Donald E. Heller

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Donald E. Heller is a scholar working on Education, Political Science and International Relations and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald E. Heller has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Education, 14 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 7 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in Donald E. Heller's work include Higher Education Research Studies (32 papers), Higher Education Governance and Development (12 papers) and Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities (7 papers). Donald E. Heller is often cited by papers focused on Higher Education Research Studies (32 papers), Higher Education Governance and Development (12 papers) and Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities (7 papers). Donald E. Heller collaborates with scholars based in United States. Donald E. Heller's co-authors include Patricia Marin, Michael K. McLendon, Kathleen M. Shaw, Thomas F. Nelson Laird, Pam Grossman, Deborah Loewenberg Ball, David H. Monk, Fran Arbaugh, Roger L. Geiger and Jacqueline E. King and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, The Journal of Higher Education and Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

In The Last Decade

Donald E. Heller

42 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Student Price Response in... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Student Price Response in Higher Education
    1997 427 citations Donald E. Heller The Journal of Higher Education profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Donald E. Heller 1.2k 392 334 239 214 46 1.5k
Nicholas Hillman 699 0.6× 246 0.6× 245 0.7× 102 0.4× 198 0.9× 36 988
Roope Uusitalo 410 0.4× 215 0.5× 493 1.5× 181 0.8× 499 2.3× 52 1.3k
John F. Witte 1.1k 0.9× 255 0.7× 171 0.5× 123 0.5× 424 2.0× 73 1.5k
William R. Doyle 682 0.6× 282 0.7× 204 0.6× 110 0.5× 150 0.7× 59 1.0k
Marvin A. Titus 1.2k 1.1× 190 0.5× 196 0.6× 157 0.7× 392 1.8× 24 1.5k
D. Bruce Johnstone 600 0.5× 517 1.3× 174 0.5× 195 0.8× 153 0.7× 54 1.1k
Douglas Webber 285 0.2× 451 1.2× 380 1.1× 117 0.5× 236 1.1× 73 1.2k
Morton Owen Schapiro 505 0.4× 155 0.4× 330 1.0× 109 0.5× 175 0.8× 64 1.0k
Thomas R. Bailey 1.3k 1.2× 193 0.5× 218 0.7× 150 0.6× 218 1.0× 68 1.7k
Mun C. Tsang 469 0.4× 270 0.7× 493 1.5× 321 1.3× 374 1.7× 42 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Donald E. Heller

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Donald E. Heller

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Heller, Donald E. & Kathleen M. Shaw. (2023). State Postsecondary Education Research. 1 indexed citations
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Heller, Donald E.. (2017). Financial Aid Research: The Nexus of Academic, Practitioner, and Policy Work. Journal of Student Financial Aid. 47(3).
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Geiger, Roger L. & Donald E. Heller. (2013). Современные тенденции в финансировании высшего образования: США (пер. с англ. Н. Микшиной). Voprosy Obrazovaniya/ Educational Studies Moscow. 5–29. 9 indexed citations
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Heller, Donald E.. (2012). Rising Public Tuition Prices and Enrollment in Community Colleges and Four-Year Institutions.
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Shaw, Kathleen M. & Donald E. Heller. (2007). State Postsecondary Education Research: New Methods to Inform Policy and Practice.. 17 indexed citations
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Heller, Donald E., et al.. (2006). Shifting the burden: Public and private financing of higher education in the united states and implications for Europe. Tertiary Education and Management. 12(2). 91–117. 25 indexed citations
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Heller, Donald E.. (2006). Merit Aid and College Access. 22 indexed citations
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Heller, Donald E.. (2006). Early Commitment of Financial Aid Eligibility. American Behavioral Scientist. 49(12). 1719–1738. 24 indexed citations
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Heller, Donald E., et al.. (2006). Shifting The Burden: Public and Private Financing of Higher Education in the United States and Implications for Europe. Tertiary Education and Management. 12(2). 91–117. 37 indexed citations
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Heller, Donald E.. (2005). Condition of Access: Higher Education for Lower Income Students (ACE/Praeger Series on Higher Education). 2 indexed citations
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Heller, Donald E.. (2003). Aid Matters: Merit Aid Is the Wrong Tool to Attract the Best and the Brightest.. 18(1). 24–25. 2 indexed citations
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Heller, Donald E.. (2003). Using Cases in Higher Education: A Guide for Faculty and Administrators. Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education. 105(7). 1260–1263. 7 indexed citations
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Heller, Donald E. & Patricia Marin. (2002). Who Should We Help? The Negative Social Consequences of Merit Scholarships.. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 143(24). 244901–244901. 103 indexed citations
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Heller, Donald E.. (2002). State Governance and Higher Education Outcomes. 1 indexed citations
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Heller, Donald E.. (2001). The Economics of Education: An Analysis of College-Going Behavior.. Economics of Education Review. 20(2). 194–195. 4 indexed citations
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Heller, Donald E.. (2001). Race, Gender, and Institutional Financial Aid Awards. Journal of Student Financial Aid. 31(1). 8 indexed citations
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Heller, Donald E.. (2000). Institutional Scholarship Awards: The Role of Student and Institutional Characteristics.. 2 indexed citations
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Heller, Donald E.. (1997). Student Price Response in Higher Education. The Journal of Higher Education. 68(6). 624–659. 427 indexed citations breakdown →
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Heller, Donald E.. (1996). Rising Public Tuition Prices and Enrollment in Community Colleges and Four-Year Institutions. ASHE Annual Meeting Paper.. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 114(2). 107–114. 1 indexed citations
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Heller, Donald E.. (1996). Tuition Prices, Financial Aid, and Access to Public Higher Education: A State-Level Analysis.. 6 indexed citations

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