College Student Development and Academic Life: Psychological, Intellectual, Social and Moral Issues » (REPRINT)

The purpose of this series is to bring together the main currents in today's higher education and examine such crucial issues as the changing nature of education in the U.S., the considerable adjustment demanded of institutions, administrators, the faculty; the role of Catholic education; the remarkable growth of higher education in Latin America, contemporary educational concerns in Europe, and more. Among the many specific questions examined in individual articles are: Is it true that women are subtly changing the academic profession? How is power concentrated in academic organizations? How successful are Latin America's private universities? What is the correlation between higher education and employment in Spain? Is minority graduate education in the U.S. producing the desired results?

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Suggests that fostering student learning and personal development are central tasks of higher education and the student affairs administration. Discusses how, with the guidance of human development theories, professionals can promote student growth by understanding how individuals change and learn. Thirteen articles address student intellectual, social, and moral development as well as the development of women and ethnic minorities and adult and homosexual students. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.