Theoretical Frameworks in College Student Research [Hardcover]

Theoretical Frameworks in College Student Research is an important volume that breaks new ground on the critically important role that frameworks play in designing and conducting research in postsecondary contexts. Future generations of scholars will be indebted to Professor Strayhorn for plainly explaining this often complex and complicated issue.Bravo to Dr. Strayhorn for writing an accessible text that could rightly serve as a how-to manual of sorts for those who are interested in using theoretical frameworks in educational research but, heretofore, have struggled to find good examples of just how to do so. A must-read for those interested in studying college students in the 21st and future centuries.This book offers those who engage in college student research a framework, tool, or guide for understanding the role that theory plays in research. It is organized around five major questions which address the essence of theory, central tenants and concepts of prevailing theories, and insights for future research.Theoretical Frameworks in College Student Research was written to offer those who engage in college student research a framework, tool, or guide for understanding the role that theory plays in research. Each of the seven chapters in the volume are organized around five major questions which address the essence of theory, central tenants and concepts of prevailing theories, examples of how the author and others have used the theory in previous research, as well as insights for future research. An impressive set of references points to the expansive literature that informs this new volume.ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgments1 Introduction2 Studying Student Drop Out: Using Theory as a Guiding Framework3 Choosing Frameworks, Choosing Colleges4 Understanding Challenges, Seeing Supports: Using Sanfords Theory with Black Males5 College Impact Theory and Academic Achievement of First-Generation Students6 Sentido de Pertenencia: Interrogating Sense of Belonging for LatilÓ7