The first volume in the Core Concepts of Higher Education series, this book is a unique research methods textbook that provides students with an understanding of the processes that historians use when conducting their own research.

Introduction, Marybeth GasmanSection I. Methodological Approaches 1. "Within These Walls": Reading and Writing Institutional Histories, Darryl L. Peterkin2. Oral History … As Scholarship, Katherine Chaddock3. Autobiography and Biographical Research in Higher Education, Wayne Urban4. "No Food, No Drinks, Pencil Only": Conducting and Interpreting Archival Research, Jordan R. Humphrey5. The Literature Review as Scholarship: Using Critical Reviews and Historiography, Linda EisenmannSection II. Using a New Historical Lens 6. Horizontal History and Higher Education, John R. Thelin7. Photographs as Primary Sources, Michael Bieze8. Quantification and Cognitive History: Applying Social Science Theory and Method to Historical Data, Jane Robbins9. Life History and Voice: On Standpoints and Reflexivity, William G. TierneySection III. Critical Examinations of Special Issues 10. "Poor" Research: Historiographical Challenges When Socio-Economic Status is the Unit of Analysis, Jana Nidiffer11. Where is Your "Home"? Writing the History of Asian Americans in Higher Education, Sharon S. Lee12. Beyond Black & White: Researching the History of Latinos in American Higher Education, Christopher Tudico13. Writing through the Past: Federal Higher Education Policy, Philo Hutcheson14. The Challenge of Writing the South, Amy E. Wells-DolanEpilogue. A Note about Footnotes, Jane Robbins