| Description |
x, 499 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Note |
Published under the sonsorship of: Association for Institutional Research and Association for the Study of Higher Education. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Teaching, Learning, and Thinking About Teaching and Learning / W. J. McKeachie --- Costs and Productivity in Higher Education: Theory, Evidence and Policy Implications / Darrell R. Lewis and Halil Dunbar --- Institutional Adaptation: Demands for Management Reform and University Administration / Patricia J. Gumport , and Barbara Sporn --- University Restructuring: The Role of Economic and Political Contexts / Patricia J. Gumport and Brian Pusser --- Understanding Strategy: An Assessment of Theory and Practice Jennifer B. Presley and David W. Leslie --- New Colleges for a New Century: Organizational Change and Development in Community Colleges / Richard L. Alfred and Patricia Carter --- Rasch Measurement in Higher Education / Rita K. Bode and Benjamin Wright --- Greek-letter Social Organizations in Higher Education: A Review of Research / David H.Wilder and Hugh F. McKeegan --- Cultural Capital as an Interpretive Framework for Faculty Life / Jeffery P. Bieber --- Cruel Environments: Sexual Abuse and Harassment in the Academy / Linda Serra Hagedorn --- The Global Emergence of a Field: Content, Form, and Promise in Womens Studies / Nelly P. Stromquist. |
| Summary |
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 topic, critiques the research literature in terms of its conceptual and methodological rigor, and sets forth an agenda for future research intended to advance knowledge on the chosen topic. |
| Subject |
Education, Higher -- United States.
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Education, Higher -- Research.
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Education, Higher.
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Education, Higher -- Research -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Smart, John C.
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Tierney, William G.
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Association for the Study of Higher Education.
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Association for Institutional Research.
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| ISBN |
0875861253 (paper) |
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9780875861258 (paper) |
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0875861261 (cloth) |
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9780875861265 (cloth) |
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