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Higher education
About: Higher education is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 244308 publications have been published within this topic receiving 3521537 citations. The topic is also known as: college education & university education.
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TL;DR: Chickering is a Distinguished Professor of Higher Education at Memphis State University and a Visiting Professor at George Mason University as discussed by the authors, and Gamson is a sociologist who holds appointments at the John W. McCormack Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, and in the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education at University of Michigan.
Abstract: Arthur Chickering is Distinguished Professor of Higher Education at Memphis State University. On leave from the Directorship of the Center for the Study of Higher Education at Memphis State, he is Visiting Professor at George Mason University. Zelda Gamson is a sociologist who holds appointments at the John W. McCormack Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Massachusetts-Boston and in the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education at the University of Michigan.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a study of how students change and develop in college and how colleges can enhance that development based on more than 20,000 students, 25,000 faculty members, and 200 institutions.
Abstract: From the author of Four Critical Years--a book the Journal of Higher Education called the most cited work in higher education literature--What Matters in College? presents the definitive study of how students change and develop in college and how colleges can enhance that development. Based on a study of more than 20,000 students, 25,000 faculty members, and 200 institutions, the book shows how academic programs, faculty, student peer groups, and other variables affect students' college experiences.
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01 Jan 1991TL;DR: In 1992, How College Affects Students The Journal of Higher Education: Vol 63, No 3, pp 355-358 as mentioned in this paper, the authors presented a survey of how college affects students.
Abstract: (1992) How College Affects Students The Journal of Higher Education: Vol 63, No 3, pp 355-358
3,758 citations