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Dr. Lijing Yang is an associate professor of higher education at 91̽»¨. She holds a Ph.D. in Higher Education from the University of Michigan and completed postdoctoral training from the Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia. She teaches graduate courses including higher education finance and budgeting, assessment and evaluation, statistical analysis of national large datasets, higher education policy, comparative and international higher education, and theory to practice seminars. Her current research focuses on higher education policy, economics of education, education finance, and comparative and international higher education.

Most Recent Publications:

Yang, L., & St. John, E. P. (2023). Public Investment in Short-Cycle Tertiary Vocational Education: Historical, Longitudinal, and Fixed-Effects Analyses of Developed and Less-Developed Countries. Education Sciences, 13(6), 573.  (Impact factor: 3.0)

St. John, E.P., Chen, L. Taylor, Z., Yang, L. & Wang, C. (Eds.) (2023). Education Improvement Promoting Human Capabilities Development in Post-Neoliberal Period: A Special Issue for the journal Education Science (Switzerland) (Impact factor: 3.0).

*Moleski, K., Ridpath, B. D., & Yang, L. (2023). Factors that Influence the Academic Success of College Athletes Participating in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Journal of Intercollegiate Sport, 16(3).

Xiong, Y., & Yang, L. (2021). Asian international students’ help-seeking intentions and behavior in American Postsecondary Institutions. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 80, 170-185.

Zhou, Y., Zhou, Y., Yang, L., & Yu, S. (2020). Evaluating Mixed Methods Research Integration Quality in Three Top Journals of Higher Education. International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches, 12(3).

Yang, L. & Venezia, S. (2020). The Impact of Financial Aid on Associate Degree Attainment for Rural Community College Students: A Comparison of Rural, Urban and Suburban Patterns. Community College Review, 48(4), 423-454

Ortagus, J. & Yang, L. (2020) Revenue Reconsidered: Exploring the Influence of Changes in Local and State Appropriations on Online Enrollment at Community Colleges. Community College Journal of Research and Practice (in press)

Ortagus, J. & Yang, L. (2018). An Examination of the Impact of Declining State Appropriations on Online Enrollment at Public Universities. Research in Higher Education, 59(7), 847-865.

Yang, L. (2018). China’s Economy, Educational Finance and Higher Education Access in a World Setting. In C. Wang, E.P. St. John, X. Li., and C. Hannon (Eds.), Actionable Research for Educational Equity and Social Justice: Higher Education Reform in China and Beyond. (pp. 195-225). New York: Routledge/Taylor and Francis Group

Yang, L. & Webber, K., (2015). A Decade Beyond the Doctorate: The Influence of a U.S. Postdoctoral Appointment on Faculty Career, Productivity, and Salary. Higher Education, (January 2015), 1-21

Webber, K., & Yang, L. (2015). The Career Path of the Postdoctoral Researcher. Change The Magazine of Higher Learning , 47(6)

Yang, L. & McCall, B. P. (2014). World education finance policies and higher education access: A statistical analysis of world development indicators for eighty-six countries. International Journal of Educational Development, 35, 25-36

Webber, K. & Yang, L. (2014). Changes in US- and foreign-born faculty: Evidence from the National Survey of Postsecondary Faculty 1993 and 2004, Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 36(1), 43-61.

Yang, L. & St. John, E. P. (2013). Reframing the discourse of access: Three perspectives in viewing access in comparative higher education literature. In E.P. St. John, J. Kim and L. Yang. (Eds.), Privatization and Inequality: Comparative Studies of College Access, Education Policy, and Public Finance, With Cases on China, South Korea, and the United States, The State of California. (pp. 19-44). New York: AMS Press Inc.

Kim, J., Yang, L., & St. John, E. P. (2013). Economic development and college access: A comparative study of OECD nations. In E.P. St. John, J. Kim and L. Yang. (Eds.), Privatization and Inequality: Comparative Studies of College Access, Education Policy, and Public Finance, With Cases on China, South Korea, and the United States, The State of California. (pp. 45-64). New York: AMS Press Inc.

St. John, E. P., Kim, J. & Yang, L. (2013). Introduction. In E.P. St. John, J. Kim and L. Yang. (Eds.), Privatization and Inequality: Comparative Studies of College Access, Education Policy, and Public Finance, With Cases on China, South Korea, and the United States, The State of California. (pp. 3-18). New York: AMS Press Inc.

St. John, E., Kim, J., & Yang, L. (Eds.) (2013). Privatization and Inequality: Comparative Studied of College Access, Education Policy, and Public Finance, With Cases on China, South Korea, and the United States, The State of California. New York: AMS Press Inc.

Yang, L., (2011). The disappearing role of education finance policies in higher education access—Panel data analysis of twenty-one Asia-Pacific countries in a global setting. In S. Marginson, S. Kaur and E. Sawir (Eds.), Higher education in the Asia-Pacific: Strategic responses to globalization. (pp. 77-104). Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Springer.

Yang, L., St. John, E. P., Kim, J., & Zheng, H. (2007). Financial aid policy and higher education access: a statistical analysis of international indicators. In the University of Houston Institute for Higher Education Law and Governance (IHELG) Monograph Series.

Ross, H. A., Lou, J., Yang, L., Rybakova, O., & Wakhungu, P. (2005). Where and Who Are the World’s Illiterates: China Country Studies, Education For All, 2006 Global Monitoring Report, UNESCO