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.
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“How College Affects Students is the essential reference for anyone trying to answer the question ‘What works?’ In this new volume, the authors synthesize the most recent body of research that refines this question for the diverse range of students and institutions.”—Jacqueline E. King, director, Center for Policy Analysis, American Council on Education
“Pascarella and Terenzini have produced another encyclopedic masterpiece—thorough, penetrating, insightful, and rich with implications. It is the essential resource for anyone with a serious interest in college student development.”—George D. Kuh, chancellor's professor and director, Center for Postsecondary Research, Indiana University
“In extending their landmark synthesis, Pascarella and Terenzini have reassuringly confirmed their original conclusions about college impact. But they also reveal how much broader and richer this literature has become through the addition of topics that range from diversity, through community colleges, to new theories of human development. Their work remains definitive.”—Peter Ewell, senior associate, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS)
“Essential reading for both scholars and campus leaders.”—John C. Smart, professor of higher education, University of Memphis and editor, Research in Higher Education
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How College Affects Students
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. 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 promise—faculty, administrators, researchers, policy analysts, and decision makers at every level.
"How College Affects Students is the essential reference for anyone trying to answer the question 'What works?' In this new volume, the authors synthesize the most recent body of research that refines this question for the diverse range of students and institutions."
—Jacqueline E. King, director, Center for Policy Analysis, American Council on Education
"Pascarella and Terenzini have produced another encyclopedic masterpiece—thorough, penetrating, insightful, and rich with implications. It is the essential resource for anyone with a serious interest in college student development."
—George D. Kuh, chancellor's professor and director, Center for Postsecondary Research, Indiana University
"In extending their landmark synthesis, Pascarella and Terenzini have reassuringly confirmed their original conclusions about college impact. But they also reveal how much broader and richer this literature has become through the addition of topics that range from diversity, through community colleges, to new theories of human development. Their work remains definitive."
—Peter Ewell, senior associate, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS)
"Essential reading for both scholars and campus leaders."
—John C. Smart, professor of higher education, University of Memphis and editor, Research in Higher Education
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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Incredible resource for those interested in this type of reseach
February 3, 2009
By M. Miller
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This book is a review and synthesis of literally thousands of studies on how students grow and develop during college. The authors have a gift for integrating multiple findings (even those that conflict with each other) and boiling it down to just the main conclusions and ideas.
That being said, they are summarizing a LOT of information. This is not the type of book that most people would read cover-to-cover in a few sittings. I have used it as a reference, reading the summaries near the back of the book, skimming sections, and then carefully reading only the chapters that pertain most closely to my interests.
The book is quite accessible to readers, but the readability does have a downside. Researchers may be frustrated by the lack of detail and statistical data regarding most of the studies. As thick as this book is, it is a compilation of summaries. However, the comprehensive bilbliography makes it very easy to locate all of the original sources, quickly identifying all major studies on nearly any topic within student development.
Overall, this is a comprehensive overview of a decade of journals, books, and presentations, all packed into one long but reader-friendly volume. Those looking for a brief or applied guide to practice may be frustrated or overwhelmed by the scope, but this book should be required reading for anyone who is at all interested in research on student development.
That being said, they are summarizing a LOT of information. This is not the type of book that most people would read cover-to-cover in a few sittings. I have used it as a reference, reading the summaries near the back of the book, skimming sections, and then carefully reading only the chapters that pertain most closely to my interests.
The book is quite accessible to readers, but the readability does have a downside. Researchers may be frustrated by the lack of detail and statistical data regarding most of the studies. As thick as this book is, it is a compilation of summaries. However, the comprehensive bilbliography makes it very easy to locate all of the original sources, quickly identifying all major studies on nearly any topic within student development.
Overall, this is a comprehensive overview of a decade of journals, books, and presentations, all packed into one long but reader-friendly volume. Those looking for a brief or applied guide to practice may be frustrated or overwhelmed by the scope, but this book should be required reading for anyone who is at all interested in research on student development.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By NotSoOldProf
Format:Paperback
Pascarella and Terenzini, two of the most cited researchers in higher education, provide a wealth of information on the impact of college on students. Both volumes of How College Affects Students (published in 1991 and 2005, respectively) cover a variety of critically important student outcomes such as, cognitive and intellectual growth, psychosocial change, moral development, and career and economic impacts of college. This book is one of the most cited and well-known works in the fields of higher education and student affairs.
If you want to know about the empirical evidence on important student outcomes, there is no better book to reference. This book does not cover anecdotal conclusions about the impact of college on students - it only reviews what is known scientifically about how college affects students. A MUST READ for all higher education professionals.
If you want to know about the empirical evidence on important student outcomes, there is no better book to reference. This book does not cover anecdotal conclusions about the impact of college on students - it only reviews what is known scientifically about how college affects students. A MUST READ for all higher education professionals.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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this book is huge, but it is current and can give the bare basics of what you need to know for the student affairs field. just don't try to read it straight through. find what you need and use it.
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Important Reference Text
This update to their 1993 text is not a reprint with a new cover - it is enhanced perspective given the developments and research of the intervening 22 years - excellent purchase!
Published 1 month ago by David Vacchi
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Comprehensive review of important research
Thirty years and thousands of scholarly, juried research studies are summarized by the authors. If you want to know how college really affects students - absent the hype and the... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Stuart Bloom
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Book in great condition. Don't remember if I purchased it new, but there were yellow highlights. Very neat and not distracting. I would have highlighted the information, anyway. Read more
Published on July 20, 2009 by D. Jackson
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Too heavy on research and not enough answers. Not easy to read and not applicable to real life. Most research is common sense and authors like to use the phrase "research was... Read more
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