Books written by Alexander W. Astin
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Cultivating the Spirit: How College Can Enhance Students' Inner Lives
In a recent article that explores the characteristics of students from nonmainstream religious traditions, Bryant (2006) reports that Buddhist and Hindu students are most likely to claim their racial identity as nonwhite.
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The American Freshman: National Norms for Fall 2000
National Norms for Fall 2000 Alexander W. Astin, William S. Korn, Kathryn M. Mahoney. fields grouped into general categories. Mark only . (32) . (3) . (32) . (35) . (5) . (17) (50) L- one oval to indicate your probable field of study. m ...
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Assessment for Excellence: The Philosophy and Practice of Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education
37–59) or the Mental Measurements Yearbook (Mitchell, 1985; Spies, Carlson, and Geisinger, 2010). Specific Skills Tests of specific skills fall into two general categories. First we have the so-called basic skills, which include ...
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The Power of Protest
KORTEN , F. F. , COOK , S. W. , AND LACEY , J. I. ( Eds . ) Psychology and the Problems of Society . Washington , D.C .: American Psychological Association , 1970 . LAUTER , P. Letter in New York Review of Books , Oct. 9 , 1969 .
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The American Freshman: National Norms for Fall 1989
This report presents survey data (from 216,362 students at 403 higher education institutions) on the characteristics of students attending American colleges and universities as first-time, full-time freshmen.
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The American Freshman: National Norms for Fall 1990
This report presents survey data (from 194,182 students at 382 higher education institutions) on the characteristics of students attending American colleges and universities as first-time, full-time freshmen.
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Cultivating the Spirit: How College Can Enhance Students' Inner Lives
In a recent article that explores the characteristics of students from nonmainstream religious traditions, Bryant (2006) reports that Buddhist and Hindu students are most likely to claim their racial identity as nonwhite.
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The American Freshman: National Norms for Fall 2002
... Forest University Waldorf College Walla Walla College Walsh University Warner Pacific College Warner Southern College Warren Wiison College Wartburg College Washburn University of Topeka Washington & Jefferson College Washington and ...
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Assessment for Excellence: The Philosophy and Practice of Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education
The second edition of Assessment for Excellence arrives as higher education enters a new era of the accountability movement.
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Are You Smart Enough?: How Colleges' Obsession with Smartness Shortchanges Students
This book explores the many ways in which the obsession with “being smart” distorts the life of a typical college or university, and how this obsession leads to a higher education that shortchanges the majority of students, and by ...
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Assessment for Excellence: The Philosophy and Practice of Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education
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The Gender Gap in College: Maximizing the Developmental Potential of Women and Men
This book will be an invaluable resource to researchers and practitioners seeking to better understand and serve traditional-age students at four-year colleges and universities." —Jacqueline E. King, assistant vice president, Center for ...
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Mindworks: Becoming More Conscious in an Unconscious World
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Astin, Alexander W. Mindworks : becoming more conscious in an unconscious world / by Alexander W. Astin. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN-13: 978-1-59311-738-2 (pbk.) ...
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Degree Attainment Rates at American Colleges and Universities
Degree Attainment Rates at American Colleges and Universities
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The Invisible Colleges: A Profile of Small, Priviate Colleges with Limited Resources
The Invisible Colleges: A Profile of Small, Priviate Colleges with Limited Resources
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Opportunity from Strength: Strategic Planning Clarified with Case Examples. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report No. 8, 1987
8, 1987 Maryann Jacobi, Robert G. Cope, Alexander W. Astin, Frank Ayala. up , paperwork processing . Too much emphasis is still placed on this mind - narrowing information among offices of institutional research .
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La evaluación de programas educativos
La evaluación de programas educativos
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The American Freshman: National Norms for Fall 1996
The 31st annual report of national normative data on college freshmen is part of the Cooperative Institutional Research Program's longitudinal study to assess the effects of college on students.
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Are You Smart Enough?: How Colleges' Obsession with Smartness Shortchanges Students
This book explores the many ways in which the obsession with "being smart" distorts the life of a typical college or university, and how this obsession leads to a higher education that shortchanges the majority of students, and by extension ...
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The American Freshman: Twenty-five Year Trends, 1966-1990
This report summarizes trends identified in 25 years of the Cooperative Institutional Research Program's annual surveys of college freshmen. It documents an array of demographic, attitudinal, and social changes involving...