Ronald H. Heck is professor in the College of Education at the University of Hawai?i at Manoa. His research interests include school effects on student learning, educational policy, and research methods.

Scott L. Thomas is John P. "Jack" Ellbogen Dean in the College of Education at the University of Wyoming. His research interests include higher education policy and finance, sociology of education, and research methods.

Lynn N. Tabata was a graduate faculty member and research consultant at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. Her research interests included broadening educational access to higher education, faculty participation in distance education, and the application of technological innovations in higher education.