Education and Identity

''Arthur Chickering and Linda Reisser have produced an intelligent and penetrating scholarly work that is a worthy sequel to its distinguished predecessor. If the history of Education and Identity is any indication, this second edition will take its place among the classics in higher education literature.''

--Ernest T. Pascarella, professor of educational psychology, the University of Illinois, Chicago

Submitted by Publisher, March, 2001

This completely revised and updated edition of Arthur W. Chickering's classic work presents new findings from the last twenty-five years and describes policies and practices in higher education that will foster the broad-based development of human talent essential to our society in the twenty-first century. Education and Identity offers a framework for human development that includes seven "vectors" - such as developing competence, managing emotions, moving through autonomy toward interdependence, and others - critical to the needs of every college student. Drawing on the latest research, including recent findings on gender and multicultural differences, the authors show how institutions can strengthen development along these vectors. They examine such factors as institutional objectives, size, curriculum, student programs and services, and student-faculty relationships that contribute to educationally powerful environments. More important, Education and Identity provides a framework for thinking systematically about students' developmental patterns and makes concrete suggestions for fostering growth in areas such as interpersonal relationships, identity, purpose, and integrity.

1. A Current Theoretical Context for Student Development

Part One: The Seven Vectors: An Overview

2. Developing Competence
3. Managing Emotions
4. Through Autonomy Toward Interdependence
5. Developing Mature Interpersonal Relationships
6. Establishing Identity
7. Developing Purpose
8. Developing Integrity

Part Two: Key Influences on Student Development

9. Clear and Consistent Institutional Objectives
10. Institutional Size
11. Student-Faculty Relationships
12. Curriculum
13. Teaching
14. Friendships and Students Communities
15. Student Development Programs and Services
16. Creating Educationally Powerful Environments