Collom, Gresham D. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8598-5835
Cooper, Ashton R.
Trad, Jessica K.
Friedensen, Rachel E.
Svoboda, Britta L.
Article History
Received: 9 July 2025
Accepted: 17 December 2025
First Online: 7 January 2026
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: This study did not include participation from human participants.
: The authors for this paper are the guest editors for the Innovative Higher Education special issue The Purpose, Value, and Public Perception of Higher Education . To avoid conflicts of interest, our manuscript’s review process will be managed by a separate editor who is not involved in the production of the special issue.