Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research

Published annually since 1985, the Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensiv

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Senior Associate Editor William G. Tierney, Ph.D. Rossier School of Education University of Southern California USA [email protected]

Associate Editors Philip G. Altbach, Boston College (Comparative and International Education) Ben Baez, Florida International University, USA (Social Context) Alan E. Bayer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA (College Faculty) Corinna A. Ethington, University of Memphis, USA (Research Methodology) Simon Marginson, Monash University, Australia (Comparative and International Education) Michael K. McLendon, Vanderbilt University, USA (Governance and Planning) Raymond P. Perry, University of Manitoba, Canada (Curriculum and Instruction) Brian Pusser, University of Virginia, USA (Systems and Organizations) Edward St. John, The University of Michigan, USA (Finance and Economics) Scott L. Thomas, The University of Georgia, USA (College Students)

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John C. Smart Editor

Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research Published under the sponsorship of the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) and the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)

Volume 24

Editor John C. Smart College of Education University of Memphis USA [email protected]

ISBN: 978-1-4020-9627-3 ISSN: 0882-4126

e-ISBN: 978-1-4020-9628-0

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Contents

Contributors ...................................................................................................

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Why Financial Aid Matters (or Does Not) for College Success: Toward a New Interdisciplinary Perspective .............................................. Sara Goldrick-Rab, Douglas N. Harris, and Philip A. Trostel

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The Use of Matching Methods in Higher Education Research: Answering Whether Attendance at a 2-Year Institution Results in Differences in Educational Attainment.................................................... C. Lockwood Reynolds and Stephen L. DesJardins

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Othering Research, Researching the Other: De/Colonizing Approaches to Qualitative Inquiry...................................... Kakali Bhattacharya

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The Cultural Capital of Cultural and Social Capital: An Economy of Translations ......................................................................... Glenda Musoba and Benjamin Baez

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The Rise and Fall of Need-Based Grants: A Critical Review of Presidential Discourses on Higher Education, 1964–1984 ..................... Julie Renee Posselt

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A Review of Attributional Ret