Michael S. Harris

Assistant Professor, Higher Education
Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Technology Studies
328B Graves Hall
(205)-348-1731
mharris@bamaed.ua.edu
Appointed in 2004

Recent Courses Taught:

AHE 250: The American University
AHE 540: Organization and Governance of Higher Education
AHE 640: Organizational Change in Higher Education
AHE 660: Case Studies in Higher Education
BEF 653: History of American Higher Education

Areas of Research:

Influence of market forces on higher education

Academic Degrees:

Ed.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2004. Higher Education Administration.

M.S.Ed., University of Pennsylvania. Higher Education Administration.

B.A., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. History.

Professional Experiences:

Assistant Professor, University of Alabama, 2004 – Present.

Selected Publications:

Harris, M.S. (2007). From policy design to campus: Implementation of a tuition decentralization policy. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 15(16), 1-18.

Bray, N.J., Harris, M.S., & Major, C.H. (2007). New verse or the same old chorus? Lessons from distance education. Research in Higher Education, 48(7), 889-908.

Zheng, P., & Harris, M.S. (2007). The university in the knowledge economy: The Triple Helix model and its implications. Industry and Higher Education, 21(4), 253-263.

Harris, M.S. (2007). The current state of higher education programs: Findings and implications. In Wright, D. and Miller, M. (Eds). Training higher education policy makers and leaders: A graduate program perspective. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Press. 33-41.

Harris, M.S. (2006). Out out, damned spot: General education in a market driven institution. Journal of General Education, 55(3-4), 186-200.

Shaw, K.A., & Harris, M.S. (2006, July/August). Before all *@#%! breaks loose. Trusteeship, 14(4), 29-32.

Selected Presentations:

Harris, M.S. (2007). University advertising during bowl games: A study of brand personality. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Louisville, KY, November 8 – 10, 2007.

Harris, M.S., & Holley, K.A. (2007). Interdisciplinary culture and strategy in higher education: A case study of elite research universities. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Louisville, KY, November 8 – 10, 2007.

Harris, M.S. (2007). Public U. for private gain: The selling of exclusion in university advertising. Presentation at the annual meeting of the International Visual Sociology Association, New York, NY, August 9 – 11, 2007.

Zheng, P., & Harris, M.S. (2006). The second academic revolution: Interpretation of academic entrepreneurship. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Anaheim, CA, November 2 – 4, 2006.

Harris, M.S., & Hartley, M. (2005). Witch-hunting in the academy: The power and peril of competing ideologies. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Philadelphia, PA, November 16 – 18, 2005.