John Weidman - Publications

John Weidman
School of Education
University of Pittsburgh
5910 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
PHONE: 412-648-1772
EMAIL: weidman@pitt.edu

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Book Chapters

• Weidman, John C. and Adiya Enkhjargal. “Corruption in Higher Education.” Pp. 63-88 in David P. Baker and Alexander W. Wiseman (Eds.), The Worldwide Transformation of Higher Education. International Perspectives on Education and Society. Vol. 9. Bingley, UK: JAI Press, Emerald Group Publishing, 2008.
• Weidman, John C. “Globalization of Korean Higher Education.” Pp. 222-228 in Insight into Korea, edited by The Korea Herald. Seoul, Korea: Herald Media, 2007 (originally published in The Korea Herald, 30 July 2007, p. 4).
• Weidman, John C., Regsuren Bat-Erdene, and Erika Bat-Erdene. “Schooling in Mongolia.” In Gerard A. Postiglione (Ed.), Schooling Around the World: East Asia, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, forthcoming, 2007.
• Weidman, John C. “Student Socialization in Higher Education: Organizational Perspectives.” Chapter 14 in Clifton C. Conrad and Ronald C. Serlin (Eds.), The Sage Handbook for Research in Education: Engaging Ideas and Enriching Inquiry. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2006.
• Perna, Laura W. and John C. Weidman. “Introduction to Section Two, Promising Problems and Approaches to Inquiry: Across and Within Fields.” In Clifton F. Conrad and Ronald C. Serlin (Eds.), The Sage Handbook for Research in Education: Engaging Ideas and Enriching Inquiry. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2006.
• Yoder, Brian L. and John C. Weidman. “Struggling Through Education Reform during the First Decade of the Post-Soviet Era in Central Asia: Mongolia and Uzbekistan.” In Mohamed A. Nur-Awaleh and Adel Al-Bataineh (Eds.), International Education Systems: Global Perspectives. Lanham MD: Rowman Littlefield, Scarecrow Education, forthcoming, 2006.
• Weidman, John C., David W. Chapman, Marc Cohen, and Macrina C. Lelei. 2004. “Access to Education in Five Newly Independent States of Central Asia and Mongolia: A Regional Agenda.” Pp. 181-197 in Stephen P. Heyneman and Alan J. DeYoung (Eds.), Challenges for Education in Central Asia. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.Link: More...
• Weidman, John C. and Regsurengiin Bat-Erdene. 2002. “Higher Education and the State in Mongolia: Dilemmas of Democratic Transition.” In David W. Chapman and Ann E. Austin (Eds.), Higher Education in the Developing World: Changing Contexts and Institutional Responses. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.Link: More...
• Weidman, J. C. 1997. "Laos." In Gerard A. Postiglione and Grace C.L. Mak (Eds.), Higher Education in Asia: An International Handbook and Reference Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.Link: More...
• Weidman, John C., R. Bat-Erdene, O. Gerel, and D. Badarch. 1997. "Mongolia." Pp. 199-216 in Gerard A. Postiglione and Grace C.L. Mak (Eds.), Higher Education in Asia: An International Handbook and Reference Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.Link: More...
• Weidman, John C. 1995. "Prospects for the Development of Higher Education in Kenya." Pp. 130-143 in Feraidoon Shams (Ed.), State and Society in Africa: Perspectives on Continuity and Change. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.Link: More...
• Weidman, J. C. 1994. Facilitating the transition from school to work. Chapter in Jones, B.A. and Borman K. M. (Eds.), Investing in U.S. Schools: Directions for Educational Policy. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.Link: More...

Books

• Yeager, John L., Glenn M. Nelson, Eugenie A. Potter, John C. Weidman, and Thomas G. Zullo (Eds.). 2001. ASHE Reader on Finance in Higher Education. Second Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Custom Publishing.Link: More...
• Weidman, John C. and Namgi Park (Eds.). 2000. Higher Education in Korea: Tradition and Adaptation. New York, NY: Falmer Press.Link: More...

Journal Articles

• Chapman, David W., John C. Weidman, Marc Cohen, and Malcolm Mercer. “The Search for Quality: A Five Country Study of National Strategies to Improve Educational Quality In Central Asia.” International Journal of Educational Development, 25 (September, 2005): 514-530.
• Weidman, John C. and Elizabeth L. Stein. 2003. “Socialization of Graduate Students to Academic Norms.” Research in Higher Education, 44 (No. 6, December): 641-656.
• Weidman, John C. 2001. “Developing the Mongolia Education Sector Strategy 2000-2005: Reflections of a Consultant for the Asian Development Bank.” Current Issues in Comparative Education [Online], 3 (No. 2, May 1).Link: More...
• Weidman, J. C. 1995. "Diversifying Finance of Higher Education Systems in the Third World: The Cases of Kenya and Mongolia." Education Policy Analysis Archives [Online]. 3 (No. 5).Link: More...

Monographs

• Weidman, John C., Darla J. Twale, and Elizabeth L. Stein. 2001. Socialization of Graduate and Professional Students in Higher Education: A Perilous Passage? ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, Vol. 28, No. 3. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.Link: More...
• Kim, Byung-Ju, Namgi Park, Ki-Chang Song, and J. C. Weidman. 1996. Higher Education Costs and Tuition. Higher Education Series 1. Seoul, Korea: Gyoyuck Gwahak Sa Publishing Co., (Korean language publication).
• Weidman, J. C. and D. C. May. 1994. Implementing A Faculty Assessment System: A Case Study of the University of Pittsburgh-USA. IIEP Research and Studies Programme: Improving the Managerial Effectiveness of Higher Education Institutions. Paris: International Institute for Educational Planning (UNESCO).

Reviews

• Weidman, John C. Review of Educational Import: Local Encounters with Global Forces in Mongolia by Gita Steiner-Khamsi and Ines Stolpe (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006). Pacific Affairs, 79 (No. 4, Winter 2006-2007): 678-679.

Technical Reports

• Weidman, John C. Quantifying the Relationship Between Corruption in Education and Economic Development in the Eastern Europe and Eurasia Region: A Feasibility Study, Report prepared for USAID, Social Transition Team, Washington, DC, April, 2007.