Higher education : handbook of theory and research. Volume XX

Author:John C.. Smart

Summary: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.

Print Book, English, 2005

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Publisher: Springer, Dordrecht, 2005

Publication:Higher education (New York. 1985)

Physical Description:1 vol. (X-630 p.) ; 24 cm.

ISBN:

9781402032776, 9781402032783, 1402032773, 1402032781

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:1007319930

Subjects:

Education, Higher

Education, Higher Research

Enseignement supérieur

Enseignement supérieur Recherche

Éducation Recherche

higher education

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Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research / edited by John C. Smart.

Contents:

A Serendipitous Search for a Career in Higher Education.- Professors as Knowledge Workers in the New, Global Economy.- Contrasting Perspectives on Higher Education Governance in the Arab States.- Are Students Really Rational? The Development of Rational Thought and its Application to Student Choice.- Investments in Human Capital: Sources of Variation in the Return to College Quality.- The Causes and Consequences of Public College Tuition Inflation.- Perceived (Academic) Control and Scholastic Attainment in Higher Education.- Cluster Analysis in Higher Education Research.- Ideas of a Uuniversity, Faculty Governance, and Governmentality.- College Environments and Climates: Assessments and Their Theoretical Assumptions.- For-Profit Degree-Granting Colleges: Who are These Guys and What do They Mean for Students, Traditional Institutions, and Public Policy?.

Notes:

Numéro de : "Higher education : handbook of theory and research", (2005)n°20