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Author Sanford, Nevitt, editor

Title The American college a psychological and social interpretation of the higher learning, by Joseph Adelson [and others] Prepared for the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. Editorial committee: Christian Bay [and others]
Published New York, Wiley [1962]

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 1084 pages) diagrams, tables
Contents pt. 1. General: Higher education as a social problem / Nevitt Sanford -- Higher education as a field of study / Nevitt Sanford -- The visibility of the American college / David Riesman and Christopher Jencks -- pt. 2. The entering student: Motivational factors in college entrance / Elizabeth Douvan and Carol Kaye -- The diverse college student population / T.R. McConnell and Paul Heist -- Developmental status of the entering freshman / Nevitt Sanford -- pt. 3. Academic procedures: Changing functions of the college professor / Robert Knapp -- Procedures and techniques of teaching: a survey of experimental studies / W.J. McKeachie -- Personality and interpersonal relations in the college classroom / Joseph Katz -- The teacher as a model / Joseph Adelson -- The curriculum in the perspective of the theory of personality development / Joseph Katz and Nevitt Sanford -- Economic pressures and the professor / Anthony Ostroff -- pt. 4. Student society and student culture: Student peer-group influence / Theodore M. Newcomb -- Student culture at Vassar / John H. Bushnell -- Student culture and academic effort / Everett Hughes, Howard Becker, and Blanche Geer -- pt. 5. Student performance in relation to educational objectives: Personality, college environments, and academic productivity / Donald Brown -- Fields of study and the people in them / Carl Bereiter and Mervin B. Freedman -- Students and the occupational world / David Beardslee and Donald O'Dowd -- Dropouts from college / John Summerskill -- pt. 6. Interactions of students and educators: Some social-psychological theory for selecting and guiding college students / Joshua A. Fishman -- Environments for learning / George G. Stern -- Patterns of residential education: a case study of Harvard / Christopher Jencks and David Riesman -- Freedom and authority on the campus / Harold Taylor -- pt. 7. The effects of college education: Personality changes in college students / Harold Webster, Mervin B. Freedman, and Paul Heist -- Studies of college alumni / Mervin B. Freedman -- pt. 8. Higher education and the social context: The place of higher education in a changing society / Campbell Stewart -- The crisis of the state universities: analysis and remedies / Frank Pinner -- A social theory of higher education / Christian Bay -- Epilogue: Research and policy in higher education / Nevitt Sanford
Summary "Fundamentally, education should look to the future. It should prepare its students to live in a world of new possibilities and of new dangers. To do so, it must itself be able to change and develop rationally. A central thesis of this stimulating book is that scientific method, more than any other procedure known to man, provides the basis for intelligent change: for change based on systematic knowledge rather than on improvisation, hunch, or dogma. This rich, comprehensive volume charts the way into relatively unexplored territory. The chart is sufficiently detailed to reveal the diverse, interesting terrain as well as the rich ore that has already been discovered in this area by systematic research. It contains more information about and more insightful discussion of the varied aspects of the American college than has been available hitherto. It is a splendid beginning; it highlights what needs to be done as well as what has been done"--Foreword. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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In PsycBOOKS (EBSCO). EBSCO
Subject Universities and colleges -- United States.
Education, Higher.
Universities and colleges.
Universities
higher education.
universities (institutions)
colleges (institutions)
Education, Higher.
Universities and colleges.
Hoger onderwijs.
Wetenschappelijk onderwijs.
Onderwijspsychologie.
Onderwijssociologie.
Psicologia Educacional.
Ensino Superior.
SUBJECT United States
Subject United States.
Form Electronic book
Author Adelson, Joseph
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.