Theoretical Frameworks in College Student Research

Dr. Terrell Lamont Strayhorn is associate professor of higher education in the School of Educational Policy and Leadership within the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University. He serves as senior research associate in the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity, faculty affiliate in the Todd A. Bell National Resource Center for African American Males, and holds joint appointments in the department of Africana studies, sexuality studies, and engineering education within the College of Arts & Sciences. He is also director/founder of the Center for Higher Education Research & Policy (CHERP). He earned a PhD in higher education from Virginia Tech, a MEd in educational policy from the University of Virginia, and a BA in music and religious studies from the University of Virginia.

Theoretical Frameworks in College Student Research is an important volume that breaks new ground on the critically important role that frameworks play in designing and conducting research in postsecondary contexts. Future generations of scholars will be indebted to Professor Strayhorn for plainly explaining this often complex and complicated issue.

• ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgments1 Introduction2 Studying Student Drop Out: Using Theory as a Guiding Framework3 Choosing Frameworks, Choosing Colleges4 Understanding Challenges, Seeing Supports: Using Sanford’s Theory with Black Males5 College Impact Theory and Academic Achievement of First-Generation Students6 Sentido de Pertenencia: Interrogating Sense of Belonging for Latino College Students7 Theoretical Frameworks in College Student Research: ConclusionsReferencesAbout The AuthorIndex