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Peer reviewedAstin, Alexander W.; Sax, Linda J.; Avalos, Juan – Review of Higher Education, 1999
A study investigated whether effects of volunteer service during undergraduate years persist after college. Data were drawn from 12,376 students attending 209 institutions, who were followed up four and nine years after college entry. Results show that even when precollege service participation is controlled, student volunteer service during…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College Graduates, College Outcomes Assessment, College Students
PDF pending restorationAstin, Alexander W.; And Others – Leadership Abstracts, 1993
Designed to help educators examine their current student assessment practices and ensure that assessment activities lead to real improvements, this paper lists and discusses nine principles for assessing student learning. The nine principles are: (1) the assessment of student learning begins with educational values; (2) assessment is most…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Evaluation Criteria
Peer reviewedAstin, Alexander W. – Change, 1993
A national study of 82 college outcome measures on 25,000 students from 1985-89 looked at the relationship of outcomes, institutional environment (emphasis on institutional, student, or faculty diversity), and campus activism. Results suggest emphasis on diversity in all forms is beneficial to student development and also promotes student…
Descriptors: Activism, College Environment, College Outcomes Assessment, College Role
Peer reviewedAstin, Alexander W. – Daedalus, 1999
Residential liberal arts colleges in general, and highly selective ones in particular, produce a pattern of consistently positive student outcomes not found in any other type of American higher education institution. They also effect a reasonable balance between undergraduate teaching and scholarly research, and incorporate a wide range of…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Instruction, College Outcomes Assessment, College Role
Peer reviewedAstin, Alexander W. – Liberal Education, 1993
Results of a longitudinal study of student experience at over 200 4-year colleges are summarized. The study focused on student outcomes and how they are affected by college environments. Key findings are discussed for three areas: academic development, personal development, and satisfaction. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Environment, College Outcomes Assessment, College Students
Astin, Alexander W. – 1991
This book's purpose is to show .how assessment can be used to enhance the educational and research functions of colleges and universities by promoting talent development among both students and faculty members. Chapters cover the following topics: (1) review of traditional uses of student assessment; (2) the input-environment-outcome model which…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Outcomes Assessment, Data Collection, Database Design
Astin, Alexander W.; And Others – 1996
This report presents quantitative data from an ongoing longitudinal study, the Cooperative Institutional Research Program, on degree attainment rates at institutions of higher education. The report covers national degree completion data for three time intervals--4, 6, and 9 years--broken down by institutional type, student gender, and student…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Blacks, College Entrance Examinations, College Outcomes Assessment
