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How College Affects Students: A Third Decade of Research
Ernest T. Pascarella
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Description for How College Affects Students: A Third Decade of Research
Paperback. Discusses Pascarella and Terenzini's 1991 award winning review of the research on the impacts of college on students. This book reviews their findings and synthesizes what has been learned since 1990 about college's influences on students' learning. It also discusses the implications of the findings for research, practice, and public policy. Num Pages: 848 pages. BIC Classification: JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 179 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1460.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Jossey-Bass
Number of pages
848
Condition
New
Number of Pages
848
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780787910440
SKU
V9780787910440
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About Ernest T. Pascarella
Ernest T. Pascarella is the Mary Louise Petersen Professor ofHigher Education at the University of Iowa. He has receivednumerous awards for his research from national professional andscholarly associations. In 2003 he received the Howard R. BowenDistinguished Career Award from the Association for the Study ofHigher Education. Patrick T. Terenzini is distinguished professor and seniorscientist in the Center for the Study of Higher Education at ThePennsylvania State University. He has received research awards fromthe Association for the Study of Higher Education, the Associationfor Institutional Research, the American Society for EngineeringEducation, the American College Personnel Association, and theNational Association of Student Personnel Administrators.
Reviews for How College Affects Students: A Third Decade of Research
"How College Affects Students is the essentialreference for anyone trying to answer the question 'Whatworks?' In this new volume, the authors synthesize the mostrecent body of research that refines this question for the diverserange of students and institutions."
Jacqueline E.King, director, Center for Policy Analysis, American Council onEducation "Pascarella and Terenzini have produced anotherencyclopedic masterpiece
thorough, penetrating, insightful,and rich with implications. It is the essential resource foranyone with a serious interest in college studentdevelopment."
George D. Kuh, chancellor's professor anddirector, Center for Postsecondary Research, Indiana University "In extending their landmark synthesis, Pascarella andTerenzini have reassuringly confirmed their original conclusionsabout college impact. But they also reveal how much broader andricher this literature has become through the addition of topicsthat range from diversity, through community colleges, to newtheories of human development. Their work remainsdefinitive."
Peter Ewell, senior associate, NationalCenter for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) "Essential reading for both scholars and campusleaders."
John C. Smart, professor of higher education,University of Memphis and editor, Research in HigherEducation
Jacqueline E.King, director, Center for Policy Analysis, American Council onEducation "Pascarella and Terenzini have produced anotherencyclopedic masterpiece
thorough, penetrating, insightful,and rich with implications. It is the essential resource foranyone with a serious interest in college studentdevelopment."
George D. Kuh, chancellor's professor anddirector, Center for Postsecondary Research, Indiana University "In extending their landmark synthesis, Pascarella andTerenzini have reassuringly confirmed their original conclusionsabout college impact. But they also reveal how much broader andricher this literature has become through the addition of topicsthat range from diversity, through community colleges, to newtheories of human development. Their work remainsdefinitive."
Peter Ewell, senior associate, NationalCenter for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) "Essential reading for both scholars and campusleaders."
John C. Smart, professor of higher education,University of Memphis and editor, Research in HigherEducation