Faculty & Staff - HED : College of Education, University of Arizona

Dr. J. Robert Hendricks, Department Head, Educational Policy Studies and Practice:
Center for the Study of Higher Education and Educational Leadership

Dr. Jenny Lee, Associate Professor, Director Center for the Study of Higher Education
The University of Arizona College of Education
Room 321
P.O. Box 210069
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona 85721-0069
Phone: 520-626-7313
Fax: 520-621-1875
E-mail

Higher Education

Milem, Jeffrey F., Professor, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs

Prior to joining the faculty at Arizona, he served as an Associate Professor and graduate program director for the higher education administration program in the Department of Education Policy and Leadership in the College of Education at the University of Maryland, where he also served as Director of the Provost’s Research Collaborative, a longitudinal research program which studied the ways in which students’ experiences with diversity while they were at Maryland influence a range of important learning outcomes. Jeff received his B.A. in political science from Michigan State University, his M.Ed. from the University of Vermont, and his Ph.D. from UCLA.

Professor Milem’s research interests focus on racial dynamics in higher education, the educational outcomes of diversity, the impact of college on students, and the condition and status of the professorate—including the ways in which faculty effectively utilize diversity in their classroom teaching. Jeff co-authored (with Kenji Hakuta of Stanford University) the Special Focus Section of the American Council on Education’s Minorities in Higher Education, 1999-2000: Seventeenth Annual Status Report (The Special Focus manuscript is titled “The Benefits of Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Higher Education”). Jeff is a co-author, with Sylvia Hurtado, Alma Clayton-Pedersen, and Walter R. Allen, of the book Enacting Diverse Learning Environments: Improving the Campus Climate for Racial/Ethnic Diversity. He is the author of a chapter titled “The Educational Benefits of Diversity: Evidence from Multiple Sectors” that will appear in Compelling Interest: Examining the Evidence on Racial Dynamics in Higher Education edited by Mitchell Chang, Daria Witt, James Jones, & Kenji Hakuta (published in March 2003 by Stanford University Press). Professor Milem is also the author or co-author of numerous manuscripts which appear in Academe, Change, The Journal of Higher Education, Sociology of Education, Research in Higher Education, The Review of Higher Education, Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, The Journal of College Student Development, Thought & Action, and The UCLA Journal of Education.

As a widely recognized expert in the area of racial dynamics in higher education, Professor Milem has been commissioned to do research by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, the Harvard Civil Rights Project, the American Council on Education, and the American Educational Research Association’s Panel on Racial Dynamics in Higher Education. Jeff has also worked with the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Education and the American Council on Education to present a series of technical assistance workshops on affirmative action and college admissions. Professor Milem has given speeches and/or provided consultation on racial dynamics to different national education organizations as well as various public and private higher education institutions across the country.

Curriculum Vitae
Jeffrey F. Milem
Professor
Center for the Study of Higher Education
College of Education
University of Arizona

Education

Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles 1992
Major: Higher Education and Work
Cognate: Sociology/Social Psychology

M.Ed. University of Vermont 1981
Major: Student Personnel Services in Higher Education

B.A. Michigan State University 1979
Major: Political Science

Publications

Books/Monographs
    Milem, J.F., Chang, M.J., and antonio, a.l. (2006). Making Diversity Work on Campus:
A Research Based Perspective. Washington, DC: Association of American Colleges and Universities.
    Hurtado, S., Milem, J.F., Clayton-Pedersen, A.R., & Allen, W.R. (1999). Enacting diverse learning environments: Improving the campus climate for racial/ethnic diversity in higher education. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Reports Series, 26 (8). San Francisco: Jossey Bass Publishers.
Book Chapters
    Milem, J.F., Dey, E.L., & White, C.B. (2004). Diversity considerations in health professions education. In B.D. Smedley, A.S. Butler, & L.R. Bristow, (Eds.), In the nation’s compelling interest: Ensuring diversity in the health-care workforce. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 345-389.
    Milem, J.F., Umbach, P.D., & Ting, M.P. (2004). Educating citizens for a diverse democracy: How students learn from diversity in college. In Hampton, R.L. & Gullotta, T.P. (Eds.), Promoting racial, ethnic, and religious understanding in America. Washington, DC: Child Welfare League Press, 87-108.
    Milem, J.F. (2003). The educational benefits of diversity: Evidence from multiple sectors. In M. Chang, D. Witt, J. Jones, & K. Hakuta (Eds.). Compelling interest: Examining the evidence on racial dynamics in higher education. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 126-169.
    Milem, J.F. (2001) Diversity is not enough: How campus climate and faculty teaching methods affect student outcomes. In G. Orfield (Ed.), Diversity challenged: Legal crisis and new evidence. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Publishing Group, 233-249.
    Milem, J.F., Sherlin Jr., J.H., & Irwin, L.E. (2001). The importance of collegial networks to college and university faculty. In E.G. Creamer and Associates. Working equal: Academic couples as collaborators. New York: Garland Press, 146-166.
    Berger, J.B. & Milem, J.F. (2000). Organizational behavior in higher education and student outcomes. In J.C. Smart (Ed.), Higher education: Handbook of theory and research, Volume XV, New York: Agathon Press, 268-338.
    Laden, B.V., Milem, J.F., & Crowson, R.W. (2000). New institutional theory and undergraduate retention. In J.M. Braxton (Ed.) Rethinking the departure puzzle: New theory and research on college student retention. Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 235-256.
    Astin, H.S. & Milem, J.F. (1997). The status of academic couples in U.S. institutions. In M.A. Ferber & J.W. Loeb (Eds.), Academic couples: Problems and promise, Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 128-155.
Journal Articles
    Perna, L.W., Gerald, D.S., Baum, E., and Milem, J.F. (in press). The status of equity for Black faculty and administrators in public higher education in the South, Research in Higher Education.
    Perna, L.W., Milem, J.F., Gerald, D.S., Baum, E., Rowan, H., and Hutchens, N. (2006). The status of equity for Black undergraduates in public higher education in the South: Still separate and unequal. Research in Higher Education 47 (2), 197-228..
    Milem, J.F., Umbach, P.D., and Liang, C.T.H. (2004). Exploring the perpetuation hypothesis: The role of colleges and universities in desegregating society. Journal of College Student Development, 45 (6), 688-700.
    Umbach, P.D. & Milem, J.F. (2004). Applying Holland’s Typology to the Study of Differences in Student Views About Diversity. Research in Higher Education 45 (6), 625-649.
antonio, a.l., Chang, M.J., Hakuta, K., Kenny, D.A, Levin, S., & Milem, J.F. (2004). Effects of racial diversity on complex thinking in college students. Psychological Science, 15 (8), 507-510.
    Milem, J.F. & Umbach, P.D. (2003). The Influence of Pre-college Factors on Students’ Predispositions Regarding Diversity Activities in College. Journal of College Student Development, 44 (5), 611-624.
    Berger, J.B. & Milem, J.F. (2002). The Impact of Community Service Involvement on Three Measures of Undergraduate Self-Concept, NASPA Journal, 40 (1), Article 6,
http://publications.naspa.org/naspajournal/vol40/iss1/art6.
    Milem, J.F. (2000). Why race matters: The individual and institutional benefits of diversity in higher education, Academe, 86 (5), 26-29.
    Milem, J.F., Berger, J.B., & Dey, E.L. (2000). Faculty time allocation: A study of change over twenty years, Journal of Higher Education, 71 (4), 454-475.
    Berger, J.B. & Milem, J.F. (2000). Promoting undergraduate self-concept: Differences between historically Black and predominantly White colleges, Journal of College Student Development, 41 (4), 381-394.
    Braxton, J.M, Milem, J.F., & Sullivan, A.V.S. (2000). The influence of active learning on the college student departure process: Toward a revision of Tinto’s theory, Journal of Higher Education (5), 569-590.
    Berger, J.B. & Milem, J.F. (1999). The role of student involvement and perceptions of integration in a causal model of student persistence. Research in Higher Education, 40 (6), 641-664.
    Milem, J.F. (1998). Attitude change in college students: Examining the effects of college peer groups and faculty reference groups. Journal of Higher Education, 69 (2), 117-140.
    Hurtado, S., Milem, J.F., Clayton-Pedersen, A.R., & Allen, W.R. (1998). Enhancing campus climates for racial/ethnic diversity through educational policy and practice. [20th Anniversary Edition] The Review of Higher Education, 21 (3), 279-302.
    Dey, E.L., Milem, J.F., & Berger, J.B. (1997). Changing patterns of publication productivity: Accumulative advantage or institutional isomorphism? Sociology of Education, 70 (4), 308-323.
    Milem, J.F. & Berger, J.B. (1997). A modified model of college student persistence: The relationship between Astin’s theory of involvement and Tinto’s theory of student departure. Journal of College Student Development, 38 (4), 387-400.
    Milem, J.F. (1994). College, students, and racial understanding. Thought and Action, 9 (2), 51-91.
    Milem, J.F. & Astin, H.S. (1993). The changing composition of faculty: What does it really mean for diversity? Change, 25 (2), 21-27.
    Milem, J.F. (1991). Overcoming barriers to college attendance among Blacks: Learning from those who have succeeded. UCLA Journal of Education, IV (1), 39-53.
    Milem, J.F. & Wolff, S.J. (1981). On moving on. The Vermont Connection: Journal of the Vermont Student Personnel Program. Volume I, Burlington: University of Vermont.
Other Professional Manuscripts
    Milem, J.F. & Hakuta, K. (2000). The benefits of racial and ethnic diversity in higher education, featured report, In D. Wilds (author) Minorities in higher education: Seventeenth annual status report. Washington, DC: American Council on Education, 39-67.
Other Manuscripts
    Milem, J.F. (2001). Building a diverse democracy, College Park: The University of Maryland Magazine, 12 (2), 24-27.
Technical Reports
    Astin, H.S. & Milem, J.F. (1992). Science faculty: Culture, roles and pedagogy (Chapter 9). In A.W. Astin & H. S. Astin, Undergraduate science education: The impact of different college environments on the educational pipeline in the sciences (pp. 7-1 – 21). (Final report, National Science Foundation Grant SPA-8955365). Los Angeles: Higher Education Research Institute, UCLA.
    Astin, H.S., Heath, T.M., Milem, J.F., & Sax, L.J. (1992). Persistence in, defection from and recruitment into science and engineering (Chapter 5). In A. W. Astin & H. S. Astin, Undergraduate science education: The impact of different college environments on the educational pipeline in the sciences (pp. 5-1 – 69). (Final report, National Science Foundation Grant SPA-8955365). Los Angeles: Higher Education Research Institute, UCLA.
    Milem, J.F., Astin, H.S., Astin, A.W., Ries, P., & Heath, T. (1991). A study of Connecticut College alumni, 1970-1990. Los Angeles: Higher Education Research Institute, UCLA.
    Astin, H.S., Milem, J.F., Astin, A.W., Ries, P., & Heath, T. (1990). The courage and vision to experiment: Hampshire College 1970-1990. Los Angeles: Higher Education Research Institute, UCLA.

Fellowships, Prizes, Awards

Faculty Mentor of the Year Award—Graduate Student Association, Department of Education Policy and Leadership, University of Maryland, (May 2004)
Outstanding Outcomes Assessment Research Award—American College Personnel Association, Commission IX, (2001, April)
Salva Dignitate Award—Outstanding Alumni Award, Higher Education and Student Affairs Program, University of Vermont, (2001, April)
Special Recognition Award—Asian Pacific American Student Association, University of Maryland, (2001, 2002, May)
Diversity Network Award—University System of Maryland Diversity Network, (2000, July)
Philip Neil Clark Award [awarded to the outstanding graduate student in the Division of Higher Education and Work, UCLA, Graduate School of Education] (1991, June)

Editorships, Editorial Boards, Reviewing Activities

2004-present Consulting Editor, Research in Higher Education
1999-2005 Editorial Board, Journal of College Student Development
2004-present Reviewer, Social Psychology Quarterly

2003-present Reviewer, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

2002 Reviewer, The Urban Review
2002 Reviewer, Economics of Education Review

1998-present Reviewer, Journal of Higher Education
1997-2003 Reviewer, Review of Higher Education
2001, 2004 Reviewer, Research in Higher Education
2001 Reviewer, Equity and Excellence
2000-2001 Reviewer, Educational Policy
1998-1999 Reviewer, Peabody Journal of Education

1998 Reviewer, Educational Researcher

1991-1993 Editor-in-Chief, UCLA Journal of Education (Volume V), Graduate School of Education, UCLA

1994-present Reviewer, AERA Conference Research Paper Proposals

1992-present Reviewer, ASHE Conference Research Paper Proposals

Consultancies and Commissioned Research

American Association for Higher Education
American Council on Education
American Educational Research Association
Association of American Colleges and Universities
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Christopher Newport University
The College Board
Connecticut College
Educational Testing Service
Harvard University, Civil Rights Project
Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne
Institute of Medicine, National Academies of Science
Legal Defense and Education Fund, NAACP
Michigan State University
Occidental College
Oregon State University
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
State University of New York at Geneseo
United States Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
United States Department of Justice
University of Arkansas
University of California, Davis
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
University of Pennsylvania
University of Richmond
University of Scranton
University of Southern California, Center for Urban Education
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Winona State University

Interviews or Feature Stories in Local, National, and International Media

Black Issues in Higher Education
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
Helsingborgs Dagblad (Sweden)
The Baltimore Sun
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Maryland Diamondback
The Michigan Daily
The New York Times
The Newport News Daily Press
The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Washington Post