Higher Education

Education beyond the secondary level, especially education at the college or university level.

Sub-headings:

Academic Libraries

Libraries that are part of academic research institutions or part of colleges, whose missions are to meet the needs of students and faculty.

Colleges and Universities

Four-year degree granting institutions of higher education.

Faculty & Administration

Academic staff members engaged in instruction, research, administration, or related educational activities in a college or university; as well as persons involved in planning, organizing, directing, and controlling human or material resources to maintain or accomplish a college or university’s educational goals.

Financial Aid, Scholarships & Fellowships

Federal Student Aid, public and private scholarships, and fellowships that financially assist students with the costs of higher education.

Foreign Study

Graduate & Professional

Graduate and professional graduate degree granting institutions of higher education.

School Publications

Publications produced by students in affiliation with the college or university they attend.

Junior College

Two-year terminal- and transfer-degree granting institutions of higher education.

Student Life

Resources in this category:

Advances in Physiological Education
http://advan.physiology.org/

"Advances in Physiology Education is dedicated to the improvement of teaching and learning physiology and to the advancement of physiology as a teaching profession. It publishes peer-reviewed descriptions of new strategies for teaching, reports of education research, critical reviews of current educational practice, essays on physiology education, and articles that organize the content of physiology for problem-centered learning. Columns provide reviews of textbooks and computer software, notices and reports of meetings of interest to physiology teachers, and abstracts of relevant articles from other journals." ISSN 1522-1229.

American School & University
http://www.asumag.com/

"Devoted exclusively to the business of managing educational facilities."

Australasian Journal of Engineering Education
http://www.aaee.com.au/journal/index.htm

"The paramount objective of the Australasian Journal of Engineering Education (AJEE) is to generate interest in engineering education among academics and industry leaders within Australia, Asia and the Pacific Region. Another important aim is to provide an international forum for discussion, and to enhance the opportunity to exchange information on engineering education and industrial training at tertiary level, including the need for systematic and comprehensive research on methodology and curriculum development."

Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching
http://papa.indstate.edu/amcbt/bioscene.html

Journal of biology teaching. Issues available online 1975 to present.

Chronicle of Higher Education
http://chronicle.com/

"The Chronicle is the No. 1 news source for college and university faculty members and administrators."

College Bound Magazine
http://www.collegebound.net/

"For the past eight years, Ramholtz Publishing's College Bound Magazine has sought to provide you with everything you need to know about the college application process, from taking those BIG exams to getting you into college and making the grade once you're there!"

Conflict Management in Higher Education Report
http://www.comm.wayne.edu/madr.php#Newsletter

This online journal provides resources, information, news, and brief feature articles in the area of conflict resolution. The intended audiences are "campus mediators and program coordinators, administrators and staff looking for new conflict management options, faculty members teaching Conflict Studies or ADR courses, and researchers and systems designers exploring campus conflict processes."

EDUCAUSE Quarterly
http://connect.educause.edu/pub/eq/index.asp

"A practitioner's journal about managing and using information resources in higher education. [...] includes articles (written by professionals in the field and peer-reviewed) that relate to planning, developing, managing, using, and evaluating information resources in higher education. Information resources encompass technology, services, and information. [...] Articles deal with the subject of campus information resources from a management point of view. The journal offers feature articles sharing campus experiences; columns dealing with current issues (including national policy issues and campus management issues); articles in the "good ideas" department, viewpoint pieces, recommended reading; and a centerfold story focusing on an EDUCAUSE member campus's information resources organization and planning strategies." Fomerly Cause/Effect.

English Matters
http://chnm.gmu.edu/ematters/

"This electronic magazine is designed for teachers and students of English who are questioning and creating new texts and pedagogies on the internet. It features related essays, exhibits, and performances, as well as an annotated resource center for English studies."

IASL's School Libary Happenings Worldwide
http://www.iasl-slo.org/happenings.html

"The IASL Newsletter is published four times a year, and distributed free to all members of the Association. The Newsletter contains professional and news articles; reports of conferences and other Association activities; news about developments in school librarianship from around the world; news from member associations; professional reviews; announcements; and other information of interest to members of the Association. Issue average around 24 pages and can include inserts, voting information, and promotional material about the IASL annual conference and study tour. "

Inside Higher Ed
http://insidehighered.com/

News, commentary and job listings regarding higher education. Produced by professionals in the field.

Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies
http://www.csupomona.edu/~jis/

"A journal of research and innovative activities."

The Journal of Library Services for Distance Education
http://www.westga.edu/~library/jlsde/

"A peer-reviewed e-journal, International in scope, publishing refereed articles focusing on the issues and challenges of providing research/information services to students enrolled in formal post-secondary distance education."

Lingua Franca
http://chronicle.com/

"Lingua Franca is The Review of Academic Life: the magazine for anyone with an intellectual, or a morbid, curiousity about academic goings-on." Each issue includes book reviews.

networking
http://node.on.ca/networking/

"networking is a biweekly newsletter dedicated to disseminating news and information about activities and developments in distance education and learning technologies at Canadian colleges, universities, and organizations. networking provides a forum for you to announce innovations at your organization, and will keep you current on new programmes, partnerships, appointments, projects, courses, technologies, and funding opportunities. networking will tell you about upcoming conferences and workshops, summarize important articles, and point you to useful websites."

Online Courses Free Newsletter
http://members.tripod.com/~enviroline/

"The Online Courses Newsletter is a free one-way Email distribution list offering information on new and existing online courses available on the internet. I will search the internet looking for the best online courses available now and online education organizations will update their online courses information in the Online Courses Newsletter. So, when students subscribe to the free Online Courses Newsletter, they will keep updated about the courses available online on the internet, without having to spend a lot of time and money searching by themselves."

Scrutiny2
http://www.unisa.ac.za/default.asp?Cmd=ViewContent&ContentID...

"Scrutiny2 is an electronic journal publish by the English Department of the University of South Africa and Unisa Press."

Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education
http://www.tribalcollegejournal.org/

"On behalf of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium¹s member tribal colleges and universities, we provide information for everyone interested in American Indian higher education. Our culture-based publication addresses subjects important to the future of American Indian and Alaska Native communities utilizing both journalistic and scholarly articles."

UniSci
http://unisci.com/

"Reports on research at American universities. Publishes signed editorials and letters, with feedback from readers."

Universitas: Newsletter of the International Centre for the History of Universities and Science
http://cis.alma.unibo.it/hp_uni.htm

"UNIVERSITAS is the newsletter of the International Centre for the History of Universities and Science (CIS) at the University of Bologna. It is an occasional publication, with at least one issue a year. Its aim is to circulate news of work in progress in the fields of the history of universities and the history of science and technology. UNIVERSITAS, like CIS, is designed to promote the exchange of information between Italian historians and the international community of scholars.It will be sent free of charge to those interested".

VCU Teaching
http://www.vcu.edu/cte/resources/cte_newsletter.htm

"VCU Teaching is a newsletter providing news and information from the Center for Teaching Excellence at Virginia Commonwealth University." Includes analysis and use of latest learning tools and metrics, as well as reports on results of educational studies.