Conclusions and Recommendations:

This chapter provides a brief account of some of the this book, ending with our quite specific recommendations for the prevention of college student suicide. First, the most salient risk factors are noted. Second, administrative and legal concerns are summarized. Third, we emphasize the need for a caring campus community as the foundation for our recommendations.     

Synthesizing epistemological belief research: Tentative understandings and provocative confusions

The definition of epistemological beliefs takes on different shades of meaning from study to study; but, in general, researchers of personal epistemology are interested in what individuals believe about the source, certainty, and organization of knowledge, as well as the control and the speed of learning. Epistemological beliefs have been found to relate to reading comprehension, learning in complex and ill-structured domains, as well as learners' active participation and persistence in learning. Researchers are at odds on the issues of epistemological development and the roles that education and culture play in epistemological beliefs.