How Much Do Students Learn in College?(Statistical Data Included) From: Journal of Higher Education | Date: September 1, 2001| Author: Flowers, Lamont; Osterlind, Steven J.; Pascarella, Ernest T.; Pierson, Christopher T. | COPYRIGHT 2001 Ohio State University Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Cross-Sectional Estimates Using the College BASE

Introduction

What students learn during the undergraduate years in postsecondary education has been the focus of a large body of inquiry for the past 30 years (e.g., Bowen, 1977; Gardner, 1994; Kuh, Douglas, Lund, & Ramin-Gyurnek, 1994; Osterlind, 1997; Pascarella & Terenzini, 1991; Stage, Muller, Kinzie, & Simmons, 1998). The vast majority of these studies document the change, or growth, that occurs between the...