Overview
Reviews and synthesizes numerous studies of college student development and college effects on students. Analyses the effectiveness of common practices in curriculum, instruction, campus climate, and academic advising as revealed by research. Provides an overview of research-based recommendations for best practice in these areas, and many resources for improving practice, ideas for assessment, and evidence for developing a sense of urgency for change, and a vision of what is possible today.
Synopsis
Focuses on the theoretically grounded links between critique and prescription. Within the context of contemporary theory on student development, examines the growing body of knowledge about student learning, college outcomes and the effectiveness of various options for instruction and assessment as the basis for identifying an empirically grounded set of practices that lead to better learning for students.