Redesigning Higher Education: Producing Dramatic Gains in Student Learning (J-B ASHE Higher Education Report Series (AEHE))

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.