Published three times a year, the
Digest of Recent Research will highlight timely research from scholarly journals and other publications with a focus on findings relevant to presidents and other leaders of independent colleges and universities. Edited by John M. Braxton, professor of higher education at Vanderbilt University, each
Digest will offer a brief summary of selected articles that includes a discussion of the findings and implications for action by the leadership of independent colleges and universities. CIC is grateful to the Spencer Foundation for its support of this new series.
The article summaries in
The Digest of Recent Research are available separately on CIC’s website and each
Digest issue also can be downloaded as a single document (PDF). For questions or comments about the Digest, please contact Hollie Chessman, director of research projects, at
hchessman@cic.nche.edu.
DIGEST NO. 2, MARCH 2017
Digest No. 1, November 2016
About the Editor
John M. Braxton is professor of higher education in the department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations at Van-derbilt University. He serves on the editorial board of the
Journal of College Student Retention and served as the editor of the
Journal of College Student Development from 2008 to 2015. Braxton has co-authored or edited 13 books, including:
Rethinking College Student Retention, 2013 (with William Doyle, Harold V. Hartley III, Amy Hirschy, Willis Jones, and Michael McLendon),
Professors Behaving Badly, 2011 (with Eve Proper and Alan Bayer),
Faculty Misconduct in Collegiate Teaching, 2003 (with Alan Bayer), and
Institutionalizing a Broader View of Scholarship Through Boyer’s Four Domains, 2002 (with William Luckey and Patricia Helland). Braxton also is past president of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE). Braxton is the recipient of the ASHE Research Achievement Award and the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) – College Student Educator International’s Contribution to Knowledge Award.