Alexander W. Astin

31.3k citations
220 papers · 19.8k indexed · 11 hit papers · h-index 57
Topics
Higher Education Research Studies (56 papers)Higher Education Governance and Development (20 papers)Service-Learning and Community Engagement (18 papers)

In The Last Decade

Alexander W. Astin

208 papers receiving 13.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Alexander W. Astin
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  • Education 14.9k
  • Social Psychology 3.3k
  • Sociology and Political Science 2.9k
  • Safety Research 2.8k
  • Political Science and International Relations 1.9k
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All Works

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Conceptualizing Service-Learning Research Using Ken Wilber's Integral Framework.
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Comparing the Effects of Community Service and Service-Learning
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Involvement in Learning Revisited: Lessons We Have Learned.
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The Benefits of Service: Evidence from Undergraduates
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An empirical typology of college students.
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Values, Assessment, and Academic Freedom: A Challenge to the Accrediting Process.
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The Implicit Criticism: What Are We Really Teaching Our Undergraduates?.
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Retaining and Satisfying Students.
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Views and Characteristics of this Year's Freshmen.
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Differing Views of Institutional Quality: Implications for College Admissions Counselors.
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Why Not Try Some New Ways of Measuring Quality
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The Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP): An Ongoing National Study of Higher Education in the United States.
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Time to Improve Teaching.
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Minority Enrollments in Higher Education.
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Personal Characteristics and Attitude Changes of Student Protesters.
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Two Approaches to Measuring Students' Perceptions of Their College Environment.
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Campus Unrest, 1970-71: Was It Really All That Quiet?.
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Predicting academic performance in college : selectivity data for 2300 American colleges
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Who goes where to college
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About Alexander W. Astin

Alexander W. Astin is a scholar working on Education, Safety Research and Political Science and International Relations, having authored 220 papers that have together received 19.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Higher Education Research Studies (56 papers), Higher Education Governance and Development (20 papers) and Service-Learning and Community Engagement (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Education (14.9k citations), Safety Research (2.8k citations) and Architecture (307 citations). Alexander W. Astin has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Kenneth A. Feldman, Linda J. Sax, Helen S. Astin, Marcia Mentkowski, Lori J. Vogelgesang, Jennifer A. Yee, Elaine K. Ikeda, Carol M. Boyer, Jennifer A. Lindholm and John L. Holland. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Psychological Bulletin and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

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