College Students in the United States: Characteristics, Experiences, and OutcomesCollege Students in the United States accounts forcontemporary and anticipated student demographics and enrollmentpatterns, a wide variety of campus environments and a range ofoutcomes including learning, development, and achievement.Throughout the book, the differing experiences, needs, and outcomeof students across the range of “traditional” (18-24years old, full-time students) and non-traditional (for example,adult and returning learners, veterans, recent immigrants) arehighlighted. The book is organized, for use as a stand-aloneresource, around Alexander Astin’s Inputs-Environment-Outputs(I-E-O) framework. |
