Matthew J. Mayhew is the William Ray and Marie Adamson Flesher Professor of Educational Administration with a focus on higher education and student affairs at The Ohio State University. He has focused his research on examining the relationship between college and its influence on student learning and democratic outcomes.
To support the study of college and its impact on student development and learning, he has been awarded more than $20 million in funding from sources including but not limited to: the United States Department of Education; the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation; the Merrifield Family Trust; and the National Science Foundation.
He is lead author on the most recent volume of How College Affects Students: 21st Century Evidence that Higher Education Works. He is the current editor of the Digest of Recent Research. He has been on the editorial boards of the Journal of Higher Education, Research in Higher Education, and the Journal of College Student Development.
He received his BA from Wheaton College, Illinois; his master’s degree from Brandeis University; and his PhD from the University of Michigan.
