Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
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Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Studies of Three Student Development Programs

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eBook - ePub

Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Studies of Three Student Development Programs

About this book

Concerns with how students are taught, and whether and how they learn, has become particularly salient in higher education. This is evident in growing awareness of increases in time-to-degree and declines in attainment rates for many students, including those who are underrepresented, in our nation's community and public and private colleges and universities. It is also demonstrated vis-à-vis recent findings that more than a third of college students evinced no noticeable improvement in critical thinking, writing, and complex reasoning skills after four years as an undergraduate. These findings suggest that while a focus on access to and participation in the nation's colleges and universities remain a prominent goal, it is no longer sufficient given persistent disparities in post secondary student learning.
There are a few models however, from which we can distill a set of strategies for promoting not only high achievement, but also retention and completion rates. This book examines three such models in higher education — the Meyerhoff Scholars Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County; the Opportunity Programs at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York; and the Premedical Program at Xavier University in New Orleans – with a proven record of student achievement and completion.

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Information

Year
2013
eBook ISBN
9780739177341
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Foreword
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Organization of the Book
  5. Persistent Underperformance & Underrepresentation
  6. Current Issues and Trends in Higher Education
  7. Creating Effective Social and Intellectual Communities/Environments in Higher Education
  8. Contemporary Exemplars of Excellence
  9. Introducing The Meyerhoff Scholars Program
  10. Preparing Students for Research Careers
  11. Introducing The Opportunity Programs
  12. Creating Opportunities to Learn
  13. Introducing The Pre-Medical Program
  14. A Model for Preparing Students for Medical School
  15. Research and Policy Implications
  16. Recommendations and Policy Implications
  17. Appendix A
  18. References
  19. Index
  20. About the Authors/Contributors