Higher Education

Policy 11 - Education at the Principia

11. The Principia shall seek continuously to improve its educational
facilities and business practices in order to keep abreast of educational
progress and in key with changing world conditions.

In its educational methods and business practices, The
Principia shall make constant efforts to lift its standards to
the highest point that the wisdom and experience of the
administration, faculty, and staff, and the financial resources
of the institution will permit.

DAILY NEWS UPDATES ON HIGHER EDUCATION ISSUES

Chronicle of Higher Education (Read it to treat it)
Read the Chronicle online, search for specific stories, or sign up for daily updates via email.

To sign up for email alerts:

  • Go the the Chronicle of Higher Education home page (linked above)
  • On the left side of the screen (near the bottom) click on Manage your account
  • Look for the box titled Don't have an account?
  • Click on free Chronicle account now
  • Fill in the form and select the free Chronicle newsletters you want to receive
  • We recommend: Academe Today but you will each have unique information needs, so you will likely make unique selections
  • Click on Create new account at the bottom of the form
  • The Chronicle will send you an email to confirm your new account
  • To activate your new account, follow the link provided in the email (this is a fraud prevention measure)

Inside Higher Ed
Less visible, but authoritative source for information on higher education. If you are looking for a second source for daily higher ed news updates, this is a good source.

To sign up for daily email alerts:
On the left side of the screen click on sign-up
Fill out the form and click on Register

GOOGLE ALERTS - PRINCIPIA COLLEGE

Use Google's search engine to look for stories about Principia College - results delivered to your email.

GoogleAlerts (BETA)

  • Fill in the form with your search terms (e.g.) "principia college"
  • Determine the frequency
  • Enter your email address

TRACKING DOWN REQUESTED ARTICLES

Journal Locator - use this database to learn which journals we provide in full-text, either electronically or in paper.

  • Open Journal Locator
  • Type in the name of the journal, newspaper or magazine in the search box
  • An alphabetical list of titles will come up
  • Underneath the title of the journal, newspaper or magazine will be details about the location of that source
  • Journal locator will link directly to the relevant database or indicate if we have the title in paper format
  • If it is in print, it will say something like:

REGIONAL AND NATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION DATA SOURCES

Chronicle of Higher Education Stats
This page serves as an index to the major databases and reports generated by the Chronicle. They cover a wide range of topics of interest to administrators. Some of the notable features include bond ratings, presidents' surveys, trustees' surveys, reports on sports spending and gender equity, and salary information. The Chronicle's Almanac is linked to this page.

Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
Description from the IPEDS web page:

"IPEDS is the core post secondary education data collection program for NCES. Data are collected from all primary providers of post secondary education in the country in areas including enrollments, program completions, graduation rates, faculty, staff, finances, institutional prices, and student financial aid. These data are made available on our web site to students, researchers and others."

National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
This non-profilt organization seeks to promote public policies that ehnace the quality of education. Their annual report "Measuring Up" evaluates the quality of college-level student learning.

Midwestern Higher Education Compact
Source for data on salaries, tuition, fees and related funding issues. Periodic reports on trends in education focused on case studies in the midwest.

Higher Education Research Institute (UCLA)
This institute issues the "Your First College Year" (YFCY) and the "College Senior Survey" (CSS). In addition to providing a large set of descriptive data about higher education, HERI also provides reports that analyze trends in student demographics, and profiles on issues like diversity, spirituality, and student retention.

COLLEGE PROFILES/ RANKINGS

U.S. News and World Report

UIUC Education and Social Science Library - extensive bibliography on the topic of college rankings: controversies, relevance, etc.

CollegeSource Online [Career Guidance Foundation]
Searchable database of college course catalogs - includes U.S. schools and foreign institutions. Search by criteria like geography, tuition, and degree programs or just look at an entire college's course catalog in pdf format.

PRINCIPIA COLLEGE'S INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U)

American Association of Presidents of Independent Colleges and Universities

American Council on Education

Associated Colleges of Illinois

College Board

Council of Independent Colleges

Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and Universities

National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities

Saint Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

LINKS TO ADDITIONAL KEY HIGHER EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONS

American Association of University Professors (AAUP)

American Council on Education

NACUBO (National Association of College and University Business Officers)
Webiste links to annual reports: NACUBO Endowment Study and NACUBOTuition Discounting Study.

BOOKS

PrinCat (Library Catalog)

I-Share Catalog

ebrary [ebrary]

ARTICLES

EBSCOHost [EBSCOHost] Select : Academic Search Premier, ERIC, Professional Development Collection.

EBSCOHost is a combination of periodical databases that provides full-text access to more than 4,500 magazines and journals.

Use these databases to search for articles by topic, or sign up for email alerts (either by topic or by journal title).

How to search for articles on a specific topic

  • Begin by defining your research need. What do you want to learn? What is your research question?
  • Identify the keywords in you research question
  • Combine the search terms to form an initial search statement
  • Learn from your first set of results
  • Use suggested subject headings to refine your search
  • View the records for the articles that interest you
  • Full text articles may be printed, saved or emailed
  • If the full text is not available online you may request the article via interlibrary loan (we will obtain a photocopy of the article for you)

How to set up a journal alert in Ebsco Host

  • Click on Publications (in tool bar)
  • Search for the journal title (try Academe) in the alphabetical listing
  • When the title shows up in the list, click on Academe
  • In the next screen click on Alert (right side of screen)
  • Create an alert
  • Confirm the settings (email address)
  • Name the alert
  • Save

NEWS

LexisNexis Academic [LexisNexis] This database indexes and provides full-text access to more than 40,000 legal, business and news sources. If you would like some individual instruction on how to use this vast database, please contact a librarian.

CITATION

RefWorks [CSA]
Use RefWorks to organize your citations as you research, then create a formatted bibliography.

Link to Citation Guides

CONTACTS

Library Director: Carol Stookey email or call x5069
Librarian: Lisa Roberts email or call x5074
Librarian: Edith List email or call x 5076

Librarians are available Monday - Friday (8 am - 5:30 pm)