| Description |
xvi, 1084 pages : diagrams, tables. ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. General: Higher education as a social problem / Nevitt Sanford -- Higher education as a field of study / Nevitt Sanford -- Visibility of the American college / David Riesman and Christopher Jencks -- pt. 2. Entering student: Motivational factors in college entrance / Elizabeth Douvan and Carol Kaye -- Diverse college student population / T.R. McConnell and Paul Heist -- Developmental status of the entering freshman / Nevitt Sanford -- pt. 3. Academic procedures: Changing functions of the college professor / Robert Knapp -- Procedures and techniques of teaching: a survey of experimental studies / W.J. McKeachie -- Personality and interpersonal relations in the college classroom / Joseph Katz -- Teacher as a model / Joseph Adelson -- Curriculum in the perspective of the theory of personality development / Joseph Katz and Nevitt Sanford -- Economic pressures and the professor / Anthony Ostroff -- pt. 4. Student society and student culture: Student peer-group influence / Theodore M. Newcomb -- Student culture at Vassar / John H. Bushnell -- Student culture and academic effort / Everett Hughes, Howard Becker, and Blanche Geer -- pt. 5. Student performance in relation to educational objectives: Personality, college environments, and academic productivity / Donald Brown -- Fields of study and the people in them / Carl Bereiter and Mervin B. Freedman -- Students and the occupational world / David Beardslee and Donald O'Dowd -- Dropouts from college / John Summerskill -- pt. 6. Interactions of students and educators: Some social-psychological theory for selecting and guiding college students / Joshua A. Fishman -- Environments for learning / George G. Stern -- Patterns of residential education: a case study of Harvard / Christopher Jencks and David Riesman -- Freedom and authority on the campus / Harold Taylor -- pt. 7. Effects of college education: Personality changes in college students / Harold Webster, Mervin B. Freedman , and Paul Heist -- Studies of college alumni / Mervin B. Freedman -- pt. 8. Higher education and the social context: Place of higher education in a changing society / Campbell Stewart -- Crisis of the state universities: analysis and remedies / Frank Pinner -- A social theory of higher education / Christian Bay -- Epilogue: Research and policy in higher education / Nevitt Sanford. |
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Universities and colleges -- United States.
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Universities and colleges. |
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United States. |
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Education, Higher.
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Education, Higher. |
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Psicologia Educacional. |
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Ensino Superior. |
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Hoger onderwijs. |
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Wetenschappelijk onderwijs. |
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Onderwijspsychologie. |
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Onderwijssociologie. |
| Added Author |
Adelson, Joseph.
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Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.
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