Higher Education Handbook of Theory and Research Volume 22 [Hardcover]

This handbook series provides a compendium of literature reviews on a wide array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of research findings on a selected topic, critiques the research literature, and sets forth an agenda for future research. Coverage focuses on twelve general areas that encompass the salient dimensions of scholarly and policy inquiries undertaken in the international community.

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. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of research findings on a selected topic, critiques the research literature in terms of its conceptual and methodological rigor, and sets forth an agenda for future research intended to advance knowledge on the chosen topic. The Handbook focuses on twelve general areas that encompass the salient dimensions of scholarly and policy inquiries undertaken in the international higher education community. The series is fortunate to have attracted annual contributions from distinguished scholars throughout the world.

1: A Career out of Control (Maybe): James L. Bess,- 2: Accountability: Assessment and the Scholarship of 'Best Practice': Alicia C. Dowd and Vincent P. Tong,- 3: Striving for What? Exploring the Pursuit of Prestige: KerryAnn OMeara,- 4: 'Outsiders', Students Subcultures, and the Massification of Higher Education: Richard Flacks and Scott L. Thomas,- 5: Teachers  Nonverbal Behavior and Its Effects on Students: Elisha Babad,- 6: The Pell Program at Thirthy Years: Bradley R. Curs et al,- The Political Economy of Redistribution through Higher Education Subsidies: William R. Doyle,- 8: Adjusting for Nonresponse in Surveys: Gary R. Pike,- 9: Neoliberal Policies and Community College Faculty WorklÃ&