and the Universities Project
URL: http://www.salzburgseminar.org/index.htm
This web site provides information about various academic programs offered by the Salzburg Seminar institute. The Salzburg Seminar and the Universities Project serves as a forum for international dialogue on contemporary issues of global concern.
Higher Education Journals and Electronic News Sources
Academic Exchange Quarterly
URL: http://www.higher-ed.org/AEQ
Academic Exchange has been published since 1997 as a collaborative effort of over three dozen educators from as many different colleges and universities, plus hundreds of authors. This quarterly is dedicated to the presentation of ideas, research, methods, and pedagogical theories leading to effective instruction and learning regardless of level or subject. AEQ, an independent and not for profit, peer referee academic journal published four times per year. The web site also contains a place to put requests for advice and in search of.
The National Teaching & Learning Forum
http://www.ntlf.com/
Offers stimulating insight from colleagues eager to share new ways of helping students reach the highest levels of learning.
Compute-Ed: Learning and Teaching with Technology
http://computed.coe.wayne.edu/
Compute-Ed is an electronic journal of learning and teaching with and about technology.
Higher Education News Resources
http://www.higher-ed.org/news.htm
Selected higher education journals and news sources. Includes links to the following journals and news sources: American Journal of Education, Higher Education Policy, Women in Higher Education, the Chronicle of Higher Education and Change.
On the Horizon
http://horizon.unc.edu/
On the Horizon's mission is to inform educators about the challenges that they will face in a changing world and steps they can take to meet these challenges. On the Horizon is a journal that explores and extends the thinking of educational communities about the implications of a rapidly changing world and what can be done to make educational organizations and programs more effective in the future. One of the major challenges facing educational leaders is integrating information technology tools in their organization how they can use these tools to enhance teaching, learning, and effective administration.
The Review of Higher Education
http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/review_of_higher_education/index.html
The Review of Higher Education is the journal of the Association for the Study of Higher
Education (ASHE). The Review is a refereed, scholarly journal published quarterly. The production of The Review is done by the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College. The Review of Higher Education publishes articles, essays, and reviews that advance the study of colleges and universities. While usefulness to higher education is our primary aim, the editors recognize the saliency of The Review's content to other scholars and to academic leaders and public policymakers. Articles are selected according to the significance of the problem or theory examined the rigor and appropriateness of the scholarship, and the clarity with which ideas and information are presented. The Review encourages a variety of scholarly viewpoints.
University Business
http://www.universitybusiness.com/
This publication shows presidents, provosts, and other high-level officers how to apply business strategies to institutions of higher education. This publication offers news analyses, case studies, reports on trends, tactics for handling technology, advice from experts, and solutions from peers.
Ubexec: Executive Positions in Higher Education
http://www.ubexec.com/index.html
Ubexec is a bi-weekly publication of University Business magazine that lists ads for college and university executive positions.
Higher
Education General Resources
College Scholarships and Financial Aid WebSites
http://www.college-scholarships.com/
This website is designed to offer college bound students, parents, and counselors access to information on colleges and universities throughout the United States. There is information on college scholarship and financial aid and an online directory of college and university admissions office email addresses and telephone numbers, college scholarship and financial aid office email addresses, and links to the home pages and online applications of more than a thousand colleges and universities.
Community College Web
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/cc/index.html
Community colleges are two year post-secondary institutions that offer certificate programs, Associate of Arts degree, Associate of Sciences degrees, plus many other programs. This website contains a searchable index to the web sites for 1106 community colleges in the United States, Canada, and around the world.
Council for Independent Colleges
http://www.cic.edu/
The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) is an association of more than 475 independent, liberal arts colleges and universities. Working with college presidents, academic vice presidents, other administrators, and faculty, CIC provides services that help its member institutions enhance educational programs, improve their administrative and financial performance, and increase their institutional visibility.
Electronic Portfolios
http://thunder.ocis.temple.edu/%7Edtompkin/elecsurv.html
This is an effort to compile examples of electronic portfolios for students, faculty and institutions.
Student Portfolios: the portfolio project at Kalamazoo College. This is beautifully presented and organized, and tracks student performance through four years of undergraduate education.
http://www.kzoo.edu/pfolio/
Faculty Portfolios: there are relatively few faculty portfolios that fully use the web, include hyperlinks and other tools. Several Teaching and Learning Centers provide web-based modules for faculty planning to develop teaching portfolios: a very nice example is found at the Ohio State Office of Faculty and TA Development,
http://www.osu.edu/education/ftad/portfolio/index.htm
There are several links to the wider world of teaching portfolios. Two that seem particularly useful are: Tufts and New York Universities:
http://ase.tufts.edu/cte/
http://www.nyu.edu/teaching/resources/
; Teaching Portfolios from the Curry School of Education, University of Virginia:
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/curry/class/edlf/589_004/sample.html
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Course Portfolios: Samford's PBL Initiative has sponsored course portfolio development for a substantial portion of the university's faculty. The portfolios tend to be carefully organized, readable, and filled with information that can lead to informed discussion of teaching practice. The general website is:
http://www.samford.edu/pbl/aboutsu3.html#Course
Institutional Portfolios: The Urban Universities Portfolio Project:
http://www.imir.iupui.edu/portfolio/
Eric Clearinghouse on Higher Education
http://www.eriche.org/
The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a national information system designed to provide users with ready access to an extensive body of education-related literature.
Higher Education Course Syllabi
http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/syllabi/
The American Educational Research Association - Division J (AERA-J) and the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) sponsor this website. The purpose of the website is to collect syllabi in the field of higher education, which cover a broad range of topics and provide professors and students the opportunity to learn more about the variety of higher education courses being offered across the country. By making syllabi accessible
AERA-J and ASHE hope to help new professors develop their courses as well as assist more seasoned professors who are offering new courses or who want to learn more about innovative courses or teaching strategies
Higher Education Degree Programs
http://128.206.157.63/cahep/
In 1997, the Council for the Advancement of Higher Education Programs
(CAHEP) began as a standing committee of the Association for the Study of Higher Education. Its primary purpose is to enrich the teaching and learning experiences of students and faculty in the Association's constituent Higher Education programs.
Higher Education Discussion Forums
http://www.delphi.com/highered
Delphi Forums is a website for people who want to create and participate in online communities, or "Forums." Delphi Forums members can create their own online communities for free, or take advantage of the tens of thousands of communities that already exist.
Higher Education Links List
http://www.iberry.com
This website provides links to higher education websites that provide information on policy, management, funding, accreditation, quality assurance, teaching, learning and staff development.
National Center for Postsecondary Improvement
http://www.stanford.edu/group/ncpi/index.shtml
The National Center for Postsecondary Improvement (NCPI) provides leadership for the transformation and improvement of postsecondary education in its diverse forms-from research universities and comprehensive colleges to community colleges and vocational-technical schools. Through its research and dissemination activities, NCPI seeks to help institutions and policymakers adapt to a growing set of internal and external pressures, as well as to inform parents, students, civic leaders, faculty, and administrators about emerging issues in higher education.
Resources for Study Abroad
http://www.usc.edu/dept/education/globaled/rfsa/rafinancial.html
This website contains information and resources about colleges and universities located throughout the world, study abroad programs, and health and safety issues for students traveling abroad.
Preparing Future Faculty
http://www.preparing-faculty.org/Resource/FSR1.HTM
This web site provides links to websites that focus on teaching development, techonology and higher education, policy, journal and listservs. The purpose of the site is to assist in preparing students and faculty for using technology to do academic work and instruction for developing expertise in newer active, collaborative, experiential, or interdisciplinary approaches to teaching and learning.
Primer on Internet 2
http://www.higher-ed.org/resources/Internet2.htm
Internet2 is not a physical network that will replace the Internet. Rather, it is a "collaborative effort to develop advanced Internet technology and applications vital to the research and education missions of higher education." Internet2 is a project of the University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID). There are several dozen participating universities.
The TLT Group's Flashlight Program
http://www.tltgroup.org/programs/flashlight.html
The Flashlight Program helps institutions study and improve education uses of technology while gaining control over the time and effort these applications require. Findings can be used to validate good practice, spot problems, and improve teaching and learning with technology. The Flashlight Program offers three types of assistance: 1. tool kits (such as the "Flashlight Online" and the Cost Analysis Handbook). 2. Training and Events, e.g., workshops, talks, conferences. 3. Active assistance: consulting and external evaluation.
Organizations and Associations
The Association for Institutional Research (AIR)
AIR Higher Education Research Links
http://www.airweb.org
The Association for Institutional Research (AIR) is dedicated to professional growth of all who participate in decision making related to higher education via management research, policy analysis and planning. AIR members work in many different postsecondary areas--finance, academic affairs, instruction, student services and institutional development--and in offices at the international, state, system or campus levels. This web site contains information about AIR forums, publications and resources.
American Association of Higher Education (AAHE)
http://www.aahe.org
AAHE is the individual membership organization that promotes the changes higher education must make to ensure its effectiveness in a complex, interconnected world. The association equips individuals and institutions committed to such changes with the knowledge they need to bring those changes about.
American Educational Research Association
URL: http://www.aera.net/
The American Educational Research Association is concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education and by promoting the dissemination and practical application of research results.
The Association for the Study of
Higher Education (ASHE)
URL: http://tiger.coe.missouri.edu/~ashe/
ASHE is a scholarly society with about 1,200 members dedicated
to higher education as a field of study. The Association
promotes collaboration among its members and others engaged in
the study of higher education through research, conferences, and
publications, including its highly regarded journal, The Review
of Higher Education.
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