Phillip E. Frandson Award for Literature Recipients

The University Professional & Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) 
Phillip E. Frandson Award for Literature in the Field of Professional, Continuing, and/or Online Education is presented in honor of the late Phillip E. Frandson, former Dean of UCLA Extension and 1977-78 UPCEA President. The award recognizes excellence in achievement for literature written about the theory or practice of professional, continuing, and/or online education.


 

2024
The Abundant University: Remaking Higher Education for a Digital World, Michael D. Smith, Carnegie Mellon University

2023
New Models of Higher Education: Unbundled, Rebundled, Customized, & DIY, Edited by Aaron M. Brower and Ryan J. Specht-Boardman

2022
Students First: Equity, Access, and Opportunity in Higher Education,  Paul LeBlanc

2021
Long Life Learning, Michelle Weise

2020
The Business of Innovating Online, Kathryn E. Linder

2019
Free Range Learning in the Digital Age, Peter Smith

2018
Robot-Proof: Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Joseph E. Aoun

2017
The Future of University Credentials: New Developments at the Intersection of Higher Education and Hiring, Sean R. Gallagher

2016
Higher Education and Employability: New Models for Integrating Study and Work, Peter J. Stokes

2015
Adult Learning: Linking Theory and Practice, Laura Bierema and Sharan Merriam

2014
Powerful Techniques for Teaching Adults, Stephen Brookfield

2013
College: What it Was, Is and Should Be, Andrew Delbanco

2012
Unlocking the Gates: How and Why Leading Universities are Opening up their Courses, Taylor Walsh

2011
The Great Brain Race: How Global Universities Are Reshaping the World, Ben Wildavsky

2010
The Gates Unbarred: A History of University Extension at Harvard 1910-2009, Michael Shinagel
Challenging the Professionalism of Adult Education: John Ohiger and Contradictions in Modern Practice, Andre P. Grace and Tonette S. Rocco

2009
Enhancing Adult Motivation to Learn: A Comprehensive Guide for Teaching All Adults, Raymond Wlodkowski

2008
Blended Learning in Higher Education, D. Randy Garrison and Norman D. Vaughan

2007
Harnessing Innovative Technology in Higher Education, Kathleen P. King and Joan K. Griggs

2006
Equity and Excellence in American Higher Education, William Bowen, Martin Kurzweil and Eugene Tobin

2005
The Quiet Crisis: How Higher Education is Failing America, Peter Smith

2004
The University in a Corporate Culture, Eric Gould

2003
Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing, Jane Margolis and Allan Fisher

2002
Sistahs in College: Making a Way Out of No Way, Juanita Johnson-Bailey

2001
Developing Adult Learners: Strategies for Teachers and Trainers, Kathleen Taylor, Catherine Marienau, Morris Fiddler

2000
Building Learning Communities in Cyberspace, Rena Pallof and Keith Pratt