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Student success in college : creating conditions that matter

Title

Student success in college : creating conditions that matter / George D. Kuh ... [et al.].

Format

Book

Edition

1st ed.

Published

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2005.

Description

xx, 370 p. ; 24 cm.

URL

<Table of contents> http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip054/2004027912.html

Other contributors

Kuh, George D. Documenting Effective Educational Practice (Project)

Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• PART ONE: INTRODUCTION: Student engagement: a key to student success
• PART TWO: PROPERTIES AND CONDITIONS COMMON TO EDUCATIONALLY EFFECTIVE COLLEGES: "Living" mission and "Lived" educational philosophy
• An unshakeable focus on student learning
• Environments adapted for educational enrichment
• Clear pathways to student success
• An improvement-oriented ethos
• Shared responsibility for educational quality and student success
• PART THREE: EFFECTIVE PRACTICS USED AT DEEP COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: Academic challenge
• Active and collaborative learning
• Student-faculty-interaction
• Enriching educational experiences
• Supportive campus environment
• PART FOUR: SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS: Principles of promoting student success
• Recommendations
• APPENDICES: Appendix A: Research methods
• Appendix B: Project DEEP Research Team
• Appendix C: National survey of student engagement.

Subject headings

Documenting Effective Educational Practice (Project) College student orientation--United States.

ISBN

0787979147 (alk. paper)