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New article name is William G. Tierney

William G. Tierney is an American scholar of higher education and currently University Professor, Wilbur-Kieffer Professor of Higher Education and Director of the Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis (CHEPA) at the University of Southern California. [1][2][3]

Tierney is a recognized expert on higher education, including policy, faculty, culture and minorities. [4] Under Dr. Tierney's direction, The Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis serves as an interdisciplinary center for research, evaluation, information, policy studies, and research training in postsecondary education. [5] Tierney and the center are housed in the Rossier School of Education and are part of the school's 5th ranked department of higher education administration in the country according to U.S. News and World Report's 2009 Best Education Schools[6].

Dr. Tierney recently chaired a panel for the U.S. Department of Education and the What Works Clearinghouse that resulted in the monograph: Helping Students Navigate the Path to College: What Schools Can Do. [7] Previously, he served from 2001 to 2002 as President for the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)[8]. He is the author of more than 16 books on higher education and the editor of more than 40 books, monographs and journals. [9] His most recent books are "Urban High School Students and the Challenge of Access" and "For-profit Colleges and Universities: Their Markets, Regulation, Performance and Place in Higher Education" (w/ G. Hentschke and V. Lechuga). [10]

Tierney's blog is entitled 21st Century Scholar:. [11] The blog regularly features the work of prominent guest scholars from around the country, including John Brooks Slaughter, Barry Munitz, and Yvonna Lincoln. [12]


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  1. ^ The Huffington Post[1]
  2. ^ USC Faculty[2][3]
  3. ^ Los Angeles Times [4]
  4. ^ USC Experts Directory [5]
  5. ^ American Council on Education[6]
  6. ^ 2009 U.S. New and World Report: Best Education Schools[7]
  7. ^ U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences [8]
  8. ^ Association for the Study of Higher Education[9]
  9. ^ The Sacramento Bee [10]
  10. ^ The Huffington Post[11]
  11. ^ CNN [12]
  12. ^ The Master Plan [13]

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