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  1. the Department of Education Policy, Planning and Administration at the University of Maryland, Room 2211, Benjamin Building, 20742-1165, College Park, MD, USA

    Frank A. Schmidtlein (Associate Professor of Higher Education)

  2. the University of Virginia, 210 Miller Hall, 22903, Charlottesville, VA

    Alton L. Taylor (Professor of Higher Education and Director of Summer Session)

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The authors with to acknowledge the outstanding contributions in data collection and analysis provided by Aruna Viswadoss and Scott Karr, graduate students in the Center for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Virginia.

The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the National Science Foundation.

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Schmidtlein, F.A., Taylor, A.L. Processes employed by graduate/research universities in response to strategic issues. Tert Educ Manag 3, 52–62 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02679368

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