Contributors.- The Role of Information in the Policy Process; E.C. Ness.- From Theory to Action: Exploring the Institutional Conditions for Student Retention; V. Tinto.- Reform Efforts in STEM Doctoral Education; A.E. Austin.- Toward a More Complete Understanding of the Role of Financial Aid in Promoting College Enrollment; L.W. Perna.- The Pursuit of Student Success: the Directions and Challenges Facing Community Colleges; L.S. Hagedorn.- Studying the Impact of Parental Involvement on College Student Development; L.J. Sax and K.L. Wartman.- Achievement Emotions in Higher Education; R. Pekrun and E.J. Stephens.- The Use of Panel Data Models in Higher Education Policy Studies; L. Zhang.- Enlarging Our Understanding of Glass Ceiling Effects with Social Closure Theory in Higher Education; J.F.L. Jackson and R.A. Leon.- Cultural Perspectives of Academia: Toward a Model of Cultural Complexity; R.E. Smerek.- Research Libraries in the 21st Century; Y.S. Lincoln.- An Examination of Faculty Work: Conceptual and Theoretical Frameworks in the Literature; V.J. Rosser and L.N. Tabata.- Herding Cats and Big Dogs: Tensions in the Faculty-Administrator Relationship; M. Del Favero and N.J. Bray.- Name Index.- Subject Index.- Contents of Previous Volumes.

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