How College Affects Students: Findings and Insights from Twenty Years of ResearchForeword by Kenneth A. Feldman Not since Feldman and Newcomb's 1969 landmark book, The Impact of College on Students has there been such a comprehensive resource available on what is known about the effect of college on students. In this book, Pascarella and Terenzini take up where Feldman and Newcomb left off, synthesizing twenty more years of empirical research and over 2,600 studies, distilling what is known about how students change and benefit as a consequence of attending college. |
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Overview and Organization of the Research | 1 |
Theories and Models of Student Change in College | 15 |
Development of Verbal Quantitative and Subject Matter Competence | 62 |
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