Reading List

What I’m Reading Now    *Last updated December 2009

Plato’s Repbulic 

American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House  by Jon Meacham

Meacham, J. American lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

A Man in Full  by Tom Wolfe

Wolfe, T (1998). A man in full. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux.

Some of My Favorite Books, Articles, etc. related to Education

A History of American Higher Education 

Thelin, J.R. (2004). A history of American higher education. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press.

Higher Education in Transition

Brubacher, J.S. & Rudy, W. (1997). Higher education in transition (4th ed.). New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers.

The University: An Owner’s Manual 

Rosovsky, H. (1990). The university: An owner’s manual. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company.

Making Harvard Modern 

Keller, M. & Keller, P. (2001).  Making Harvard modern. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

The Goose Step: A Study of American Education

Sinclair, U. (1923). The goose step: A study of American higher education. Author.

The Law of Higher Education (William A. Kaplin and Barbara A. Lee)

Student Development in College (Nancy J. Evans, Deanna S. Forney, Florence M. Guido)

The Rise of Universities (Charles Homer Haskins) c. 1923, Brown University

The American Community College (Arthur M. Cohen and Florence B. Brawer) (4th ed.) Jossey-Bass c. 2003 San Francisco, CA

Creating Campus Community: In Search of Ernest Boyer’s Legacy (William McDonald, ed.)

Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate (Ernest Boyer)

Additional Recommended Books, Articles, etc.

The Federalist Papers

The Origin of Species

The United States Consititution

 

My “To Read” List

Kim, M., & Alvarez, R. (1995). Women-only colleges: some unanticipated consequences. Journal of Higher Education. 66(6), 641-648.