Liberal Arts Colleges and Liberal Arts Education: New Evidence on Impacts ASHE Higher Education Report

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9780787981235
• ISBN10: 0787981230
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-14
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Table of Contents

Executive Summary	vii
Foreword	xiii
Acknowledgments	xv
Background and Warrant for the Study	1	(24)
Review of Existing Evidence	2	(1)
Liberal Arts Colleges: Past and Present	3	(9)
Evidence About the Impacts of Liberal Arts Colleges	12	(10)
Summary	22	(3)
The Study	25	(6)
Datasets Analyzed	26	(2)
Sample Descriptions	28	(3)
Effects of Liberal Arts Colleges on Good Practices in Undergraduate Education	31	(14)
Data and Analyses	31	(2)
Results	33	(4)
Total Effects	37	(1)
Direct Effects	37	(2)
Conditional Effects	39	(1)
Timing of Effects	39	(6)
Effects of Liberal Arts Colleges on Intellectual and Personal Development	45	(14)
Data and Analyses	45	(5)
Results	50	(1)
Total Effects	51	(1)
Direct Effects	52	(1)
Additional Analyses	53	(4)
Timing of Impacts	57	(1)
Conditional Effects	57	(2)
Effect of an Institution's Liberal Arts Emphasis and Students' Liberal Arts Experiences on Intellectual and Personal Development	59	(12)
Data and Analyses	59	(3)
Results	62	(1)
Liberal Arts Emphasis I	62	(3)
Liberal Arts Emphasis II	65	(1)
Liberal Arts Experiences	66	(1)
Timing of Impacts	67	(1)
Conditional Effects	68	(3)
Long-Term Effects of Liberal Arts Colleges	71	(16)
Data and Analyses	71	(3)
Results: Total and Direct Effects	74	(8)
Results: Conditional Effects	82	(5)
Impacts of Liberal Arts Colleges and Liberal Arts Education: A Summary	87	(14)
Good Practices	87	(4)
Intellectual and Personal Development	91	(4)
Long-Term Effects	95	(3)
Conditional Effects	98	(3)
Conclusion	101	(4)
Notes	105	(2)
Appendix A: Operational Definitions of Variables	107	(16)
Appendix B: Statistical Controls Introduced in the Analysis of Different Study Outcomes	123	(4)
References	127	(12)
Name Index	139	(3)
Subject Index	142	(3)
About the Authors	145