Ernest T. Pascarella is the Mary Louise Petersen Professor ofHigher Education at the University of Iowa. He has receivednumerous awards for his research from national professional andscholarly associations. In 2003 he received the Howard R. BowenDistinguished Career Award from the Association for the Study ofHigher Education. Patrick T. Terenzini is distinguished professor and seniorscientist in the Center for the Study of Higher Education at ThePennsylvania State University. He has received research awards fromthe Association for the Study of Higher Education, the Associationfor Institutional Research, the American Society for EngineeringEducation, the American College Personnel Association, and theNational Association of Student Personnel Administrators.

"How College Affects Students is the essentialreference for anyone trying to answer the question 'Whatworks?' In this new volume, the authors synthesize the mostrecent body of research that refines this question for the diverserange of students and institutions."--Jacqueline E.King, director, Center for Policy Analysis, American Council onEducation "Pascarella and Terenzini have produced anotherencyclopedic masterpiece--thorough, penetrating, insightful,and rich with implications. It is the essential resource foranyone with a serious interest in college studentdevelopment."--George D. Kuh, chancellor's professor anddirector, Center for Postsecondary Research, Indiana University "In extending their landmark synthesis, Pascarella andTerenzini have reassuringly confirmed their original conclusionsabout college impact. But they also reveal how much broader andricher this literature has become through the addition of topicsthat range from diversity, through community colleges, to newtheories of human development. Their work remainsdefinitive."--Peter Ewell, senior associate, NationalCenter for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) "Essential reading for both scholars and campusleaders."--John C. Smart, professor of higher education,University of Memphis and editor, Research in HigherEducation

• Studying college outcomes in the 1990s: Overview and organization of the research Theories and models of student change in collegeDevelopment of verbal, quantitative, and subject matter competenceCognitive skills and intellectual growthPsychosocial changeAttitudes and valuesMoral developmentEducational attainment and persistenceCareer and economic impacts of collegeQuality of life after collegeHow college affects students: A summaryImplications for research, practice, and policy

Ernest T. Pascarella is the Mary Louise Petersen Professor ofHigher Education at the University of Iowa. He has receivednumerous awards for his research from national professional andscholarly associations. In 2003 he received the Howard R. BowenDistinguished Career Award from the Association for the Study ofHigher Education. Patrick T. Terenzini is distinguished professor and seniorscientist in the Center for the Study of Higher Education at ThePennsylvania State University. He has received research awards fromthe Association for the Study of Higher Education, the Associationfor Institutional Research, the American Society for EngineeringEducation, the American College Personnel Association, and theNational Association of Student Personnel Administrators.

"How College Affects Students is the essentialreference for anyone trying to answer the question 'Whatworks?' In this new volume, the authors synthesize the mostrecent body of research that refines this question for the diverserange of students and institutions."--Jacqueline E.King, director, Center for Policy Analysis, American Council onEducation "Pascarella and Terenzini have produced anotherencyclopedic masterpiece--thorough, penetrating, insightful,and rich with implications. It is the essential resource foranyone with a serious interest in college studentdevelopment."--George D. Kuh, chancellor's professor anddirector, Center for Postsecondary Research, Indiana University "In extending their landmark synthesis, Pascarella andTerenzini have reassuringly confirmed their original conclusionsabout college impact. But they also reveal how much broader andricher this literature has become through the addition of topicsthat range from diversity, through community colleges, to newtheories of human development. Their work remainsdefinitive."--Peter Ewell, senior associate, NationalCenter for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) "Essential reading for both scholars and campusleaders."--John C. Smart, professor of higher education,University of Memphis and editor, Research in HigherEducation

• Studying college outcomes in the 1990s: Overview and organization of the research Theories and models of student change in collegeDevelopment of verbal, quantitative, and subject matter competenceCognitive skills and intellectual growthPsychosocial changeAttitudes and valuesMoral developmentEducational attainment and persistenceCareer and economic impacts of collegeQuality of life after collegeHow college affects students: A summaryImplications for research, practice, and policy

Ernest T. Pascarella is the Mary Louise Petersen Professor ofHigher Education at the University of Iowa. He has receivednumerous awards for his research from national professional andscholarly associations. In 2003 he received the Howard R. BowenDistinguished Career Award from the Association for the Study ofHigher Education. Patrick T. Terenzini is distinguished professor and seniorscientist in the Center for the Study of Higher Education at ThePennsylvania State University. He has received research awards fromthe Association for the Study of Higher Education, the Associationfor Institutional Research, the American Society for EngineeringEducation, the American College Personnel Association, and theNational Association of Student Personnel Administrators.

"How College Affects Students is the essentialreference for anyone trying to answer the question 'Whatworks?' In this new volume, the authors synthesize the mostrecent body of research that refines this question for the diverserange of students and institutions."--Jacqueline E.King, director, Center for Policy Analysis, American Council onEducation "Pascarella and Terenzini have produced anotherencyclopedic masterpiece--thorough, penetrating, insightful,and rich with implications. It is the essential resource foranyone with a serious interest in college studentdevelopment."--George D. Kuh, chancellor's professor anddirector, Center for Postsecondary Research, Indiana University "In extending their landmark synthesis, Pascarella andTerenzini have reassuringly confirmed their original conclusionsabout college impact. But they also reveal how much broader andricher this literature has become through the addition of topicsthat range from diversity, through community colleges, to newtheories of human development. Their work remainsdefinitive."--Peter Ewell, senior associate, NationalCenter for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) "Essential reading for both scholars and campusleaders."--John C. Smart, professor of higher education,University of Memphis and editor, Research in HigherEducation

• Studying college outcomes in the 1990s: Overview and organization of the research Theories and models of student change in collegeDevelopment of verbal, quantitative, and subject matter competenceCognitive skills and intellectual growthPsychosocial changeAttitudes and valuesMoral developmentEducational attainment and persistenceCareer and economic impacts of collegeQuality of life after collegeHow college affects students: A summaryImplications for research, practice, and policy