How College Affects Students A Third Decade

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 promisefaculty, administrators, researchers, policy analysts, and decision-makers at every level.

Ernest T. Pascarella is the Mary Louise Petersen Professor of Higher Education at the University of Iowa. He has received numerous awards for his research from national professional and scholarly associations. In 2003 he received the Howard R. Bowen Distinguished Career Award from the Association for the Study of Higher Education.

Patrick T. Terenzini is distinguished professor and senior scientist in the Center for the Study of Higher Education at The Pennsylvania State University. He has received research awards from the Association for the Study of Higher Education, the Association for Institutional Research, the American Society for Engineering Education, the American College Personnel Association, and the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators.

List of Figures and Tables

ix

Preface

xi

Acknowledgments

xv

The Authors

xvii

Studying College Outcomes in the 1990s: Overview and Organization of the Research

1

(16)

Theories and Models of Student Change in College

17

(48)

Development of Verbal, Quantitative, and Subject Matter Competence

65

(90)

Cognitive Skills and Intellectual Growth

155

(58)

Psychosocial Change

213

(58)

Attitudes and Values

271

(74)

Moral Development

345

(28)

Educational Attainment and Persistence

373

(72)

Career and Economic Impacts of College

445

(106)

Quality of Life After College

551

(20)

How College Affects Students: A Summary

571

(56)

Implications for Research, Practice, and Policy

627

(24)

References

651

(142)

Name Index

793

(22)

Subject Index

815

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How College Affects Students A Third Decade of Research

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