Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research

This compendium of thorough literature reviews on a diverse array of topics in the field assesses research findings on each topic, critiques the research literature both conceptually and methodologically, and sets out an agenda for future research.

 Contributors.- Undergraduate Living-Learning Programs and Student Outcomes; Karen K. Inkelas and Matthew Soldner.- Qualitative Research and Public Policy: The Challenges of Relevance and Trustworthiness; William G. Tierney and Randall F. Clemens.- Multilevel Analysis in Higher Education Research: A Multidisciplinary Approach; John J. Cheslock and Cecilia Rios-Aguilar.- The Financial Aid Picture: Realism, Surrealism, or Cubism?; Don E. Heller.- Inside the Panopticon: Studying Academic Reward Systems; KerryAnn O’Meara.- In the National Interest: The College and University in the United States in the Post-World War II Era; Philo Hutcheson and Ralph D. Kidder.- Conducting Multi-paradigm Inquiry in the Study of Higher Education Organization and Governance: Transforming Research Perspectives on Colleges and Universities; Adrianna Kezar and Jay R. Dee.- An Exploration of the Scholarly Foundations of Educational Development; Gary Poole and Isabeau Iqbal.- Examining Pathways To and Through the Community College for Youth and Adults; Debra D. Bragg.- A Review of Theories Developed to Describe the Process of College Persistence; Tatiana Melguizo.- Using Student Development Theories to Explain Student Outcomes.- Vasti Torres.- Name Index.- Subject Index.- Contents of Previous Volumes.