Matthew Hartley

• Ed.D. (Administration, Planning, and Social Policy) Harvard University, 2001
• Ed.M. (Administration, Planning, and Social Policy) Harvard University, 1994
• B.A. (Art History) Colby College, 1986

• Academic governance and leadership in higher education
• Institutional mission
• Civic engagement and the democratic purposes of higher education
• Higher education reform

Hartley, M., & Ruby, A. (2025). Pursuing institutional purpose: Profiles of excellence [Open Access]. Cambridge University Press.

Orphan, C., & Hartley, M. (2020). How change unravels: The failure of ideal-centered organizational change at regional comprehensive universities. The Journal of Higher Education.

Jonbekova, D., Sparks, J., Hartley, M., & Kuchumova, G. (2020). Development of university-industry partnerships in Kazakhstan: Innovation under constraint. International Journal of Education Development, 79, 2–10.

Benson, L., Harkavy, I., Puckett, J., Hartley, M., Hodges, R., Johnston, F., & Weeks, J. (2017.) Knowledge for social change. Temple University Press.

Hartley, M., & Ruby A. (Eds., 2017). Higher education reform and development: The case of Kazakhstan. Cambridge University Press.

Hartley, M. & Ruby, A. (2017). Why, and How, Elite College and Universities Are Joining Forces. In Martin, J., Samels, J. (Eds.) Consolidating colleges and merging universities: New strategies for higher education leaders (pp. 90-103). Johns Hopkins University Press.

Hartley, M. & MacDonald, K. (2017). Rankings in North America (US and Canada). In E. Hazelkorn (Ed.), Global rankings and the geopolitics of higher education: Understanding the influence and impact of rankings on higher education, policy, and society (pp. 190-202). Routledge.

Saltmarsh, J & Hartley, M. (2017). A Brief History of the Civic Engagement Movement in American Higher Education. In C. Dolgon, T.D. Mitchell & T.K. Eaton (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of service learning and community engagement (pp. 112-124). Cambridge University Press.

Harkavy, I., Hartley, M., Hodges, R.A., & Weeks, J. (2016). Working to educate global citizens and create neighborly communities locally and globally: Penn’s partnerships in West Philadelphia as a democratic experiment in progress. Higher Learning Research Communications, 6(2), 1-13.

Hartley, M., Gopaul, P., Sagintayeva, A., & Apergenova, R. (2015). Learning autonomy: Higher education reform in Kazakhstan. Higher Education, 72(3), 277-289.

Harkavy, I., Hartley, M., Hodges, R. A., Sorrentino, A., & Weeks, J. (2014). Effective governance of a university as an anchor institution: University of Pennsylvania as a case study. In S. Bergan, E. Egron-Polak, J. Kohler, L. Purser, & A. Spyropoulou (Eds.), Leadership and governance in higher education: Handbook for decision-makers and administrators (pp. 2–27). Raabe Academic Publishers.

Harkavy, I., Hartley, M., Hodges, R., & Weeks, J. (2014). The promise of university-assisted community schools to transform American schooling: A report from the field: 1985-2012. Peabody Journal, 88(5), 525–540.

Hartley, M., Gadsden, V., Harkavy, I., & Hodges, R. (2013). Leading institutional change to promote a diverse democracy. In S. Bergan, E. Egron-Polak, J. Kohler, & L. Purser (Eds.), Leadership and governance in higher education: Handbook for decision-makers and administrators (pp. 2–18). Raabe Academic Publishers.

Sponsler, L., & Hartley, M. (2013). Five things student affairs professionals can do to institutionalize civic engagement. NASPA Research and Policy Institute Brief, 1–12.

Hartley, M. (2012). An engagement for democracy. In D. Harward (Ed.), Bringing theory to practice monographs: The civic series (pp. 51–53). Civic Provocations.

Harkavy, I., & Hartley M. (2012). Integrating a commitment to the public good into the institutional fabric: Further lessons from the field. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 16(4), 17–36.

Hartley, M., & Harkavy, I. (2011). The civic engagement movement and the democratization of the academy. In C. Gibson and N. Longo (Eds.), From command to community: A new approach to leadership education in colleges and universities (pp. 67–82). Tufts University Press.

Hartley, M. (2011). Organizations, leadership and governance. In S. Harper & J. Jackson (Eds.), Introduction to American higher education (pp. 461–462). Routledge.

Saltmarsh, J., & Hartley, M. (2011). Democratic engagement. In J. Saltmarsh & M. Hartley (Eds.), To serve a larger purpose: Engagement for democracy and the transformation of higher education (pp. 14–26). Temple University Press.

Hartley, M. (2011). Idealism and compromise and the civic engagement movement. In J. Saltmarsh & M. Hartley (Eds.), To serve a larger purpose: Engagement for democracy and the transformation of higher education (pp. 27–48). Temple University Press.

Hartley, M., & Saltmarsh, J. (2011). Creating the democratically engaged university—Possibilities for constructive action. In J. Saltmarsh & M. Hartley (Eds.), To serve a larger purpose: Engagement for democracy and the transformation of higher education (pp. 289–299). Temple University Press.

Harris, M. S., & Hartley, M. (2011). Witch-hunting at Crucible University: The power and peril of competing organizational ideologies. The Journal of Higher Education, 82(6), 691–719

Saltmarsh, J., & Hartley, M. (Eds.). (2011). To serve a larger purpose: Engagement for democracy and the transformation of higher education. Temple University Press.