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9781555424923
What Matters in College? presents a study of how students change and develop in college and reveals how colleges can enhance that development. The book shows how a range of variables--including academic programs, faculty, student peer groups, and much more--affect students2 college experiences. It examines more than 190 environmental characteristics of institutions and details how these factors can have an impact on students2 personality and self-concept, patterns of behavior, values and beliefs, academic and cognitive development, career development, and satisfaction with the college environment.Astin, Alexander W. is the author of 'What Matters in College?' with ISBN 9781555424923 and ISBN 1555424929.
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