Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research

Laura W. Perna is Vice Provost for Faculty, GSE Centennial Presidential Professor of Education, and Founding Executive Director of the Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy (AHEAD) at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn). Her research uses various methodological approaches to identify how social structures, educational practices, and public policies promote and limit college access and success, particularly for students from groups that are historically underrepresented in higher education. Publications include Improving Research-Based Knowledge of College Promise Programs (with Edward Smith, 2020, AERA), Taking It to the Streets: The Role of Scholarship in Advocacy and Advocacy in Scholarship (2018, Johns Hopkins University Press), and The Attainment Agenda: State Policy Leadership for Higher Education (with Joni Finney, 2014, Johns Hopkins University Press). She has served as President of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Vice President of the Postsecondary Division of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), and Chair of Penn’s Faculty Senate. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Postsecondary National Policy Institute (PNPI) and Lenfest Scholars Foundation and previously served as a member of the Gates Commission on the Value of Postsecondary Education and the Board of Directors for the Institute for Higher Education Policy. Among other honors, she received the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching from the University of Pennsylvania, Faculty Alumni Award of Merit from the University of Pennsylvania Alumni Association, Early Career Achievement Award from ASHE, Excellence in Public Policy in Higher Education Award from ASHE’s Council on Public Policy and Higher Education, Dr. Constance Clayton Education Award from the Philadelphia College Prep Roundtable, and Robert P. Huff Golden Quill Award from the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. She is also a member of the National Academy of Education and a Fellow of AERA.

• Anna Neumann, Autobiographical essay.- Ethan Ris, History Of State Policy On Higher Education.- Gina Ann Garcia, Organizational Identity Development in the Context of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs).- Erin Doran and Vincent Carales, Minority Serving Institutions and Community Colleges.- Cinthya Salazar, Undocumented College Students: An Analysis of their Experiences To, Through, and Beyond Higher Education.- Claudia Garcia-Louis, Under the Guise of the LatinX Monolith: How Monoracial Approaches Work to Erase AfroLatinXs.- Joya Misra, Laurel Smith-Doerr, Elisa Martinez, Collaboration and Faculty Inclusion.- Rachelle Winkle-Wagner, Bridget Goosby, In Sickness and Health in Higher Education: A review of Literature on Discrimination and Health in Postsecondary Education.- Julia Duncheon,  Reid Sagara, Reimagining Dual Enrollment For The Public Good: A Critical Analysis Of Current Research And Future Possibilities.- Jillian Kinzie, Claire Major, Levers and Levels for Systemic Change of Teaching & Learning in Higher Education.- Walter Ecton, Expanding Access to Higher Education through Career and Technical Education.- Daniel Sparks, The Shift Toward Work-Based Policies in Higher Education.- AJ Alvero, Machine Learning.