Selected Publications
Finney, J., Leigh, E. W., Ruiz, R., Castillo, W., Smith, E., & Kent, D. C. (2017). Driven to perform: Tennessee’s higher education policies and outcomes—A case study. Philadelphia, PA: Institute for Research on Higher Education, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania.
Williams, B., Finney, J., & Torres, S. (2016). A failing safety net: Declining community college affordability. Philadelphia, PA: Institute for Research on Higher Education, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania.
Institute for Research on Higher Education. (2016). College Affordability Diagnosis: National Report. Philadelphia, PA: Institute for Research on Higher Education, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania.
Callan, P., Doyle, W., Finney, J.,& Harvey, D. (2014). Affordability of public higher education in SREB states. Atlanta, GA: The Southern Regional Education Board.
Finney, J., Perna, L., & Callan, P. (2014). Renewing the promise: State policies to improve higher education performance. Philadelphia, PA: Institute for Research on Higher Education.
Finney, J. (2014). Why the finance model for public higher education is broken and must be fixed. Philadelphia, PA: Wharton Public Policy Initiative.
Perna, L., & Finney, J. (2014). The attainment agenda: State policy and leadership in higher education. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Press.
Finney, J. (2014). From master plan to mediocrity: Higher education performance & policy in California. Philadelphia, PA: Institute for Research on Higher Education.
Finney, J. (2013). RoadMap for the development of education in Kazakhstan. Philadelphia, PA: Higher Education Project Team, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education.
Finney, J. (2012). Éire higher education: What America can learn from Ireland. The Irish and U.S. Higher Education Roundtable.
Zumeta, W., Breneman, D., Callan, P., & Finney, J. (2012). Financing higher education in the era of globalization. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.
Finney, J. (2010, July/August). Fostering student success: An interview with Julie Phelps. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning.
Finney, J. (2009, March). The challenge to states: Preserving college access and affordability in a time of crisis.San Jose, CA: The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education.
Finney, J. (2009, April). Rendell’s tuition relief act is much-needed program for Pennsylvania. The Patriot News.
Finney, J. (2009, May/June). Identifying talent and nurturing its success: An interview with Freeman Hrabowski. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning.
Finney, J. (2008, December). Measuring up 2008: State-by-state report cards. San Jose, CA: The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education.
Callan, P., Ewell, P., Finney, J., & Jones, D. (2007, June). Good policy, good practice—Improving outcomes and reducing costs in higher education. San Jose, CA: The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education.
Callan, M., Finney, J., Kirst, M., Usdan, M., & Venezia, A. (2006, March). Claiming common ground: State policymaking for improving college readiness and success. San Jose, CA: The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education.
Venezia, A., Callan, P., Finney, J., Kirst, M., & Usdan, M. (2005, September). The governance divide: A report on a four-state study on improving college readiness and success. San Jose, CA: The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education.
Finney, J., & Callan, P. (2005). State-by-state report cards: Public purposes and accountability for a new century. In J. C. Burke (Eds.), Achieving accountability in higher education: Balancing public, academic, and market demands (pp. 198–214). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2005.
Atwell, R., Callan, P., Finney, J., Jones, D., McGuinness, Jr., A., Mortimer, K., & Wellman, J. (2005, July). State capacity for higher education policy national crosstalk. San Jose, CA: The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education.
Finney, J., & Kelly, P. (2004, July/August). Affordability: Obtaining and making sense of information about how students, families, and states pay for higher education. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning.
Callan, P., & Finney, J. (2003, June). Multiple pathways and state policy: Toward education and training beyond high school. Jobs for the Future.
Callan, P., & Finney, J. (2002, July/August). Assessing educational capital: An imperative for policy. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning.
Callan, M., Doyle, W., & Finney, J. (2001, March/April). Evaluating state higher education performance: Measuring up 2000. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning.
Finney, J. (2000, May). Enough of trickle-down: It’s time for a flood of aid for needy students. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
