Titlebook: Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research; Volume 26 John C. Smart,Michael B. Paulsen Book 2011 Springer Science+Business Media B.V

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Book 2011f interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of research findings on a selected topic, critiques the research literature in terms of its conceptual and methodological rigor, and sets forth an agenda for future research intended to

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,Undergraduate Living–Learning Programs and Student Outcomes,ar topical or academic theme. We begin the chapter describing various typologies of living–learning programs and the broader family of learning communities, as well as the historical roots and philosophical underpinnings of the modern LLP. We then turn to a summary of the LLP “best practices” litera

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Qualitative Research and Public Policy: The Challenges of Relevance and Trustworthiness,ated the merits of one perspective in relation to others. Scholars, using diverse epistemological and ontological stances, have contested different beliefs about the criteria for judgment of rigorous research. Yet, such exchanges routinely ignore the unique ways in which qualitative research can inf

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Multilevel Analysis in Higher Education Research: A Multidisciplinary Approach,evel data. These two statistical traditions are interesting to compare, because despite a number of underlying similarities, they differ in complementary but often confusing ways. The confusion arises from varying terminology and model presentation, which makes almost identical models appear differe

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The Financial Aid Picture: Realism, Surrealism, or Cubism?,een provided by the federal and state governments, colleges, and universities to undergraduate students and how the structure of financial aid programs has changed over time. The metaphor of three art movements is applied—Realism, Surrealism, and Cubism—to analyze the current structure of the nation

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Inside the Panopticon: Studying Academic Reward Systems,ocialization, motivation, psychological contract, marketplace, and system. Just as there is ambiguity for individuals living inside academic reward systems as to what really matters and counts, there is significant complexity in trying to study them from the outside. This chapter explores the inner

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Conducting Multi-paradigm Inquiry in the Study of Higher Education Organization and Governance: Tra multiple social science paradigms. Rather than viewing paradigms as distinct and incommensurable domains, organizational researchers are beginning to use multiple paradigms in the same study to form their research questions, shape their methods, and ground their data analyses. These new forms of mu

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Examining Pathways to and Through the Community College for Youth and Adults, employment. This chapter documents prominent and emerging policies and programs in the literature and examines pathways to college and careers for youth and adults. The centerpiece of the chapter is a review of the literature using a student-centered P-16 accountability model to describe college ac