Alexander W Astin

What Matters in College?

Four Critical Years Revisited

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presents the results from the definitive study on how students are changed by their college experiences.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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 817g
• ISBN-13: 9780787908386
• ISBN-10: 078790838X
• Artikelnr.: 21843912

Autorenporträt

ALEXANDER W. ASTIN is professor of higher education and director of the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles. He lives in Los Angeles.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction to the Paperback Edition xi
Preface xix
The Author xxix
1 Studying College Impact 1
2 Environmental Variables 32
3 Assessing Environmental Effects: A Prototypical Example 83
4 Personality and Self-Concept 105
5 Attitudes, Value, and Beliefs 141
6 Patterns of Behavior 165
7 Academic and Cognitive Development 186
8 Career Development 245
9 Satisfaction with the College Environment 273
10 Summary of Environmental Effects 312
11 Effects of Involvement 365
12 Implications for Educational Theory and Practice 396
Resource A: Multiple Correlations at Selected Steps 438
Resource B: Longitudinal Changes in the Weighted and Unweighted Samples 442
References 447
Index 457