How college affects students: a third decade of research - Vol. 2 Pascarella, Ernest T.

By:

Pascarella, Ernest T

Contributor(s):

Terenzini, Patrick T

Series: Jossey-Bass higher and adult education seriesPublication details: Jossey-Bass 2005 San FranciscoEdition: 2nd edDescription: xviii, 827 pISBN:

9780787910440

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DDC classification:

378.1980973 P2H6

Summary: This is the long-awaited second volume of Pascarella and Terenzini's 1991 award-winning review of the research on the impacts of college on students. The authors review their earlier findings and then synthesize what has been learned since 1990 about college's influences on students’ learning. The book also discusses the implications of the findings for research, practice, and public policy. This authoritative and comprehensive analysis of the literature on college-impact is required reading for anyone interested in higher education practice, policy, and promise¾faculty, administrators, researchers, policy analysts, and decision-makers at every level. (http://as.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0787910449.html)

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Table of Contents:

1. Studying college outcomes in the 1990s : overview and organization of the research

2. Theories and models of student change in college

3. Development of verbal, quantitative, and subject matter competence

4. Cognitive skills and intellectual growth

5. Psychosocial change

6. Attitudes and values

7. Moral development

8. Educational attainment and persistence

9. Career and economic impacts of college

10. Quality of life after college

11. How college affects students : a summary

12. Implications for research, practice, and policy

This is the long-awaited second volume of Pascarella and Terenzini's 1991 award-winning review of the research on the impacts of college on students. The authors review their earlier findings and then synthesize what has been learned since 1990 about college's influences on students’ learning. The book also discusses the implications of the findings for research, practice, and public policy. This authoritative and comprehensive analysis of the literature on college-impact is required reading for anyone interested in higher education practice, policy, and promise¾faculty, administrators, researchers, policy analysts, and decision-makers at every level.

(http://as.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0787910449.html)

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