Theoretical Frameworks in College Student Research

by Terrell L. Strayhorn

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761860907
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	09/04/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	106
File size:	839 KB

About the Author

Dr. Terrell Lamont Strayhorn is associate professor of higher education in the School of Educational Policy and Leadership within the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University. He serves as senior research associate in the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity, faculty affiliate in the Todd A. Bell National Resource Center for African American Males, and holds joint appointments in the department of Africana studies, sexuality studies, and engineering education within the College of Arts & Sciences. He is also director/founder of the Center for Higher Education Research & Policy (CHERP). He earned a PhD in higher education from Virginia Tech, a MEd in educational policy from the University of Virginia, and a BA in music and religious studies from the University of Virginia.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
2 Studying Student Drop Out: Using Theory as a Guiding Framework
3 Choosing Frameworks, Choosing Colleges
4 Understanding Challenges, Seeing Supports: Using Sanford’s Theory with Black Males
5 College Impact Theory and Academic Achievement of First-Generation Students
6 Sentido de Pertenencia: Interrogating Sense of Belonging for Latino College Students
7 Theoretical Frameworks in College Student Research: Conclusions
References
About The Author
Index

Editorial Reviews

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.

Tonya Saddler Ph.D

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.

Melvin Cleveland Terrell

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.

Tonya Sadler