Introduction to the Paperback Edition xi Preface xix The Author xxix 1 Studying College Impact 1 2 Environmental Variables 32 3 Assessing Environmental Effects: A Prototypical Example 83 4 Personality and Self-Concept 105 5 Attitudes, Value, and Beliefs 141 6 Patterns of Behavior 165 7 Academic and Cognitive Development 186 8 Career Development 245 9 Satisfaction with the College Environment 273 10 Summary of Environmental Effects 312 11 Effects of Involvement 365 12 Implications for Educational Theory and Practice 396 Resource A: Multiple Correlations at Selected Steps 438 Resource B: Longitudinal Changes in the Weighted and Unweighted Samples 442 References 447 Index 457.
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