Using Typological Approaches to Understand College Student - New Directions for Institutional Research, Assessment Supplement 2011

Klappentext Facing a new round of criticisms on the quality of undergraduate education in American colleges and universities! higher education administrators are eager to find-or create-effective programs and practices that can enrich student experiences and enhance outcomes. Zusammenfassung Facing a new round of criticisms on the quality of undergraduate education in American colleges and universities! higher education administrators are eager to find or create effective programs and practices that can enrich student experiences and enhance outcomes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Editors Notes Shouping Hu! Shaoqing Li 1. Student Typologies in Higher Education Shouping Hu! Lindsey Katherine! George D. Kuh This chapter reviews various student typologies developed over time and the stability and change in American college students characteristics! attitudes! and behaviors the typologies reflect. 2. Students Involvement in Group Experiences and Connections to Leadership Development John P. Dugan This chapter introduces a taxonomy refl ecting patterns of involvement in student clubs and organizations during college and its relationship to leadership development. Insights for better understanding college student engagement! along with applications associated with institutional research! are explored. 3. A Typology of Students Use of the Community College Peter Riley Bahr This chapter describes a typology of fi rst-time community college students based on students course-taking and enrollment behavior. The utility of the typology is demonstrated through an application that involves interpreting data concerning students participation in remedial mathematics. 4. A Developmental Typology of Faculty-Student Interaction Outside the Classroom Bradley E. Cox This chapter presents a typology of faculty-student interaction outside the classroom. As both a descriptive framework and a developmental model! the typology can be used independently or to augment traditional survey research. The chapter concludes with fi ve lessons learned about faculty-student interaction outside the classroom. 5. The Use of Cluster Analysis in Typological Research on Community College Students Peter Riley Bahr! Rob Bielby! Emily House This chapter provides an introduction to the family of partitional cluster analytical methods! with specifi c attention to research on community college students. Key decision points and common approaches in the use of cluster analysis are described. 6. Typological Research on College Students for Better Outcomes Shouping Hu! Shaoqing Li In this chapter! we discuss the issues in conducting typological research and suggest the directions for future typological research on college students that could aid efforts to enrich student experiences and improve student outcomes. INDEX ...

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• Authors: Hu, Shouping Li Hu, Ir, Li, Not Available (NA)
• Assisted by: Shouping Hu (Editor), Shaoqing Li (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.01.2012
• EAN: 9781118296110
• ISBN: 978-1-118-29611-0
• Series: New Directions for Institution; J-B IR Single Issue Institutional Research; New Directions for Institution
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Adult education