Christopher R Marsicano

Biographic Data

ID1320846
NAMEChristopher R Marsicano
GIVEN NAMESChristopher R
FAMILY NAMEMarsicano
SIGNATUREMARSICANO C R
AFFILIATIONSDavidson College, Davidson, NC
ORCID0000-0001-5855-2949
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS8
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Staff and Faculty Unionization Efforts in Private Higher Education, 2007–2023

    Open AccessStephen Mirabello, Rylie C Martin et al.ARTICLEEducational Researcher2026

    Labor organizing efforts grew following the COVID-19 pandemic in American higher education institutions. This research brief examines unionization trends at private colleges and universities from 2007 through 2023, revealing staff as the main force behind unionization attempts, followed by contingent faculty. The Service Employees International Union plays a significant role in representing college and university employees. A disproportionate num…

  • The Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Educational Attainment

    Open AccessDouglas N Harris, Feng Chen et al.ARTICLERSF The Russell Sage Foundation…2024Cited by: 1

    We study the effects of the COVID pandemic on educational attainment. By 2022, entry into two-year colleges was 21 percent lower than before the pandemic, with larger declines in Black- and Hispanic-majority colleges. Four-year college entry declined by only 6 percent and then rebounded 4 percent. High school graduation reached an all-time high in 2022. To explain these patterns, we undertook an interrupted time series design. Lower numbers of CO…

  • Campus Reopening in Fall 2020: Linked More to Political Leadership and Institutional Characteristics than to Covid-19 Pandemic Severity

    Open AccessSamuel Snideman, Samuel S Snideman et al.ARTICLEAmerican Behavioral Scientist2023Cited by: 1References: 44

    The COVID-19 pandemic forced higher education institutions to reexamine their modes of instruction for the Fall 2020 semester. Some institutions chose to reopen for in-person instruction, others chose online or hybrid modalities. Leveraging data for 2,458 colleges and universities, we examined how political, epidemiological, economic, and institutional characteristics correlated with Fall 2020 reopening plans. We found no discernible relationship…

  • We Want You Back: Uncovering the Effects on In-Person Instructional Operations in Fall 2020

    Open AccessDaniel Collier, Dan Fitzpatrick et al.ARTICLEResearch in Higher Education2022

  • Professor Smith Goes to Washington: Educational Interest Group Lobbying, 1998–2017

    Open AccessChristopher R Marsicano, Christopher Brooks et al.ARTICLEEducational Researcher2020Cited by: 1References: 8

    Congressional lobbying by education-related interest groups is an understudied subject in education research. This brief uses congressional lobbying expenditure data from 1998 to 2017 to examine trends in lobbying behavior by labor unions; K–12 education providers; and public, private nonprofit, and for-profit higher education institutions. Education interest groups have spent in excess of $2 billion lobbying Congress since 1998. Higher education…

  • Cracks in the Bedrock of American Democracy: Differences in Civic Engagement Across Institutions of Higher Education

    Open AccessBrent J Evans, Christopher R Marsicano et al.ARTICLEEducational Researcher2019Cited by: 5References: 46

    Preparing educated and active citizens is one of the primary goals of higher education, yet colleges and universities may neglect civic engagement due to the prioritization of labor market preparation. Drawing on neoinstitutional theory, this paper examines the missions, infrastructure, activities, and outcomes related to civic engagement across postsecondary institutional characteristics. By combining several data sources on a diverse set of ins…