From the author of Four Critical Years--a book the Journal of Higher Education called the most cited work in higher education literature--What Matters in College? presents the definitive study of how students change and develop in college and how colleges can enhance that development. Based on a study of more than 20,000 students, 25,000 faculty members, and 200 institutions, the book shows how academic programs, faculty, student peer groups, and other variables affect students' college experiences.
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"An essential addition for the library of any college administrator, faculty member, or student affairs professional. It cuts through many of the myths in higher education with data-driven observations and conclusions. It is one of the best of its kind on the market. If you are invloved in the higher education enterprise, it is a must."
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What Matters in College? presents a study of how students change and develop in college and reveals how colleges can enhance that development. The book shows how a range of variables--including academic programs, faculty, student peer groups, and much more--affect students' college experiences. It examines more than 190 environmental characteristics of institutions and details how these factors can have an impact on students' personality and self-concept, patterns of behavior, values and beliefs, academic and cognitive development, career development, and satisfaction with the college environment.
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This is Astin's follow-up to his classic "Four Critical Years", which was one of the most cited books in the higher education literature. This book sums up some of Astin's more recent research and is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand what a college education is all about. This book is jam-packed with REAL research!
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Few people will argue with the premise that attending college can have a profound effect on one's life. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
joining social fraternities, having class papers, other involvement variables, entering freshman characteristics, satisfaction with faculty, important reason for attending college, percentage majoring, several involvement variables, overall academic development, weighted national norms, individual support services, faculty liberalism, engineering career choice, socializing with persons, variables having positive effects, socializing with students, satisfaction with facilities, teaching general education courses, ethnic workshops, other input characteristics, student input characteristics, tutoring other students, regulations governing campus life, numerical courses, humanities orientation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Diversity Orientation, Student-Oriented Faculty, Humanities Orientation, Social Change Orientation, Artistic Inclination, University of California, Los Angeles, Third World, Institutional Diversity Emphasis, Lack of Student Community, Higher Education Research Institute, San Francisco, Roman Catholic, Chapters Three, United States, Educational Testing Service, New York, Status Striver, Selected Steps, Cooperative Institutional Research Program, American Council, Law School Admission Test, Longitudinal Item Changes, Medical College Admission Test, Positive Perception of the Administration New!
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Few people will argue with the premise that attending college can have a profound effect on one's life. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
joining social fraternities, having class papers, other involvement variables, entering freshman characteristics, satisfaction with faculty, important reason for attending college, percentage majoring, several involvement variables, overall academic development, weighted national norms, individual support services, faculty liberalism, engineering career choice, socializing with persons, variables having positive effects, socializing with students, satisfaction with facilities, teaching general education courses, ethnic workshops, other input characteristics, student input characteristics, tutoring other students, regulations governing campus life, numerical courses, humanities orientation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Diversity Orientation, Student-Oriented Faculty, Humanities Orientation, Social Change Orientation, Artistic Inclination, University of California, Los Angeles, Third World, Institutional Diversity Emphasis, Lack of Student Community, Higher Education Research Institute, San Francisco, Roman Catholic, Chapters Three, United States, Educational Testing Service, New York, Status Striver, Selected Steps, Cooperative Institutional Research Program, American Council, Law School Admission Test, Longitudinal Item Changes, Medical College Admission Test, Positive Perception of the Administration New!
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- Four Critical Years (The Jossey-Bass series in higher education) by Alexander W. Astin on 8 pages
- Achieving Educational Excellence: A Critical Assessment of Priorities and Practices in Higher Education (Josse Bass Higher and Adult Education) by Alexander W. Astin in Front Matter, page 50, and page 448
- Final report on page 451, and page 455
- Final report (CCS occasional paper ; no. 6) by Speyside Project on page 451
- The Enduring Effects of Education by Herbert H. Hyman on page 452
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- Our Underachieving Colleges: A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why They Should Be Learning More by Derek Bok on 7 pages
- Cooperative Learning For Higher Education Faculty: (American Council on Education Oryx Press Series on Higher Education) by Barbara J. Millis on page 17, page 249, and Back Matter
- First Among Equals: The Role of the Chief Academic Officer by Professor James Martin in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Academic Deanship: Individual Careers and Institutional Roles by David F. Bright on page 183, and page 217
- Critical Issues for Student Affairs: Challenges and Opportunities (Wiley Desktop Editions) by Arthur Sandeen on page 142, and Back Matter
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