Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research
Subtitle: Volume 1
Series: Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research
Publisher: Agathon Press
Published: 1985
Place of publication: New York, NY, USA
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 528
Copyright date: 1985
Description: The impetus for this handbook series is the 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
pagenum: vii
title: John C. Smart; title: ix
label: Contributors; label: Chapter 1.
pagenum: 1
title: College Environmental Influences on Learning and Cognitive Development: A Critical Review and Synthesis, Ernest T. Pascarella; label: Chapter 2.
pagenum: 63
title: Learning Theory and Research,  Cameron Fincher; label: Chapter 3.
pagenum: 97
title: Methods and Theories of Instruction, Michael T. McCord; label: Chapter 4.
pagenum: 133
title: The Concept of Strategy: From Business to Higher Education, Ellen Earle Chaffee; label: Chapter 5.
pagenum: 173
title: Administrative Computing in Higher Education, Andrew T. Masland; label: Chapter 6.
pagenum: 213
title: Legal Parameters of the Faculty Employment Relationship, Barbara A. Lee and Steven G. Olswang; label: Chapter 7.
pagenum: 255
title: Publication, Performance, and Reward in Science and Scholarship, Mary Frank Fox; label: Chapter 8.
pagenum: 283
title: Program Quality in Higher Education: A Review and Critique of Literature and Research, Clifton F. Conrad and Robert T. Blackburn; label: Chapter 9.
pagenum: 309
title: The Quest for Excellence: Underlying Policy Issues, Anthony W. Morgan and Brad L. Mitchell; label: Chapter 10.
pagenum: 349
title: Beyond Background Music: Historical Research on Admissions and Access in Higher Education, John R. Thelin; label: Chapter 11.
pagenum: 349
title: Application of Causal Models in Higher Education, Lee M. Wolfle; label: Chapter 12.
pagenum: 415
title: Toward a New Partnership for Financing College Education: The Changing Roles of the Public, Students, and Colleges, Michael L. Tierney; label: Chapter 13.
pagenum: 439
title: International Students in Comparative Perspective: Toward a Political Economy of International Study, Y. G-M. Lulat and Philip G. Altbach; title: 495
label: Author Index; title: 509
label: Subject Index