Resume
for
John C. Weidman

Education

• University of Chicago: A.M., 1968; Ph.D., 1974.
• Princeton University: A.B., 1967 (cum laude in Sociology).

Areas of Specialization

• Comparative educational policy, planning, and finance; educational management; socialization in higher education; program evaluation; education and employment; gender equity.

Honors and Awards

• UNESCO Chair of Higher Education Research, Maseno University College, Kenya, 1993.
• Fulbright Scholar Award for Lecturing in Sociology, Augsburg University, Federal Republic of Germany, Winter Semester, 1986-87.
• NIMH Training Fellowships, University of Chicago: Survey Research, National Opinion Research Center, 1969-70; Sociology of Education, Department of Education, 1967-68.

Academic, Administrative, and Research Positions

• University of Pittsburgh: Professor of Education and of Sociology, since 1986; Associate Professor, 1979-86; Chairman, Department of Administrative and Policy Studies, 1986-93; Acting Assistant Director, University Center for Social and Urban Research, 1981-82.
• Maseno University College, Kenya: UNESCO Chair of Higher Education Research, Institute of Research and Postgraduate Studies, Fall Semester, 1993.
• Augsburg University, Federal Republic of Germany: Visiting Professor, Philosophical Faculty I, Sociology Department, Winter Semester, 1986-87.
• Bureau of Social Science Research, Inc., Washington, DC: Senior Research Associate, 1977-78. University of Minnesota: Assistant Professor of Education, of Sociology, and of American Studies, 1974-77; Acting Assistant Professor of Education, 1970-74.

Consulting

• Asian Development Bank, Manilla, Philippines: Organizational and Institutional Development Expert and Team Leader, Lao PDR Private Sector Education Development Project, 10/1-12/15/95 and 4/20-7/11/96.
• Academy for Educational Development, Washington, DC: Higher education expert, Mongolia education and human resource development sector study funded by the Asian Development Bank, 1993.
• University of Utah, Graduate School: Review of graduate programs in the Department of Educational Administration, 1990.
• Tel-Aviv University, School of Education, Israel: Design of an educational policy research center, 1987 (Fulbright Inter-Country Grant).
• Bureau of Social Science Research, Inc., Washington, DC: National Endowment for the Humanities, early careers of undergraduate humanities majors, 1984-86; U.S. Department of Labor, "high-tech" training project for females in the Work Incentive Program (WIN), 1979-83.
• Youthwork, Inc., Washington DC: Assist in planning evaluation strategy for grants competition on "Awarding Academic Credit for Work Experiences," 1978.
• Upper Midwest Regional Interstate Project, Minneapolis, MN: Interview state-level educational policy makers for K-12 public education in Illinois, 1974.

Selected Publications

• Weidman, John C. "The Lao PDR." Chapter in Gerard Postiglione and G.C.L. Mak (Eds.), Higher Education in Asia: An International Handbook. Greenwood Press (Forthcoming, 1997).
• Weidman, John C., R. Bat-Erdene, O. Gerel, and D. Badarch. "Mongolia." Chapter in Gerard Postiglione and G.C.L. Mak (Eds.), Higher Education in Asia: An International Handbook. Greenwood Press (Forthcoming, 1997).
• Weidman, John C. "Diversifying Finance of Higher Education Systems in the Third World: The Cases of Kenya and Mongolia." Education Policy Analysis Archives 3 (No. 5, 1995).
• Weidman, John C. "Prospects for the Development of Higher Education in Kenya." Journal of the Third World Spectrum 2 (No. 1, 1995): 63-79. To be reprinted in Feraidoon Shams (Ed.), State and Society in Contemporary Africa: Perspectives on Continuity and Change. University Press of America (Forthcoming, 1997).
• Bray, Mark, Surengiin Davaa, Seth Spaulding, and John C. Weidman. "Transition from Socialism and the Financing of Higher Education: The Case of Mongolia." Higher Education Policy 7 (No. 4, 1994): 36-42.
• Weidman, John C. and Daniel C. May. 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), 1994.
• Weidman, John C. "Facilitating the Transition from School to Work." Chapter 4 in Bruce Anthony Jones and Kathryn M. Borman (Eds.), Investing in U.S. Schools: Directions for Educational Policy. Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing Corporation, 1994.
• Weidman, John C. "Higher Education." Chapter 5 in Mongolia Education and Human Resource Sector Review. Prepared for the Government of Mongolia with support provided by the Asian Development Bank though the Japan Special Fund. Washington, DC: Aca demy for Educational Development, 1993.
• Hurrelmann, Klaus, Uwe Engel, and John C. Weidman. "Status Insecurity and Educational Careers of Adolescents in the Federal Republic of Germany." Pp. 81-107 in Abraham Yogev (Ed.), International Perspectives on Education and Society. Vol. 2 (Schoolin g and Status Attainment: Social Origins and Institutional Determinants). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1992.
• Spaulding, Seth, James Mauch, Stanley Nyirenda, Eugenie Potter, Paula Sabloff, and John C. Weidman. Research on Higher Education in Developing Countries: Suggested Agendas and Research Strategies. Final Report. UNESCO-University of Pittsburgh Foru m of Experts on Research on Higher Education. Paris: UNESCO, 1991. Publication ED-91/WS-29.
• Weidman, John C. "Undergraduate Socialization: A Conceptual Approach." Pp. 289-322 in John C. Smart (Ed.), Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, Vol. V. New York: Agathon Press, 1989. Chapter reprinted in James L. Bess (Ed.), Foundations of American Higher Education: An ASHE Reader (Needham Heights, MA: Ginn Press, 1991). Figure 1 (Conceptual Framework) reprinted in Arthur W. Chickering and Linda Reisser, Education and Identity, 2nd Edition (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993); and Ernest T. Pascarella and Patrick T. Terenzini, How College Affects Students (San Francisco: Jossey- Bass, 1991).
• Weidman, John C. "The World of Higher Education: A Socialization-Theoretical Perspective." Pp. 87-105 in K. Hurrelmann and U. Engel (Eds.), The Social World of Adolescents: International Perspectives. Berlin-New York: de Gruyter, 1989.
• Sharp, Laure M. and John C. Weidman. "Early Careers of Undergraduate Humanities Majors." Journal of Higher Education. 60 (Sept./Oct., 1989): 544-564.
• McClure, Maureen W., John C. Weidman, and Laure M. Sharp. "Teaching Career Paths and Teacher Education Reforms." Educational Administration Quarterly. 24 (May, 1988): 200-221.
• Weidman, John C., Richard N. White, and B. Katherine Swartz. "Training Women on Welfare for 'High Tech' Jobs: Results from a Demonstration Program." Evaluation and Program Planning. 11 (No. 2, 1988): 105-114.
• Weidman, John C. "Problems in the Transition from School to Work for Adolescents in West Germany and the United States." Journal of Adolescent Research. 2 (No. 2, 1987): 175-182.
• Weidman, John C. "Intervention in the Transition from School to Work for Early School Leavers." Pp. 253-267 in K. Hurrelmann, F.-X. Kaufmann, and F. Lesel (Eds.), Social Intervention: Potential and Constraints. Berlin-New York: deGruyter, 1987.
• Weidman, John C. and Richard N. White. "Postsecondary `High-Tech' Training for Women on Welfare: Correlates of Program Completion." Journal of Higher Education. 56 (Sept/Oct, 1985): 555-68.
• Weidman, John C. and Robert R. Friedmann. "The School-To-Work Transition for High School Dropouts." Urban Review. 16 (No. l, 1984): 25-42.
• White, Richard N. and John C. Weidman. "Doing Evaluation Research for Public Agencies: Problems with Random Assignment of Clients." Sociological Practice. 4 (No. 2, 1983): 185-216.
• White, Richard N., John C. Weidman, and Laure M. Sharp. Assessment of a WIN Quality Training Program. Final Report. Grant No. 51-11-78-03. U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Policy, Evaluation and Research . Washington, DC: Bureau of Social Science Research, Inc., December 1983. Friedmann, Robert R. and John C. Weidman. "School Dropout: A Conceptual Approach." Megamot. 26 (December, 1981): 174-189.
• Weidman, John C. "Vouchered On-The-Job Training in the Portland WIN Program: Employers' Responses." Evaluation Quarterly. 3 (August, 1979): 365-384.
• Weidman, John C., Robert R. Friedmann, and Neil Bomberg. "School Dropout: Synthesis of Research with Training/Employment Implications." Pp. 5-27 in Laure M. Sharp and Ann Richardson, Establishing a Continuous Training/Employment Referral and Supp ort System for Dropouts: Report on a Planning Effort. Grant No. 21-11-77-15. U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Research and Development. Washington, DC: Bureau of Social Science Research, Inc., December 1977.

Research in Progress

• "Problems in the School-to-Work Transition for Adolescents in the United States and Germany." Comparative study of 18- and 19-year-olds in Pittsburgh and Essen (with Klaus Hurrelmann).
• Higher Education in Korea. Garland (co-editor with Namgi Park).
• The Socialization of Graduate and Professional Students. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report (co-author with Darla J. Twale and Elizabeth L. Stein).

Selected Sponsored Projects

• Asian Development Bank: TA No. 2097-LAO (Private Sector Education Development Project), 10/95-7/96 ($202,000 for technical assistance in organizational development and project management).
• Danforth Foundation, Buhl Foundation, and Calihan Foundation: "Academy for the Preparation of School Superintendents," 9/91-8/93 ($96,070 for program design and implementation).
• Buhl Foundation and University of Pittsburgh (Research Development Fund and School of Education Faculty Research Fund): "Problems in the Transition From School to Work for Adolescents in Pittsburgh and Essen, Germany," 7/90- (with Bruce Anthony Jones and Paul G. LeMahieu, $16,750 for original study of Pittsburgh Public School graduates and secondary analysis of German sample).
• National Endowment for the Humanities and University of Pittsburgh (Provost's Research Development Fund and School of Education Faculty Research Fund): "Early Careers of Undergraduate Majors in the Humanities," 1/85-4/86 (with Laure M. Sharp, $47,71 1 for analysis of data from the "National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972," National Center for Education Statistics).
• National Institute of Education: "Impacts of Campus Faculty and Peer Normative Influences, Perceptions of the Institution's Contribution to the Attainment of Personal Goals, and Parental Socialization on Changes During College in Undergraduates' Career Orientations and Preferences," 10/76-7/79 ($75,595 for analysis of data from the 1969 ACE-Carnegie Commission National Survey of Higher Education).

Selected International Presentations

• Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany: Seminar, "Reform and Reformulation of Higher Education in the Third World," May, 1994.
• German Foundation for International Development (DSE), Bonn, Germany: Presentation on "Finance Structures of Higher Education in Comparative Asian Perspective," Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, November, 1993.
• International Institute for Educational Planning (UNESCO), Paris: Invited Participant in Workshop on Improving Managerial Efficiency in Higher Educational Institutions; Presentation on "Implementing A Faculty Assessment System: A Case Study of the Un iversity of Pittsburgh," November, 1992.
• Republic of Korea, National Board of Educational Evaluation: Invited Lecturer on "Reform of Higher Education in the United States: Problems and Prospects," at the Korean Educational Development Institute, Seoul National University, Gyeongsang Nationa l University, Kyungnam University, and Daejin University, May, 1992.

Editorial Service for Professional Journals

• American Educational Research Journal: Editorial Board, Social and Institutional Analysis, 1991-92; 1996-.
• Journal of Higher Education: Consulting Editor, 1989-.
• Review of Higher Education: Editorial Board, 1984-1988.

11 November 1995