ERIC Number: ED263852
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1985
Pages: 518
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ISBN: ISBN-0-87586-065-6
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Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research. Volume I.
Smart, John C., Ed.
Theory and research on a variety of topics in higher education are addressed in 13 articles. Titles and authors are as follows: "College Environmental Influences on Learning and Cognitive Development: A Critical Review and Synthesis" (Ernest T. Pascarella); "Learning Theory and Research" (Cameron Fincher); "Methods and Theories of Instruction" (Michael T. McCord); "The Concept of Strategy: From Business to Higher Education" (Ellen Earle Chaffee); "Administrative Computing in Higher Education" (Andrew T. Masland); "Legal Parameters of the Faculty Employment Relationship" (Barbara A. Lee, Steven G. Olswang); "Publication, Performance, and Reward in Science and Scholarship" (Mary Frank Fox); "Program Quality in Higher Education: A Review and Critique of Literature and Research" (Clifton F. Conrad, Robert T. Blackburn); "The Quest for Excellence: Underlying Policy Issues" (Anthony W. Morgan, Brad L. Mitchell); "Beyond Background Music: Historical Research on Admissions and Access in Higher Education" (John R. Thelin); "Applications of Causal Models in Higher Education" (Lee M. Wolfle); "Toward a New Partnership for Financing a College Education: The Changing Roles of the Public, Students, and Colleges" (Michael L. Tierney); and "International Students in Comparative Perspective: Toward a Political Economy of International Study" (Y.G.-M. Lulat, Philip G. Altbach). (SW)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Admission, College Environment, College Faculty, College Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Quality, Educational Research, Employment Practices, Financial Support, Foreign Students, Higher Education, Intellectual Development, Learning Theories, Legal Problems, Management Information Systems, Organizational Theories, Path Analysis, Scholarship, Teaching Methods
Agathon Press, Inc., 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10011 ($48.00).
Publication Type: Books; Opinion Papers; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC.
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