Barrett J. Taylor

Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Counseling and Higher Education

(940) 565-3238

Email: Barrett.Taylor@unt.edu

Education

PhD, University of Georgia, 2012

Major: Higher Education
MA, University of Alabama, 2007

Major: Higher Education Administration
BA, Southwestern University, 1998

Major: History: Religion

Professional Positions

Academic - Post-Secondary

Graduate Research Assistant, University of Georgia. University of Georgia. (2007 - 2012).

Professional

Mentoring and Recruitment Coordinator, University of Alabama. University of Alabama. (2004 - 2007).
Associate Director of Admission, Schreiner University. Schreiner University. (2003 - 2004).
Assistant Director of Admission and Alumni Affairs Representative, University of Maine. University of Maine. (2001 - 2003).
Admissions Counselor, University of Maine. University of Maine. (2000 - 2001).

Professional Memberships

Association for the Study of Higher Education. (October 1, 2006 - Present).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas

EDHE 5610 - Finance and Budgeting in Higher Education, 3 courses.
EDHE 6000 - Proseminar in Higher Education, 1 course.
EDHE 6510 - History and Philosophy of Higher Education, 5 courses.
EDHE 6550 - Policy Studies in Higher Education, 12 courses.
EDHE 6710 - Organization and Administration of Higher Education, 4 courses.
EDHE 6720 - Academic Administration in Higher Education, 1 course.
EDHE 6760 - Higher Education Finance, 8 courses.
EDHE 6850 - Studies in Higher/Adult Education, 2 courses.
EDHE 6900 - Special Problems, 24 courses.
EDHE 6950 - Doctoral Dissertation, 27 courses.

Directed Student Learning

Dissertation Committee Chair, "Culturally aware mentoring experiences in a Hispanic-Serving Institution's research laboratories," Counseling and Higher Education. (December 2024).
Dissertation Committee Chair, "Identity development of Afghan refugee women through higher education," Counseling and Higher Education. (December 2024).
Dissertation Committee Chair, "Practical versus liberal arts: A panel analysis of degree type awards at regional comprehensive universities," Counseling and Higher Education. (August 2024).
Dissertation Committee Chair, "Schroedinger's extension center: Examining institutions' characteristics affecting the closure of off-site locations," Counseling and Higher Education. (May 2024).
Dissertation Committee Chair, "Generous visionaries, balanced benefactors and lean supporters: Exploring foundation giving in the field of higher education philanthropy in Texas," Counseling and Higher Education. (May 2024).
Dissertation Committee Chair, "Westernization as lingua franca: Historical and discursive patterns of hegemony in global higher education," Counseling and Higher Education. (May 2024).
Dissertation Committee Chair, "The Influence of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2012 on Pell Grants in Baccalaureate Degree-Granting Institutions," Counseling and Higher Education. (May 2022).
Dissertation Committee Chair, "The Impact of Immigrant-Focused Public Policy on the Completion of Undergraduate Nursing Degrees by Latinx Students Enrolled in U.S. Public Institutions," Counseling and Higher Education. (December 2021).
Dissertation Committee Chair, "Adoption of Credit-Hour Reductions in Master of Divinity Programs at The Association of Theological Schools-Member Institutions: An Event History Analysis," Counseling and Higher Education. (December 2021).
Dissertation Committee Member, "Forging Pathways: A Multi-Case Study of Individuals with Intellectual Disability Pursuing Postsecondary Education at the Community College," Counseling and Higher Education. (December 2021).
Dissertation Committee Chair, "Organizational identity change: Interpreting change in private liberal arts colleges," Counseling and Higher Education. (August 2021).
Dissertation Committee Chair, "An Investigation of College Graduates' and Employers' Perspectives on Graduates' Social Skills Performance in Vietnam," Counseling and Higher Education. (August 2021).
Dissertation Committee Chair, "Prestige as the Highest Ambition: The National Research University Fund and its Implications for Emerging Research Universities in Texas," Counseling and Higher Education. (May 2021).
Dissertation Committee Member, "Faculty response to academic dishonesty in the classroom at a four-year public institution," Counseling and Higher Education. (May 2021).
Dissertation Committee Chair, "An Exploration of Professional Training and Professional Practice: Title IX Administrators and Meaning Making," Counseling and Higher Education. (December 2019).
Dissertation Committee Member, "Utilization of mental health services by African American undergraduate students," Counseling and Higher Education. (2019).
Dissertation Committee Chair, "Faculty characteristics and program budgets: Academic capitalist influences on physical therapy graduate outcomes," Counseling and Higher Education. (August 2019).
Dissertation Committee Chair, "NCAA violations and institutional self-sanctions: Assessing the impact on alumni charitable contributions," Counseling and Higher Education. (May 2019).
Dissertation Committee Chair, "Developing a multicontextual model of high schools whose students participate in financial aid preparation services: Family, school and community level factors," Counseling and Higher Education. (May 2019).
Dissertation Committee Member, "Understanding Employability Development Skills Through Co-Curricular Activities," Counseling and Higher Education. (2018).
Dissertation Committee Chair, "An investigation of paramedical vocational interest and choice for men of color in Texas community colleges," Counseling and Higher Education. (May 2018).
Dissertation Committee Chair, "Changes in student borrowing at private not-for-profit four-year institutions in the U.S.," Counseling and Higher Education. (May 2018).
Dissertation Committee Chair, "Educational uplift along the U.S.-Mexico border: How students, families and educators cultivate a college-going culture in contested terrain," Counseling and Higher Education. (August 2017).
Dissertation Committee Chair, "A panel analysis of institutional finances of medical residencies at non-university-based independent M.D. granting medical schools in the United States," Counseling and Higher Education. (May 2017).
Dissertation Committee Chair, "Universities as gendered organizations: Institutional rewards and the faculty salary gap," Counseling and Higher Education. (May 2017).
Dissertation Committee Member, "Narratives on college access and undermatch: Understanding Latinx students and their families," Counseling and Higher Education. (May 2017).
Dissertation Committee Member, "Impact of the Clery Act: An Examination of the Relationship between Clery Act Data and Recruitment at Private Colleges and Universities," Counseling and Higher Education. (May 2017).
Dissertation Committee Member, "The lived experiences of African American community college achievers in developmental education," Counseling and Higher Education. (May 2017).
Dissertation Committee Member, "Evolving curricular models in culinary arts: A qualitative case study of a technical field," Teacher Education and Administration. (December 2016).
Dissertation Committee Member, "An educational intervention to promote self-management and professional socialization in graduate nurse anesthesia students," Counseling and Higher Education. (May 2016).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book

Taylor, B. (2022). Wrecked: Deinstitutionalization and partial defenses in state higher education policy. New Brunswick, NJ, Rutgers University Press.
Taylor, B.J., Cantwell, B. (2019). Unequal higher education: Wealth, status and student opportunity. New Brunswick, NJ, Rutgers University Press.
Slaughter, S., Taylor, B.J. (2016). Higher education, stratification, and workforce development: Competitive advantage in Europe, the US, and Canada. Dordrecht, Springer.

Book Chapter

Taylor, B., Cantwell, B. (2021). Broad Access Institutions in crisis? Institutional vulnerability, state divestment, and the racial graduation gap. Unlocking opportunity through Broadly Accessible Institutions. 213-227. Routledge.
Slaughter, S., Taylor, B. (2019). Connections between universities and industry in the US: Trusteeship at elite universities before and after the Great Recession. Handbook of universities and regional development. 73-89. Northampton, MA, Edward Elgar Publishing.
Taylor, B.J., Weerts, D. (2017). Public purposes and benefits of independent higher educaiton. The challenge of independent colleges: Moving research into practice. 17-41. Baltimore, MD, The Johns Hopkins University Press.
Taylor, B.J., Rosinger, K.O., Slaughter, S. (2016). Academic patenting by US research universities: Strategic action in a highly stratified field. Higher education, stratification, and workforce development: Competitive advantage in Europe, the US, and Canada. 103-123. Dordrecht, Springer.
Rosinger, K.O., Taylor, B.J., Slaughter, S. (2016). The crème de la crème: Stratification among elite private research universities in the US. Higher education, stratification, and workforce development: Competitive advantage in Europe, the US, and Canad. 81-101. Dordrecht, Springer.
Taylor, B.J. (2016). The field dynamics of stratification among US research universities: The expansion of federal support for academic research, 2000-2008. Higher education, stratification, and workforce development: Competitive advantage in Europe, the US, and Canada. 59-79. Dordrecht, Springer.
Slaughter, S., Taylor, B.J., & Rosinger, K.O.. (2015). A critical reframing of human capital theory in higher education. Martinez-Aleman, A.M., Bensimon, E.M., & Pusser, B. (Eds.), Critical approaches to the study of higher education. 80-102. Baltimore, MD, The Johns Hopkins University Press.
Taylor, B.J., Morphew, C. (2013). Institutional contributions to financing students in US higher education: Trends in general subsidies, 1987-2007. D. Heller & C. Callender (Eds.), Student financing of higher education: A comparative perspective. 225-251. New York, Routledge Press.
Taylor, B.J., Webber, K., Jacobs, G. (2013). Internationalization, growth, and competition: The role of institutional researchers. A. Calderone & K.L. Webber (Eds.), New Directions in Institutional Research. 5-22. San Francisco, Jossey-Bass.
Morphew, C., Taylor, B.J. (2010). Markets in the U.S. higher education system: Imperfect competition for undergraduates. R. Brown (Ed.), Higher education and the market. 53-62. New York, Routledge Press.

Book Review

Taylor, B.J. (2025). _The Fantasy Economy_ and the postliberal university. 111 (1) https://www.aaup.org/article/fantasy-economy-and-postliberal-university

Encyclopedia Article

Taylor, B. (2020). Human capital theory. The Sage encyclopedia of higher education, volume two. 775-778. Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage.
Kunkle, K., Taylor, B., Watts, K. (2020). State funding for higher education. The Sage encyclopedia of higher education, volume four. 1394-1397. Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage.

Journal Article

Taylor, B.J., Holley, K. (2024). Models of building a faculty: Institutional transformation and the disruption of the professoriate in public higher education. Innovative Higher Education. 49 (4) 623-643.
Taylor, B.J., Rosinger, K., Ford, K. (2024). The shape of the sieve: Which admissions application components are claimed as valued in particular institutional contexts?. Sociology of Education. 97 (3) 233-251.
Taylor, B.J., Cantwell, B. (2024). Conceptualizing state re-engagement with public higher education. Educational Policy. 38 (5) 1200-1228.
Taylor, B.J., Kunkle, K., Watts, K. (2023). Democratic backsliding and the balance wheel hypothesis: Partisanship and state funding for higher education in the United States. Higher Education Policy. 36 781-803.
Barringer, S., Taylor, B., Riffe, K., Slaughter, S. (2022). Understanding models of trusteeship: An empirical examination of trustees’ involvement at research universities. Higher Education Policy. 35 102-132.
Taylor, B.J., Barringer, S.N., Slaughter, S. (2022). University board connectivity, finances and research production, 1985-2015. Teachers College Record. 124 (9) 3-35.
Dickson, T., Taylor, B. (2021). Faculty staffing patterns: Breadth and flexibility in professional physical therapy programs. Innovative Higher Education. 46 (5) 499-519.
Dickson, T., Taylor, B., Zafereo, J. (2020). Characteristics of professional physical therapist faculty and doctor of physical therapy programs, 2008-2017: Influences on graduation rate and first-time National Physical Therapy Examination pass rates. Physical Therapy. 100 1930-1947. https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/pzaa148
Taylor, B., Cantwell, B., Watts, K., Wood, O. (2020). Partisanship, white racial resentment, and state support for higher education. Journal of Higher Education. 92 (6) 858-887.
Cantwell, B., Taylor, B. (2020). Political rancor and educational inequality: Why building consensus is necessary to renew American higher education. Change. 52 (3) 68-72.
Johnson, J., Taylor, B.J. (2019). Academic capitalism and the faculty salary gap. Innovative Higher Education. 44 (1) 21-36.
Taylor, B.J., Barringer, S.N., Warshaw, J.B. (2018). Affiliated nonprofit organizations: Strategic action and research universities. The Journal of Higher Education. 89 (4) 422-452.
Taylor, B.J., Cantwell, B. (2018). Unequal higher education in the United States: Growing participation and shrinking opportunities. Social Sciences. 7 (9) 1-22.
Taylor, B.J., Morphew, C.C. (2017). Phil Knight and the public purposes of higher education. Change. 49 (2) 43-49.
Huang, Y., Cantwell, B., Taylor, B.J. (2016). Reasons for becoming a postdoc: Differences by race and foreign-born status. Teachers College Record. 118 (11) 1-29.
Taylor, B.J. (2016). Strategic action fields in US higher education: The 1939 Mercer University heresy trial. Journal of Historical Sociology. 29 (3) 359-384.
Taylor, B.J., Cantwell, B. (2016). The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Competition, resource concentration, and the “Great Recession” in the US. Higher Education Policy. 29 (2) 199-217.
Rosinger, K., Taylor, B.J., Coco, L., Slaughter, S. (2016). Organizational segmentation and the prestige economy: Deprofessionalization in high- and low-resource departments. The Journal of Higher Education. 87 (1) 27-54.
Taylor, B.J., Cantwell, B. (2015). Global competition, US research universities, and international doctoral education: Growth and consolidation of an organizational field. Research in Higher Education. 56 (5) 411-441.
Taylor, B.J. (2015). Responses to conflicting field imperatives: Institutions and agency among evangelical Christian colleges. Sociological Spectrum. 35 (2) 207-227.
Cantwell, B., Taylor, B.J. (2015). The rise of the postdoctorate and the restructuring of academic research. Journal of Higher Education. 86 (5) 667-696.
Taylor, B.J., Morphew, C.C. (2014). Trends in cost-sharing among US public universities and their international implications. Higher Education Policy. 27 (1) 1-21.
Cantwell, B., Taylor, B.J. (2013). Global status, inter-institutional stratification, and organizational segmentation: A time-dynamic Tobit analysis of ARWU position among US universities. Minerva. 51 (2)
Cantwell, B., Taylor, B.J. (2013). Internationalization of the postdoctorate in the United States: Analyzing the demand for international postdoc labor. Higher Education.
Taylor, B.J., Cantwell, B., Slaughter, S. (2013). Quasi-markets in US higher education: Humanities emphasis and institutional revenues. Journal of Higher Education. 84 (5) 675-707.
Morphew, C., Taylor, B.J. (2013). What sticker price doesn't mean: Non-profit higher education, expenditures, and general subsidies. Teachers College Record. http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentId=17355
Leslie, L., Slaughter, S., Taylor, B.J., Zhang, L. (2012). How do revenue variations affect expenditures within research universities?. Research in Higher Education. 53 (6) 614-639.
Taylor, B.J., Morphew, C. (2010). An analysis of baccalaureate college mission statements. Research in Higher Education. 51 (5) 483-503.
Taylor, B.J., Holley, K. (2009). Providing academic support services to students enrolled in online degree programs: The challenge for student affairs practitioners. The College Student Affairs Journal. 28 (1) 81-102.
Holley, K., Taylor, B.J. (2009). Socialization and learning in an online professional curriculum: Experiences of students in a college of nursing. Innovative Higher Education. 33 (4) 257-269.

Magazine/Trade Publication

Taylor, B.J., Cantwell, B. (2024). An outline of the post-liberal university: Public, private and partisan goods. Change. 56 (6) 5-11.

Position Paper

Cantwell, B., Grenda, J., Taylor, B.J. (2023). Breaking the spiral of disillusionment: A proposal to secure universities as infrastructure for Michigan and beyond. East Lansing, MI, Center for Higher and Adult Education, Michigan State University. https://chae.msu.edu/files/attachments/60/document/CHAE%20RSF%20RREPORT_FINAL[print].pdf

Presentations Given

Invited Talk

Taylor, B.J. (Presenter), The public university in a changing political context, Havens-Wright Center for Social Justice, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States of America. (2024).
Taylor, B.J. (Panelist), American politics and state higher education, The view from public universities, Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
Taylor, B.J. (Author & Presenter), Academic capitalism and institutional inequality in the US, Universite Paris V Renee Descartes, Paris, France. (2018 - 2018).
Cantwell, B. (Author & Presenter), Taylor, B.J. (Author & Presenter), Zones of exclusion: Is research eminence antithetical to inclusive access in the United States?, University College, London, London, United Kingdom. (2016).

Panel Presentation

Taylor, B. (Panelist), Higher education in a momentous U.S. election year: Racism, the pandemic, science, democracy and the public good, Centre for Global Higher Education, University of Oxford, United Kingdom. (2020).
Taylor, B. (Panelist), Annual Meeting, Bridging the gap between the scholarship and practice of institutionalization, Association for the Study of Higher Education, Portland, OR, United States of America. (2019).

Paper

Myers, D. (Author & Presenter), Taylor, B.J. (Author & Presenter), Aguilar-Smith, S. (Author & Presenter), 49th Annual Conference: I Am a Scholar, Data as distraction? Technocracy, institutionalization and assessment’s diffusion across higher education, 1990-2020, Association for the Study of Higher Education, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America. (2024).
Taylor, B.J. (Author & Presenter), Aguilar-Smith, S. (Author & Presenter), 49th Annual Conference: I Am a Scholar, To "save” higher education: An analysis of pragmatic solutions and epistemic claims for financial sustainability in higher education, Association for the Study of Higher Education, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America. (2024).
Taylor, B.J. (Author & Presenter), Cantwell, B. (Author & Presenter), Annual meeting, Paths to status, Association for the Study of Higher Education, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
Pusser, B. (Author & Presenter), Taylor, B.J. (Author & Presenter), Annual meeting, Beyond pluralism, Association for the Study of Higher Education, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
Taylor, B.J. (Author & Presenter), Watts, K.J. (Author), Annual Meeting, Tenure bans: An exploratory study of state efforts to curtail or ban faculty tenure, 2012-2019, Association for the Study of Higher Education, Las Vegas, NV, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
Taylor, B.J. (Author & Presenter), Holley, K. (Author), Annual meeting, Displaced: Institutional transformation and the disruption of the professoriate in public higher education, Association for the Study of Higher Education, Las Vegas, NV, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
Kunkle, K. (Author & Presenter), Taylor, B. (Author), Annual Meeting, Statewide promise programs: An event history analysis, Association for the Study of Higher Education, San Juan, PR, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
Taylor, B. (Author & Presenter), Kunkle, K. (Author), Watts, K. (Author), Annual Meeting, Partisanship and the balance wheel: Conditioning a time-tested hypothesis, Association for the Study of Higher Education, Virtual, United States of America. (2020).
Taylor, B. (Author & Presenter), Rosinger, K. (Author), Ford, K.S. (Author), Annual Meeting, Personal, impersonal and all of the above: Which components of the admission application matter most in particular institutional contexts?, Association for the Study of Higher Education, Virtual, United States of America. (2020).
Taylor, B. (Author & Presenter), Cantwell, B. (Author), Annual Meeting, Faculty work within the system of unequal higher education, Association for the Study of Higher Education, Portland, OR, United States of America. (2019).
Taylor, B.J. (Author & Presenter), Cantwell, B. (Author & Presenter), Wood, O. (Author & Presenter), Watts, K. (Author & Presenter), Annual Meeting, Political control and White privilege in public higher education funding: Overrepresentation and state appropriations, Association for the Study of Higher Education, Tampa, FL, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).
Barringer, S.N. (Author & Presenter), Taylor, B.J. (Author & Presenter), Riffe, K. (Author & Presenter), Slaughter, S. (Author & Presenter), Annual Meeting, What are trustees doing? A comparative case study of trustee involvement at research universities, Association for the Study of Higher Education, Tampa, FL, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).
Slaughter, S. (Author & Presenter), Barringer, S. (Author & Presenter), Taylor, B.J. (Author & Presenter), Annual meeting for the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Elite private university trustees as institutional advocates: Collaborative partnerships at MIT, Houston, TX, United States of America. (2017).
Cho, A. (Author & Presenter), Taylor, B.J. (Author & Presenter), Annual meeting for the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Exploring how universities and their affiliated professional schools align and orient themselves within the academy and/or the profession, Houston, TX, United States of America. (2017).
Ryan, S. (Author & Presenter), Razo, D. (Author & Presenter), Taylor, B.J. (Author & Presenter), Annual meeting of the American Education Research Association, Led by an invisible hand: The unintended consequences of tuition deregulation on adult learners, San Antonio, TX, United States of America. (2017).
Taylor, B.J. (Author & Presenter), Barringer, S.N. (Author & Presenter), Slaughter, S. (Author & Presenter), Annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, When do trustees matter?, Houston, TX, United States of America. (2017).
Barringer, S.N. (Author & Presenter), Taylor, B.J. (Author & Presenter), Slaughter, S. (Author & Presenter), Annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Trustees as boundary spanners: Implications for university connectivity and the field of higher education, Columbus, OH, United States of America. (2016).
Cantwell, B. (Author & Presenter), Taylor, B.J. (Author & Presenter), Annual meeting of the Consortium for Higher Education Researchers, Science profiles of global research universities and their implications for global stratification, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom. (2016).
Taylor, B.J. (Author & Presenter), Rosinger, K.O. (Author), Coco, L. (Author), Slaughter, S. (Author), Annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Digesting “the worm’s share:” Administrative authority and faculty strategies in the humanities, Denver, CO, United States of America. (2015).
Barringer, S.N. (Author & Presenter), Taylor, B.J. (Author & Presenter), Annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Do foundations matter? The role of affiliated nonprofit organizations in university operations, Denver, CO, United States of America. (2015).
Taylor, B.J. (Author & Presenter), Annual meeting of the Consortium for Higher Education Researchers, Competition and stratification: Research support in US higher education, Lisbon, Portugal. (2015).
Slaughter, S. (Author), Barringer, S.N. (Author & Presenter), Taylor, B.J. (Author), Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy, The role of trustees in university innovation, Atlanta, GA, United States of America. (2015).
Huang, Y. (Author & Presenter), Cantwell, B. (Author & Presenter), Taylor, B.J. (Author & Presenter), Annual meeting of the American Education Research Association, Reasons for becoming a postdoc: Differences by foreign-born status and race, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America. (2014).
Barringer, S.N. (Author & Presenter), Slaughter, S. (Author & Presenter), Taylor, B.J. (Author & Presenter), Annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Rethinking organizational boundaries: Research university trustees, Washington, DC, United States of America. (2014).
Warshaw, J. (Author & Presenter), Barringer, S.N. (Author & Presenter), Taylor, B.J. (Author & Presenter), Annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Structural adaptations to competition: Affiliated nonprofit organizations at public research universities, Washington, DC, United States of America. (2014).
Taylor, B.J. (Author & Presenter), Slaughter, S. (Author & Presenter), Barringer, S.N. (Author & Presenter), Annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, The changing role of university trustees: Preliminary findings on the executive science network, Washington, DC, United States of America. (2014).

Media Contributions

Internet

"Institutional sieves: How elite colleges filter student applicants," American Sociological Association Work in Progress Blog. (June 24, 2024).
"Pittsburgh’s smaller colleges teeter on edge of “enrollment cliff” and tuition drought," Open Campus Media. (January 4, 2024).
"Rankings and a system of endless competition," University World News. (September 7, 2013).
"Taxes, not death, for humanitie," Inside Higher Ed. (November 18, 2011).

Magazine

"Pay rises for US faculty members remain low for third year in a row," Nature. (May 03, 2019).

Newspaper

"UT-Austin president Jay Hartzell will leave to lead SMU," The Texas Tribune. (January 7, 2025).
"Squeezed from both sides: Why is neither party happy with higher education?," The Chronicle of Higher Education. (September 24, 2024).
"Full-time faculty raises finally beat inflation … just barely," Inside Higher Ed. (April 11, 2024).
"The U. of Chicago is feeling a financial squeeze," Chronicle of Higher Education. (January 19, 2024).
"Are professors really fleeing universities in red states?," Inside Higher Ed. (January 3, 2024).
"Chapel Hill gets an interim chancellor with political connections and no academic experience," The Chronicle of Higher Education. (December 15, 2023).
"MSU president search continues in secrecy, under scrutiny," The State News. (September 13, 2023).
"Confidence in Higher Ed Is Declining. But Most People Still Think College Is Worth It.," The Chronicle of Higher Education. (August 9, 2023).
"The hollowing out of higher ed," The Chronicle of Higher Education. (June 28, 2023).
"Is Florida "Wrecked?"," The Chronicle of Higher Education. (February 13, 2023).
"How Mitch Daniels Made Purdue a University Conservatives can Love," The Chronicle of Higher Education. (January 10, 2023).
"A playbook for knocking down higher ed," The Chronicle of Higher Education. (October 18, 2022).
"The right-wing attempt to control higher ed," The Chronicle of Higher Education. (October 10, 2022).
"A grab for power: Newly revealed draft legislation shows that Florida governor Ron DeSantis sought to give state officials more control of public colleges and universities, including over hiring and curriculum," Inside Higher Ed. (June 6, 2022).
""Uncharted territory:" What the overturn of Roe vs. Wade could mean for colleges," The Chronicle of Higher Education. (May 3, 2022).
"The Red-State Disadvantage," The Chronicle of Higher Education. (February 1, 2022).
"U. of Florida Doctor Says Administrators Blocked Him From Participating in Lawsuits About Masking," The Chronicle of Higher Education. (November 2, 2021).
""I'm Speechless:" What prompted U. of Florida to tell professors not to testify?," The Chronicle of Higher Education. (November 2, 2021).
"‘Many People Are Seeing Different Facts’: Carnegie Mellon Official’s Emails on Election Spark Outcry," The Chronicle of Higher Education. (January 11, 2021).
"It's time for radical reorganization," The Chronicle of Higher Education. (April 15, 2020).
"Can "White resentment" help explain higher education cuts?," The Chronicle of Higher Education. (January 27, 2020).
"No more "just trust us:" Some private universities are raising the curtain on their inner workings," The Chronicle of Higher Education. (December 5, 2019).
"'Unequal Higher Education'," Inside Higher Ed. (June 12, 2019).
"More diverse, still stratified: Colleges fall short on offering "good value" spots," Chronicle of Higher Education. (May 20, 2019).
"Rise of international rankings may heighten inequalities between and within institution," The Chronicle of Higher Education. (August 15, 2013).
"College rankings and dueling mission statements," The Chronicle of Higher Education. (August 19, 2009).

Other

"The College System," Youth Social Justice Documentary Series 2023. (June 14, 2023).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

Grant - Research

Taylor, B.J. (Co-Principal), "The executive science network: University trustees and the organization of university-industry exchanges," sponsored by National Science Foundation Grant #047479-01, Federal, $381581 Funded. (2013 - 2017).
Taylor, B.J. (Principal), "Re-investing for opportunity: Estimating the degree returns to targeted state-support to higher education in the Midwest," sponsored by Michigan State University, NFP, Funded. (2020 - 2022).
Taylor, B.J. (Principal), "The Executive Science Network: University Trustees and the Organization of University Industry Exchanges," sponsored by The University of Georgia, NFP, Funded. (2013 - 2017).

Service

University Service

Committee Member, Ad Hoc KPI Committee. (November 2024 - Present).
Chairperson, Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee. (August 2024 - Present).
Member, COACHE Steering Committee. (August 2023 - Present).
Member, Program Review Committee. (August 2022 - Present).
Director, Higher Education Program. (September 1, 2020 - Present).
Member, Personnel Affairs Committee. (August 2014 - Present).
Chairperson, Personnel Affairs Committee. (August 2021 - May 2025).
Member, Faculty Search Committee. (August 2023 - May 2024).
Member, Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure. (August 2023 - May 2024).
Member, Department of Educational Psychology Promotion and Tenure Committee. (September 2021 - May 2022).
Member, Faculty Search Committee. (September 2021 - May 2022).
Member, Faculty Search Committee. (September 2020 - May 2021).
Member, Ad Hoc Search Committee (Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Faculty Affairs). (February 2020 - May 2020).
Chairperson, Program Review Committee. (August 2017 - 2019).
Committee Member, Resource Committee. (August 2017 - 2019).
Member, Faculty Assembly Committee. (August 2016 - 2019).
Member, TA/TF Awards Committee. (August 2016 - 2019).
Member, Program Review Committee. (August 2013 - 2019).
Member, College of Education Research Committee. (December 2018 - May 2019).
Chairperson, Faculty Assembly Committee. (August 2018 - May 2019).
Member, Multicultural Scholastic Committee. (August 2013 - 2018).
Member, Committee on Student Conduct. (August 2013 - 2017).
Chairperson, Resource Committee. (August 2014 - August 2017).
Member, Eagle Awards Committee. (August 2012 - May 2015).

Professional Service

Editorial Review Board Member, Higher Education. (November 2023 - Present).
Editorial Review Board Member, The Review of Higher Education. (November 2022 - Present).
Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, The Review of Higher Education. (2017 - Present).
Editorial Review Board Member, The Journal of Higher Education. (2015 - Present).
Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Research in Higher Education. (2013 - Present).
Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education. (2012 - Present).
Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Higher Education. (2012 - Present).
Member, Association for the Study of Higher Education. (2006 - Present).
Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, External T&P Letter Writer, West Virginia University. (October 2022 - December 2022).
Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, External T&P Letter Writer, Louisiana State University. (May 2022 - August 2022).
External T&P Letter Writer, Auburn University. Auburn, AL. (May 2021 - October 2021).
External T&P Letter Writer, University of Denver. Denver, CO. (December 2020 - January 2021).
Committee Member, Partnership for College Completion’s College Affordability Study. Chicago, IL. (2019 - 2020).
External T&P Letter Writer, Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ. (May 2020 - June 2020).
Other (Mentor), Association for the Study of Higher Education - Council on International Education. (2016 - 2016).
Member, Joint ASHE-CIC Committee. (2014 - 2015).
Member, ASHE Program Committee. (2013 - 2013).