The Academic Workplace
Each semester NERCHE distributes a newsletter that aims to increase readers' understanding of higher education policy and practices.  The themes for The Academic Workplace are drawn from think tank discussions, NERCHE research projects, and conference topics.  Recent feature articles and book reviews have explored for-profit higher education, the impact of technology on campuses, and department chairs as change agents

Informing Policy With Practice: NERCHE Briefs
NERCHE launched "Informing Policy with Practice" to strengthen the Center's role in contributing the voices of reflective practitioners to policy-level discussions through a variety of means.  One result is the NERCHE Briefs, which distill policy implications from think tank discussions and ongoing projects. These briefs are emailed to media, researchers, foundations, higher education associations, and a range of individuals involved in higher education policy development.

Working Papers
NERCHE's Working Papers discuss a range of educational and workplace concerns from issues in general education to the faculty labor market.

Occasional Papers
Reports and materials from NERCHE's projects:

• Plain Talk for Provosts About the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: The Community College Context by Charmian B. Sperling, NERCHE Visiting Fellow 2002-03.
• Re-claiming Our Soul: Democracy and Higher Education by Arthur Chickering
• Fostering Financial Accountability Among Academics by members of the
  Chief  Financial Officers Think Tank.
• Arthur Chickering's, Maximizing Civic Learning and Social Responsibility, informed by the Civic Engagement Cluster Project.
• From Project Colleague:  Check out the facilitator's guide to Swinging Doors: Making Community-College Partnerships Work.

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