Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research Volume 27 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Smart, John C. (Editor), Paulsen, Michael B. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, 27
• Subjects: Education.; Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education > Curricula.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Educational sociology.; Higher education.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Higher Education.; Curriculum Studies.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Sociology of Education.

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...

Table of Contents:

• Contributors
• I Have Always Been a Student: A Tale of Two Careers; Patrick T. Terenzini
• A Model for Diverse Learning Climates; Sylvia Hurtado, Cynthia L. Alvarez, Chelsea Guillermo-Wann, Marcela Cuellar and Lucy Arellano
• Understanding Academic Work in a Changing Institutional Environment; Liudvika Leisyte and Jay R. Dee
• The Sociology of Academic Careers; Joseph C. Hermanowicz
• Regression Discontinuity Design; Brian P. McCall and Rob M. Bielby
• Toward a Greater Understanding of the Effects of State Merit Aid Programs; Shouping Hu, Matt Trengove and Liang Zhang
• Access and Success for Students from Indigenous Populations; Scott L. Thomas, Shawn Malia Kana’iaupuni, Brandi Jean Nalani Balutski and Antoinette Konia Freitas
• The Roles of International Organizations (IOs) in Globalizing Higher Education Policy; Riyad A. Shahjahan
• Southern Higher Education History; Amy Wells Dolan and John R. Thelin
• Rural Community Colleges; Stephen G. Katsinas and David E. Hardy
• What Do We Mean by Privatization in Higher Education?; Alisa Hicklin Fryar
• Author Index
• Subject Index.