The Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of research findings on a selected topic, critiques the research literature in terms of its conceptual and methodological rigor, and sets forth an agenda for future research intended to advance knowledge on the chosen topic.

Economic Models and Policy Analysis in Higher Education: A Diagrammatic Exposition.- Rankings and Classifications in Higher Education: A European Perspective.- Institutional Transformation and the Advancement of Women Faculty: The Case of Academic Science and Engineering.- The State, the Market and the Institutional Estate: Revisiting Contemporary Authority Relations in Higher Education.- Interests, Information, and Incentives in Higher Education: Principal-Agent Theory and Its Potential Applications to the Study of Higher Education Governance.- Toward a Theory of Faculty Professional Choices in Teaching That Foster College Student Success.- Financial Aid and Student Dropout in Higher Education: A Heterogeneous Research Approach.- Theorizing Research Policy: A Framework for Higher Education.- Studying the Effectiveness of Programs and Initiatives in Higher Education Using the Regression-Discontinuity Design.- From Creation to Cultural Resistance and Expansion: Research on American Indian Higher Education.- Using Holland's Theory to Study Patterns of College Student Success: The Impact of Major Fields on Students.