Higher education : handbook of theory and research. Vol. 19, 2004 / edited by John C. Smart.

1. Life under construction : autoethnography of a researcher -- 2. Mandated openness and higher-education governance : policy, theoretical, and analytic perspectives -- 3. Studying college access and choice : a proposed conceptual model -- 4. The study of academic careers : looking back, looking forward -- 5. Institutions of academic governance and institutional theory : a framework for further research -- 6. To use or not to use theory : is that the question? -- 7. Crossborder education : an analytical framework for program and provider mobility -- 8. Preparing the professoriate of the future : graduate student socialization for faculty roles -- 9. Using data mining to analyze large data sets in higher education research : an example of prediction with NSOPF : 99 -- 10. Toward strategic ambiguity : antidote to managerialism in governance -- 11. The political economy of international student flows : patterns, ideas, and propositions -- 12. Social capital and the racial stratification of college opportunity.