The Impact of College on Students (Hardcover, 1)

TRANSACTION INTRODUCTION, PREFACE, 1: THE IMPACT OF COLLEGE: PROLOGUE, 2: CHANGE AND STABILITY DURING COLLEGE, 3: PROBLEMS OF INTERPRETATION, 4: THE SEQUENCE OF EXPERIENCES, 5: THE DIVERSE AMERICAN COLLEGE, 6: THE DIVERSITY OF MAJOR FIELDS, 7: IMPACTS OF RESIDENCE GROUPINGS, 8: STUDENT CULTURE AND FACULTY, 9: BACKGROUND, PERSONALITY, AND COLLEGE IMPACTS, 10: PERSISTENCE AND CHANGE AFTER COLLEGE, 11: THE IMPACT OF COLLEGE: EPILOGUE, APPENDIX A: Sample Items From the Activities Index and the College Characteristics Index, APPENDIX B: Sample Items From the College and University Environment Scales, APPENDIX C: Difficulties in Inferring Changes in “Maturity” From Changes in Scores on Personality Tests, APPENDIX D: Illustrative Data for Some Issues Raised in Chapter Three, APPENDIX E: The Use of the College Characteristics Index and the College and University Environment Scales, APPENDIX F: Problems in Adjusting for Student Inputs When Explaining Student Outcomes, APPENDIX G: Problems of Generalizing About Distinctive Characteristics of Students in Different Curricula, APPENDIX H: Interpretive Difficulties Regarding Data on Accentuation of Initial Major-Field Differences, APPENDIX I: Types of Students and Student Cultures, REFERENCES, NAME INDEX, SUBJECT INDEX