University of North Texas 
Barrett Taylor
Faculty, Counseling and Higher Education
Professor
Matthews Hall 214-J
Barrett Taylor earned his PhD from the Institute of Higher Education at the University
of Georgia. He teaches a number of courses at UNT, including "General Administration
of Higher Education" (EDHI 6710) and "Higher Education Finance" (EDHI 6760). His research
emphasizes the ways in which colleges and universities interact with their environments.
Higher Education Policy, Organization and Governance of Higher Education, Higher Education Finance
Authored book
Taylor, B. J. (2022). Wrecked: Deinstitutionalization and partial defenses in state higher education policy. Rutgers University Press. ISBN: 978-1-9788-2141-5
Peer-reviewed publications
Taylor, B. J., Kunkle, K., &Watts, K. (in press). Democratic backsliding and the balance wheel hypothesis: Partisanship and state funding for higher education in the United States. Higher Education Policy.
Taylor, B. J., Barringer, S.. N., &Slaughter, S. (2022). Trusteeship and university outputs: Board-industry ties, endowments and publications, 1985-2015. Teachers College Record, 124(9), 3-35.
Barringer, S. N., Taylor, B. J., Riffe, K., &Slaughter, S. (2022). Understanding models of trusteeship: An empirical examination of trustees’ involvement at research universities. Higher Education Policy, 35, 102-132.
Media and other
Cantwell, B., Grenda, J., &Taylor, B. J. (2023). Breaking the spiral of disillusionment: A proposal to secure universities as infrastructure for Michigan and beyond. Center for Higher and Adult Education, Michigan State University.
Taylor, B. J. (2023, February 13). Is Florida “Wrecked?”. Inside Higher Ed.
Diep, F., &Pettit, E. (2023, January 30). What is happening in Florida?. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Kelderman, E. (2023, January 10). How Mitch Daniels made Purdue a university conservatives could love. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Fischer, K. (2022, October 18). A playbook for knocking down higher ed. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Cantwell, B., &Taylor, B. J. (2022, October 10). The right-wing attempt to control higher ed. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
