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Scholarship March 29, 2017

How College Affects Students, Volume 2, A Third Decade of Research

The Wabash Center

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Author
Pascarella, Ernest T. and Patrick T. Terenzini
Publisher
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
ISBN
787910449
Table of Contents
ch. 1 Studying college outcomes in the 1990s : overview and organization of the research
ch. 2 Theories and models of student change in college
ch. 3 Development of verbal, quantitative, and subject matter competence
ch. 4 Cognitive skills and intellectual growth
ch. 5 Psychosocial change
ch. 6 Attitudes and values
ch. 7 Moral development
ch. 8 Educational attainment and persistence
ch. 9 Career and economic impacts of college
ch. 10 Quality of life after college
ch. 11 How college affects students : a summary
ch. 12 Implications for research, practice, and policy
How College Affects Students, Volume 2 is the long awaited sequel to the landmark work that was first published in 1991. Offers the most comprehensive resource available on what is known about the effect of college on students. In this book, Pascarella and Terenzini provide current information and empirical research from the decade since their first book was published which distills what is know about how students change and benefit as a consequence of attending college. (From the Publisher)