Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research - Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research 2008 edition

Marc Notes: Based on publisher-provided data.; Avail. in cloth. Brief Description: Published annually since 1985, the Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Table of Contents: Contributors -- Why Financial Aid Matters (or Does Not) for College Success: Toward a New Interdisciplinary Perspective / Sara Goldrick-Rab, Douglas N. Harris, Philip A. Trostel -- The Use of Matching Methods in Higher Education Research: Answering Whether Attendance at a 2-Year Institution Results in Differences in Educational Attainment / C. Lockwood Reynolds, Stephen L. DesJardins -- Othering Research, Researching the Other: De/Colonizing Approaches to Qualitative Inquiry / Kakali Bhattacharya -- The Cultural Capital of Cultural and Social Capital: An Economy of Translations / Glenda Musoba, Benjamin Baez -- The Rise and Fall of Need-Based Grants: A Critical Review of Presidential Discourses on Higher Education, 1964-1984 / Julie Renee Posselt -- A Review of Attributional Retraining Treatments: Fostering Engagement and Persistence in Vulnerable College Students / Tara L. Haynes, Raymond P. Perry, Robert H. Stupnisky, Lia M. Daniels -- Globalization, Social Movements, and the American University: Implications for Research and Practice / Robert A. Rhoads, Amy Liu -- Hispanics and Higher Education: An Overview of Research, Theory, and Practice / Amaury Nora, Gloria Crisp -- Turning from Time to Space: Conceptualizing Faculty Work / Aaron M. Kuntz -- Student Aid and Its Role in Encouraging Persistence / Don Hossler, Mary Ziskin, Jacob P. K. Gross, Sooyeon Kim, Osman Cekic -- Enter the Dragon? China's Higher Education Returns to the World Community: The Case of the Peking University Personnel Reforms / Rui Yang -- Name Index -- Subject Index -- Contents of Previous Volumes.

Contributor Bio:  Smart, John C John C. Smart is a professor of higher education at the University of Memphis.