Ernest T. Pascarella is the Mary Louise Petersen Professor of Higher Education at the University of Iowa. He has received numerous awards for his research from national professional and scholarly associations. In 2003 he received the Howard R. Bowen Distinguished Career Award from the Association for the Study of Higher Education.

An extraordinarily well documented and comprehensive analysis of how the higher education experience affects students. The authors analyze more than 3,000 separate studies.... This volume is a gold mine of information and analysis.

• Foreword1. Studying College Outcomes: Overview and Organization of theResearch2. Theories and Models of Student Change in College3. Development of Verbal, Quantitative, and Subject MatterCompetence4. Cognitive Skills and Intellectual Growth5. Psychosocial Changes: Identity, Selt-Concept, andSelf-Esteem6. Psycholsocial Changes: Relating to Others and the ExternalWorld7. Attitudes and Values8. Moral Development9. Educational Attainment10. Career Choice and Development11. Economic Benefits of College12. Quality of Life After College13. How College Makes a Difference: A Summary14. Implications of the Research for Policy and PracticeAppAndix: Methodological and Analytical Issues in Assessing theInfluence of College

Ernest T. Pascarella is the Mary Louise Petersen Professor of Higher Education at the University of Iowa. He has received numerous awards for his research from national professional and scholarly associations. In 2003 he received the Howard R. Bowen Distinguished Career Award from the Association for the Study of Higher Education.

An extraordinarily well documented and comprehensive analysis of how the higher education experience affects students. The authors analyze more than 3,000 separate studies.... This volume is a gold mine of information and analysis.

• Foreword1. Studying College Outcomes: Overview and Organization of theResearch2. Theories and Models of Student Change in College3. Development of Verbal, Quantitative, and Subject MatterCompetence4. Cognitive Skills and Intellectual Growth5. Psychosocial Changes: Identity, Selt-Concept, andSelf-Esteem6. Psycholsocial Changes: Relating to Others and the ExternalWorld7. Attitudes and Values8. Moral Development9. Educational Attainment10. Career Choice and Development11. Economic Benefits of College12. Quality of Life After College13. How College Makes a Difference: A Summary14. Implications of the Research for Policy and PracticeAppAndix: Methodological and Analytical Issues in Assessing theInfluence of College

Ernest T. Pascarella is the Mary Louise Petersen Professor of Higher Education at the University of Iowa. He has received numerous awards for his research from national professional and scholarly associations. In 2003 he received the Howard R. Bowen Distinguished Career Award from the Association for the Study of Higher Education.

An extraordinarily well documented and comprehensive analysis of how the higher education experience affects students. The authors analyze more than 3,000 separate studies.... This volume is a gold mine of information and analysis.

• Foreword1. Studying College Outcomes: Overview and Organization of theResearch2. Theories and Models of Student Change in College3. Development of Verbal, Quantitative, and Subject MatterCompetence4. Cognitive Skills and Intellectual Growth5. Psychosocial Changes: Identity, Selt-Concept, andSelf-Esteem6. Psycholsocial Changes: Relating to Others and the ExternalWorld7. Attitudes and Values8. Moral Development9. Educational Attainment10. Career Choice and Development11. Economic Benefits of College12. Quality of Life After College13. How College Makes a Difference: A Summary14. Implications of the Research for Policy and PracticeAppAndix: Methodological and Analytical Issues in Assessing theInfluence of College