Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research Volume 24

Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research Volume 24 / edited by John C. Smart.

Published annually since 1985, the Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of research findings on a selected t...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Smart, John C. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Edition:1st ed. 2009.
Series:Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, 24
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Higher education.
Curriculums (Courses of study).
Education—Curricula.
School management and organization.
School administration.
Educational policy.
Education and state.
Educational sociology.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Why Financial Aid Matters (or Does Not) for College Success: Toward a New Interdisciplinary Perspective
  • The Use of Matching Methods in Higher Education Research: Answering Whether Attendance at a 2-Year Institution Results in Differences in Educational Attainment
  • Othering Research, Researching the Other: De/Colonizing Approaches to Qualitative Inquiry
  • The Cultural Capital of Cultural and Social Capital: An Economy of Translations
  • The Rise and Fall of Need-Based Grants: A Critical Review of Presidential Discourses on Higher Education, 1964–1984
  • A Review of Attributional Retraining Treatments: Fostering Engagement and Persistence in Vulnerable College Students
  • Globalization, Social Movements, and the American University: Implications for Research and Practice
  • Hispanics and Higher Education: An Overview of Research, Theory, and Practice
  • Turning from Time to Space: Conceptualizing Faculty Work
  • Student Aid and Its Role in Encouraging Persistence
  • Enter the Dragon? China's Higher Education Returns to the World Community: The Case of the Peking University Personnel Reforms.

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