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How College Affects Students: Findings and Insights from Twenty Years of Research.
Pascarella, Ernest T.; Terenzini, Patrick T. – 1991
The 14 chapters of this book review and synthesize research on the influence of college on students. Chapter 1 provides a detailed discussion of the evolution of research on college outcomes as an area of study, outlines the conceptual framework that guided the review, and provides a general overview of the study. Chapter 2 summarizes the major…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Change, Cognitive Ability
What Have We Learned from the First Year of the National Study of Student Learning?
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Pascarella, Ernest T.; And Others – 1995
This paper presents the results of eight analyses based upon data from the National Study of Student Learning (NSSL), a 3-year longitudinal research project begun in 1992 to examine the influence of academic and nonacademic experiences on student learning, student attitudes about learning, student cognitive development, and student persistence.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Colleges, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Development
Impacts of Good Practices on Cognitive Development, Learning Orientations, and Graduate Degree Plans during the First Year of College
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Cruce, Ty M.; Wolniak, Gregory C.; Seifert, Tricia A.; Pascarella, Ernest T. – Journal of College Student Development, 2006
This study estimated separately the unique effects of three dimensions of good practice and the global effects of a composite measure of good practices on the cognitive development, orientations to learning, and educational aspirations of students during their first year of college. Analyses of longitudinal data from a representative sample of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Academic Aspiration, Orientation, College Freshmen
Women's Perceptions of a "Chilly Climate" and Their Cognitive Outcomes during the First Year of College.
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Pascarella, Ernest T.; Hagedorn, Linda Serra; Whitt, Elizabeth J.; Yeager, Patricia M.; Edison, Marcia I.; Terenzini, Patrick T.; Nora, Amaury – Journal of College Student Development, 1997
Investigates the perceptions of first-year, undergraduate women at 23 two- and four-year colleges. Results indicate several negative relationships between perceived chilly climates and women's cognitive growth. Negative relationships were more pronounced for women attending two-year colleges than for their counterparts at four-year institutions.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College Environment, College Freshmen, Females