{"product_id":"how-college-affects-students-9781118462683","title":"How College Affects Students","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling analysis of higher education''s impact, updated with the latest data\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow College Affects Students\u003c\/i\u003esynthesizes over 1,800 individual research investigations to provide a deeper understanding of how the undergraduate experience affects student populations. Volume 3 contains the findings accumulated between 2002 and 2013, covering diverse aspects of college impact, including cognitive and moral development, attitudes and values, psychosocial change, educational attainment, and the economic, career, and quality of life outcomes after college. Each chapter compares current findings with those of Volumes 1 and 2 (covering 1967 to 2001) and highlights the extent of agreement and disagreement in research findings over the past 45 years. The structure of each chapter allows readers to understand if and how college works and, of equal importance, for whom does it work. This book is an invaluable resource for administrators, faculty, policymakers, and student affai\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures and Tables ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Studying College Outcomes in the 2000s 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Development of Verbal, Quantitative, and Subject Matter Competence 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Cognitive and Intellectual Development 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Psychosocial Change 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Attitudes and Values 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Moral Development 331\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Educational Attainment and Persistence 361\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Career and Economic Impacts of College 421\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Quality of Life after College 487\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 How College Affects Students 523\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Implications for Policy, Research, and Practice 575\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMethodological Appendix: Considerations for Research on College Impact 603\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 621\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eName Index 729\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index 753\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406874747223,"sku":"9781118462683","price":65.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118462683.jpg?v=1730497411","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/how-college-affects-students-9781118462683","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}