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Making the most of college : students speak their minds / Richard J. Light.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2001.Description: 242 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0674004787 (alk. paper)
  • 9780674004788 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 378.1/98
LOC classification:
  • LD 2160 L723m 2001
Contents:
*1. Introduction *2. Powerful Connections *3. Suggestions from Students *4. The Most Effective Classes *5. Good Mentoring and Advising *6. Faculty Who Make a Difference *7. Diversity on Campus *8. Learning from Differences *9. What College Leaders Can Do * The Assessment Project * References * Acknowledgments * Index
Summary: What choices can students in America make and what can teachers and university leaders do to improve more students’ experiences and help them make the most of their time and monetary investment? Light and his colleagues explore these and other questions in ten years of interviews with 1,600 Harvard students.
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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) LD 2160 L723m 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000098755

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-235) and index.

*1. Introduction *2. Powerful Connections *3. Suggestions from Students *4. The Most Effective Classes *5. Good Mentoring and Advising *6. Faculty Who Make a Difference *7. Diversity on Campus *8. Learning from Differences *9. What College Leaders Can Do * The Assessment Project * References * Acknowledgments * Index

What choices can students in America make and what can teachers and university leaders do to improve more students’ experiences and help them make the most of their time and monetary investment? Light and his colleagues explore these and other questions in ten years of interviews with 1,600 Harvard students.

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