How College Affects Students: Findings and Insights from Twenty Years of Research (Jossey Bass Higher and Adult Education)
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (629 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1555423043 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 792 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In this book, Pascarella and Terenzini take up where Feldman and Newcomb left off, synthesizing twenty more years of empirical research and over 2,600 studies, distilling what is known about how students change and benefit as a consequence of attending college.. Foreword by Kenneth A. Feldman Not since Feldman and Newcomb's 1969 landmark book, The Impact of College on Students has there been such a comprehensive resource available on what is known about the effect of college on students
This volume is a gold mine of information and analysis. The authors analyze more than 3,000 separate studies. An extraordinarily well documented and comprehensive analysis of how the higher education experience affects students.
A Customer said One of a handful of books every educator should own.. How College Affects Students : Findings and Insights from Twenty Years of Research (The Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series) by Ernest T. Pascarella, Patrick T. Terenzini is one of the most valuable reference resources an educator can own. Should be mandatory reading for anyone in coporporate univesities, higher education, or in the policy or management arenas re. A Customer said Must have for college administrators. If there is a college administration/student personnel services program that DOES NOT have this as required reading, it should. This is the most comprehensive (and heaviest!) book in the field---summarizing research and theory that is most relevant to today's college administrators and educators. Not only should it be on their shelves---but should be taken down and referre