Articles and Databases
ERIC -- Educational
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ERIC - (U.S. Department of Education site; free)
Professional Development
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Education Abstracts
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Medianet (Penn State's Audiovisual Database)
Policy
File (Public Policy Research & Analysis)
Books
Link here for the CAT, E-Books, Digitized Collections, MediaNet, Materials Not at Penn State, and more.Associations
American Association of Community
Colleges
Association of accredited two-year colleges, working with other sectors
of the higher education community, state and federal governments, and
business and industry to serve the needs of students, colleges and communities.
American
Association of School Administrators
Includes information about AASA publications, job opportunities,
awards and scholarships, and conferences for elementary and secondary
education professionals.
American
Association of University Professors
AAUP defends academic freedom and tenure, advocates collegial
governance, and develops policies ensuring due process. Site includes
information about publications and programs, membership, and current events.
American Educational Research Association
AERA promotes Educational research. Site includes extensive information about AERA's organization, journals, listservs, annual meeting, and job postings.
Association of American Colleges and Universities
AACU forges links between presidents, academic administrators,
and faculty leaders to plan and implement effective Educational programs.
Site includes information about membership, meetings, publications, initiatives,
and priorities.
Education Law Association
A nonprofit, non-advocacy organization concerning the legal
framework of education and the rights of students, parents, school boards
and school employees.
Higher Education Associations List
An extensive list prepared by the Association for Institutional
Research.
National Association of Elementary School Principals [NAESP]
Serves the professional interest of elementary and middle
school principals K-8. Online discussion forums, legislative updates,
research resource links, and professional development opportunities.
National Association of Secondary School Principals
Serves middle level and high school principals and assistant
principals to promote excellence in school leadership. Site includes
press releases, services, scholarship and award news, student activities
opportunities, an electronic bulletin board, and job postings.
National Association of Student Personnel Administrators
[NASPA]
Serves student affairs administrators in higher education.
Provides professional information, current issues, career services site,
information about graduate programs in Student Affairs Administration,
and access to the interactiveNet Results, the NAPSA leadership &
Strategy Magazine.
PHI DELTA KAPPA
An international association of professional educators to promote quality
education, with emphasis on publicly supported education.
The
Society for College and University Planning (SCUP)
Focuses on the promotion, advancement, and application
of effective planning in higher Education. SCUP's international membership
of more than 4,200 individuals represent each type of post-secondary institution.
Background/Overview Resources
Encyclopedia of Education 2nd ed. 2003.
Field Guide to Academic Leadership
Handbook of Research on Educational Administration [a project of the American Educational Research Assn] 2nd ed.
International Encyclopedia of Education 2nd Ed , c1994. 12 vols.
International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
Second International Handbook of Educational Leadership and Administration 2002
Journals
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Academe Today
American Educational Research Journal (AERJ)
American Journal of Education
American School Board Journal
The
Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy (CJEAP)
Change: The Magazine of Higher LearningCurrent
Issues in Education
Current
Issues in Education
Educational Administration Quarterly
Educational
Evaluation and Policy Analysis
Educational Leadership (ASCD)
Education Finance and Policy
Education Policy Analysis
Archives
Education Week
Educational
Evaluation and Policy Analysis (AERA)
Educational Research for Policy and Practice
Educational Researcher (AERA)
Educational
Theory
EDUCAUSE Quarterly
EDUCAUSE
Review
Higher Education
and National Affairs ( American Council on Education)
Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
The Journal of Computing
in Higher Education
Journal of Education Finance
Journal
of Educational Administration
Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics (AERA)
Journal of Educational Research
Journal
of Higher Education
Journal on Excellence
in College Teaching
NASSP Bulletin
Phi
Delta Kappan
Philosophy
of Education Yearbook
Principal (NAESP)
Review of Educational Research (AERA)
Review of Research in Education (AERA)
Sociology
of Education
Teachers College Record (Columbia University)
T.H.E. Journal
Online (Technology Horizons in Education Online)
Statistical Sources
Web Sites
AACTE Education Policy
Clearinghouse
A national association of colleges to promote access to high quality information
for the study of education policies, especially as related to teacher preparation.
American Council on Education Center for Policy Analysis
Association for Institutional Research
List of member research centers and institutes, with links to their
web site. Extensive links to affirmative action/equity, disability, student
affairs, financial aid, administrative data, electronic publications, and
government / higher education sites.
http://airweb2.org/links/centers.cfm
Includes "Internet Resources for Institutional Research".
Association of American Universities
Policy issues, documents and fact sheets from the AAU, which help
members develop national policy positions on academic research and graduate/professional
education issues.
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement
of Teaching
The Carnegie Foundation is an independent national and international
policy and research center dedicated to strengthening schools and colleges
in America and beyond. It seeks to generate discussion and promulgate sustainable,
long-term changes in educational research, policy and practice.
Center for Research
on Education, Diversity & Excellence
Sponsors research and development on critical issues in the education of linguistic
and cultural minority students and those placed at risk by factors of race,
poverty, and geographic location. Sponsored by University of California, Santa
Cruz http://www.crede.ucsc.edu/mission.html
Center for the Study of Teaching
and Policy
A consortium of five universities, created to investigate the relation
between excellent teaching and policymaking at national, state, and local
levels. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education
Coalition for Networked Information
CNI is dedicated to advancing networked information technology
for use in scholarly communication and for the enrichment of intellectual
productivity.
Consortium for
Policy Research in Education (CPRE)
Unites researchers from five universities to improve elementary and secondary
education through research on policy, finance, school reform, and school governance.
Based at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education.
Committee on Institutional Cooperation
The CIC is the academic consortium of twelve major teaching and
research universities (the Big Ten universities and the University of Chicago).
CIC programs extend to all aspects of university activity except intercollegiate
athletics.
Consortium for Higher Education Benchmarking Association™(CHEBA™)
A forum for the exchange of performance measurements and benchmarking
data for all levels of higher education around the world.
Council of
Chief State School Officers
A nationwide organization composed of the public officials who lead the departments
of elementary and secondary education in the states, the District of Columbia,
and the Department of Defense Education Activity. The Council works on behalf
of the state agencies serving preK - 12 students. Includes links to state
departments of education.
Council on Higher Education Accreditation
A non-profit organization of colleges and universities serving
as the national advocate for voluntary self-regulation through accreditation.
Includes CHEA’s Good Practices database, The CHEA Chronicle, and information
about upcoming CHEA events.
Educause
Focuses on the management and policy infrastructure in the use
of computational, network, and information resources in support of higher
education’s missions of scholarship, instruction, service, and administration.
Formed through merger of Educom and CAUSE. Includes policies, projects, publications,
and initiatives.
Grapevine
Grapevine reports on total state effort for higher education, including
tax appropriations for universities, colleges, community colleges, and state
higher education agencies.
Higher Education Research Institute (HERI)
An interdisciplinary center for research, evaluation, information,
policy studies, and research training in post-secondary education, based in
the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies at the University
of California, Los Angeles.
Home
Schooling [Google]
Extensive links for policymakers and parents on home schooling from the Google
search site.
Institute for Higher Education Policy
A non-profit, non-partisan organization that fosters quality in
post-secondary education
Institute for Higher Education
Policy
A non-profit, non-partisan organization that fosters quality in post-secondary
education.
Institute
of Education Sciences
Formed in November 2002 by the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002; consists
of the National Center for Education Research, the National Center for Education
Statistics, and the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional
Assistance. Replaces the former Office of
Educational Research and Improvement [OERI]
Kellogg
Commission
Created in 1996 by the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant
Colleges (NASULGC) to help define the future direction of public universities
and to recommend an action agenda to speed the process of change.
Lumina Foundation
for Education
A private, independent foundation dedicated to expanding access to education
beyond high school, addressing issues surrounding financial access, educational
attainment and opportunities for nontraditional learners. Publication topics
include student indebtedness, funding the technology infrastructure in Higher
Education, tuition affordability, parental support of colleges, and more.
A Measuring
Up 2000: The National Report Card for Higher Education
The first state-by-state report card on higher education, created to assist
the nation and each state.
The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education is an independent,
nonprofit, nonpartisan organization. It is not affiliated with any government
agency, political party, or college or university.
National
Academy for Academic Leadership
Provides resources for key campus decision-makers, including information
about workshops, seminars, consultancy planning services, and the NAAL newsletter.
National
Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
Called The Nation's Report Card, NAEP is a congressionally mandated project
of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). It is the only nationally
representative and continuing assessment of what America's students know and
can do in reading, mathematics, science, writing, history, geography, the
arts, and other fields.
National
Center for Postsecondary Improvement
Provides policymakers, employers, faculty, students, parents, and administrators
with analysis, recommendations, and conceptual tools through research, dissemination,
and
National Association
of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges(NASULGC)
A voluntary association of public universities, land-grant institutions and
many of the nation's public university systems dedicated to supporting excellence
in teaching, research and public service.
National Center for Higher Education Management
Systems (NCHEMS)
Assists colleges and universities as they improve their management
capability. Bridges the gap between research and practice by placing the latest
managerial concepts and tools in the hands of working administrators on college
and university campuses.
The National
Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
Provides "action-oriented analyses of state and federal policies
affecting education beyond high school.
National Education Association's Higher Education
Page
Topics include the future of higher education, tenure, unions,
and news. Also includes links and information about NEA publications.
National Education Goals
Panel
An independent executive branch agency of the federal government
charged with monitoring national and state progress toward the National Education
Goals. Reports on national and state progress toward the Goals over a 10-year
period.
OECD Online
An annual publication of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
[OECD] providing in-depth exploration of important questions in education.
PA State Department
of Education
Extensive information about K-12 Pennsylvania schools, teaching
in Pennsylvania, reform initiatives, and more.
Selected
Sources for Higher Education Data and Analysis(AAUP)
An annotated list of print and web sources and associations prepared by the
American Association of University Professors.
Strategic Plans of Selected Colleges and Universities
Links to the strategic plans of selected universities and colleges
from UC Santa Cruz - http://planning.ucsc.edu/irps/stratpln/collplan.htm
from Higher-Ed.org -http://www.higher-ed.org/strategic_plans.htm
US Department
of Education. Office of PostSecondary Education
Links for students and institutions for higher education.
Teacher
Certification
‘Phil‘s Place’ Certification Links to certification
information for each of the 50 states.
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