How College Affects Students
Findings and Insights from Twenty Years of Research
Jossey-Bass (Publisher)
Published on 8. April 1991
Book
Hardback
790 pages
978-1-55542-304-9 (ISBN)
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Description
Not since Feldman and Newcomb's 1969 landmark book, The Impact of College on Students, has there been a more comprehensive resource available on what is known about the effects of college on students. In this book, Pascarella and Terenzini take up where Feldman and Newcomb left off, synthesizing 20 more years of empirical research and over 2,400 studies, distilling what is known about how students grow and changes as a consequence of attending college. In nontechnical language, the authors examine such major college outcomes as learning, cognitive growth, values and attitudes, self-identity, and career choice - and reveal the implications of these outcomes for future public policy and institutional practice.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Weight
1474 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55542-304-9 (9781555423049)
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Ernest T. Pascarella | Patrick T. Terenzini
How College Affects Students
Findings and Insights from Twenty Years of Research
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03/1991
Jossey-Bass
€83.50
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Content
Studying college outcomes: overview and organization of the research; theories and models of student change in college; development of verbal, quantitative, and subject matter competence; cognitive skills and intellectual growth; psychological changes - identity, self-concept, and self-esteem; psychosocial changes - relating to others and the external world; attitudes and values; moral development; educational attainment; career choice and development; economic benefits of college; quality of life after college; how college makes a difference - a summary; implications of the research for policy and practice. Appendix: methodological and analytical issues in assessing the influence of college.