Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research/Volume 1
Contributors: John C. Smart (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Agathon Press
Published: 1985
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9780875860657
Subjects: Social research & statistics; Higher Education (General); Education; Education / Teaching; General; Education / General; Education, Higher; Research; Higher
Description: The impetus for this Handbook was a belief that the further maturation of higher education as an area of scholarly inquiry is contingent upon our ability to bring order and understanding to the increasingly rich, diverse, and fragmented research findings that are presently available.
Table of contents: label: PREFACE
title: John C. Smart
pagenum: vii; label: Contributors
title: ix; label: Chapter 1.
title: College Environmental Influences on Learning and Cognitive Development: A Critical Review and Synthesis, Ernest T. Pascarella
pagenum: 1; label: Chapter 2.
title: Learning Theory and Research,  Cameron Fincher
pagenum: 63; label: Chapter 3.
title: Methods and Theories of Instruction, Michael T. McCord
pagenum: 97; label: Chapter 4.
title: The Concept of Strategy: From Business to Higher Education, Ellen Earle Chaffee
pagenum: 133; label: Chapter 5.
title: Administrative Computing in Higher Education, Andrew T. Masland
pagenum: 173; label: Chapter 6.
title: Legal Parameters of the Faculty Employment Relationship, Barbara A. Lee and Steven G. Olswang
pagenum: 213; label: Chapter 7.
title: Publication, Performance, and Reward in Science and Scholarship, Mary Frank Fox
pagenum: 255; label: Chapter 8.
title: Program Quality in Higher Education: A Review and Critique of Literature and Research, Clifton F. Conrad and Robert T. Blackburn
pagenum: 283; label: Chapter 9.
title: The Quest for Excellence: Underlying Policy Issues, Anthony W. Morgan and Brad L. Mitchell
pagenum: 309; label: Chapter 10.
title: Beyond Background Music: Historical Research on Admissions and Access in Higher Education, John R. Thelin
pagenum: 349; label: Chapter 11.
title: Application of Causal Models in Higher Education, Lee M. Wolfle
pagenum: 349; label: Chapter 12.
title: Toward a New Partnership for Financing College Education: The Changing Roles of the Public, Students, and Colleges, Michael L. Tierney
pagenum: 415; label: Chapter 13.
title: International Students in Comparative Perspective: Toward a Political Economy of International Study, Y. G-M. Lulat and Philip G. Altbach
pagenum: 439; label: Author Index
title: 495; label: Subject Index
title: 509