Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research [electronic resource] / edited by John C. Smart.

A Career Out of Control (Maybe) -- Accountability, Assessment, and the Scholarship of "Best Practice" -- Striving for What? Exploring the Pursuit of Prestige -- 'Outsiders', Student Subcultures, and the Massification of Higher Education -- Teachers' Nonverbal Behavior and its Effects on Students -- The Pell Program at Thirty Years -- The Political Economy of Redistribution Through Higher Education Subsidies -- Adjusting for Nonresponse in Surveys -- Neoliberal Policies and Community College Faculty Work -- Signals and Strategies in Hiring Faculty of Color -- Marketing Sameness: Consumerism, Commercialism, and the Status Quo.

Published annually since 1985, the Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of research findings on a selected topic, critiques the research literature in terms of its conceptual and methodological rigor, and sets forth an agenda for future research intended to advance knowledge on the chosen topic. The Handbook focuses on twelve general areas that encompass the salient dimensions of scholarly and policy inquiries undertaken in the international higher education community. The series is fortunate to have attracted annual contributions from distinguished scholars throughout the world.