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Richard A. Hartnett

Professor, Educational Leadership Studies

508 Allen Hall
Department of Advanced Educational Studies
College of Human Resources & Education
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV 26506

Office: (304) 293-3707×1422
Email: richard.hartnett@mail.wvu.edu

Degrees

• Post-Doctoral Study, University of California-Berkeley, 1979

• Ed.D. West Virginia University, 1975. Major: Higher Education Administration

• M.A. West Virginia University, 1972. Major: English

• B.A. West Virginia University, 1966. Major: English Minor: History

Courses Taught

• EDLS 330 (603) Principles of Educational Leadership
• EDLS 338 (650) Higher Education Administration
• EDLS 391 (691) Advanced Topics
• EDLS 403 (708) Educational Administration Theory
• EDLS 456 (751) Administration of Academic Affairs
• EDLS 457 (752) Governance of Higher Education
• EDLS 469 (785) Higher Education Internship
• EDLS 485 (693) Special Topics in

Research Interests Include

• Chinese higher education and comparative higher education

• History and development of American higher education

• Administrative theory, academic affairs, faculty unionization, governance of higher educational institutions

• Education reform issues.

Journal Articles

• Hartnett, R.A. (1997). Columbia’s grand narrative of contemporary civilization. Journal of General Education, 46(1), 18-39.

• Hartnett, R.A. (1993). Higher education funding in open door China. In P.
  Altbach & B. Johnstone (Eds.),Issues in Higher Education Finance. Garland Press.

• Hartnett, R.A. (1992). Pastoral power and the contemporary university.
  Educational Theory, Summer.

• Hartnett, R.A. (1993). Review of the book [The Great Wall of China: From History to Myth by A.Waldron.] Asian Thought and Society.

Presentations

• Hartnett, R.A. (1996). Reflections on the innovative and reformative aspects of higher education reforming Post-Mao China. Paper presented at the Conference on Higher Education for the 21st Century, Harvard University, November.

• Hartnett, R.A. (1996). The new education law and changes in funding patterns of Chinese higher education. Paper presented at the Tenth Annual International Conference on Higher Education. Ankara,Turkey, September.

Books

• Hartnett, R. A.(1998). The saga of Chinese higher education from the Tongzhi Restoration to Tananmen Square. NY: The Edwin Mellon Press