Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Award (1986): College of Education, University of Illinois at Chicago.

Sidney Suslow Award (1987): Given by the Association For Institutional Research for significant, original contributions to research and scholarship in institutional research and administrative decision making (co-recipient).

Outstanding Contributions to Research Award (1988): Given by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators for significant research contributions to student affairs and higher education.

Distinguished Research Award (1989): Given by the American Educational Research Association - Division J for outstanding research or scholarship that has significantly advanced the study of postsecondary education.

Forum Best Paper Award (1991): Given by the Association for Institutional Research for the best paper presented at the 1990 annual meeting (co-recipient).

James F. Towey University Scholar (1991-92): Award made by the University of Illinois Foundation and includes a three-year, $36,000 discretionary grant. "University Scholar" status is the highest award that can be given by the University of Illinois to a faculty member.

Research Achievement Award (1991): Given by the Association for the Study of Higher Education for significant contributions to the study of higher education (co-recipient). The award was made for the book: How College Affects Students: Findings and Insights from Twenty Years of Research.

Contribution to Knowledge Award (1992): Given by the American College Personnel Association for outstanding and meritorious contributions to the body of knowledge of the profession.

American College Personnel Association Senior Scholar (1992).

Forum Best Paper Award (1996): Given by the Association for Institutional Research for the best paper presented at the 1995 annual meeting (co-recipient).

American College Personnel Association Commission IX Research Award (1997). The award was made for the paper : "What have we learned from the first year of the National Study of Student Learning." Journal of College Student Development, 1996, (37), 182-192.

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Grants
Evaluation of the Kean Instructional Improvement Program, 1978: Grant from Kean College of N.J., with M. Eash.

First Year Evaluation of the Bilingual-Bicultural Teacher Education Program, UIC, 1979: Grant from Title VII of the Bilingual Teacher Education Program.

Research on Persistence and Withdrawal at UIC, 1979 - 1980: Support from the Office of Campus Planning, University of Illinois.

Secondary Analysis Feasibility of National Assessment Data in Science and Mathematics Education 1979 - 81: Support from the National Science Foundation, with H. Walberg, et al.

A Multi-institutional validation of a theoretical model of college drop-out: Support from the National Institute of Education, 1981 - 1982.

Research on Law and Safe School Environments: Support from the U.S. Department of Justice, 1986-1988, with Julius Menacker.

National Research and Development Center on Postsecondary Teaching, Learning, and Assessment: Support from OERI, U.S. Department of Education, 1991-1995, Director of the National Study of Student Learning.

The impact of postsecondary education on students; Synthesis of a decade (1990s) of research: Support from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, 1997-1999.

A synthesis of evidence on college impact: Support from the American College Personnel Association, 1997.

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Other Facts
Identified as the second most cited scholar (after Alexander Astin) in core higher education journals for the period 1982-1987 (self citations excluded). Budd, J. (1990). Higher education literature: Characteristics of citation patterns. Journal of Higher Education, 61, 84-97.

For the period 1985-August 1995 I received 707 non-self citations to my work, as indicated by the Social Science Citation Index. This excludes citations in books, monographs, or presented papers.

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