Great Expectations National Panel
Briefing Papers
For each National Panel meeting, briefing papers were prepared
as background for discussions on the aims and purposes of
undergraduate education. Covering topics from adolescent motivation
to informed speculation about the future of "brick and
mortar" campuses, these papers highlight many of the
issues central to improving undergraduate experiences and
outcomes. They are not intended as comprehensive summaries
of topics, but rather as triggers to further discussion and
investigation.
The
Ambitious Generation: America's Teenagers, Motivated but Directionless
by Barbara Schneider and David Stevenson. Summarized by Ross
Miller, AAC&U.
Breaking
Ranks: Changing an American Institution, by the National
Association of Secondary Schools Principals. Summarized by
Ross Miller, AAC&U.
Considering
college quality. By Ernest L. Boyer, president of
the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Diversity
and democracy: Campus practices. Prepared by Cathleen
Fleck, formerly of AAC&U.
Excerpts from Quality
Counts 2001: An Education Week/Pew Charitable Trusts report
on education in the 50 states. Prepared by Ross Miller,
AAC&U
Faculty
retirement: The issue, the predictions, and the effects on
campuses. Prepared by Cathleen Fleck, formerly of AAC&U.
Goals
for liberal learning and college-level learning as stated
by a selection of higher education associations, disciplinary
association, accrediting agencies, students, and colleges/universities.
Prepared by Andrea Leskes and Ross Miller, AAC&U.
Greater
expectations to improve student learning. Prepared by
Ross Miller, AAC&U.
John
Dewey: In his own words. Selections from My Pedagogic Creed,
first published in The School Journal 54:3 (January
16, 1897) p. 77-80. Prepared by Ross Miller, AAC&U
A
Learning College for the 21st Century
by Terry O'Banion. Summarized by Irena S. M. Makarushka,
formerly an AAC&U senior fellow.
Lesser
and greater expectations: The wasted senior year and college-level
study in high school. Prepared by Ross Miller, AAC&U.
Models
of intellectual and identity development. Prepared by
National Panel member Lee Knefelkamp, Columbia University.
On
beyond U.S. News & World Report: New ways to
rate colleges. Prepared by Ross Miller, AAC&U.
Orienteering
and map-making as a metaphor in education. Prepared by
Ross Miller, AAC&U.
Pedagogical
and institutional practices to advance student achievement.
Prepared by Ross Miller, AAC&U.
Projections
for college attendance by younger and older students. Prepared
by Ross Miller, AAC&U.
The
"public curriculum" of colleges and universities
and the experience of students. Prepared by Robert Shoenberg,
AAC&U senior fellow.
The
Social Life of Information by John Seely Brown and
Paul Duguid. Summarized by Ross Miller, AAC&U.
Statewide
standardized testing in higher education. Prepared by
Ross Miller, AAC&U.
A
summary of efforts in school reform since 1983. Prepared
by Ross Miller, AAC&U.
Synopsis
and recommendations from The Drama of Diversity and Democracy,
a report prepared for American Commitments, a national
initiative of AAC&U, Washington, DC, 1995.
Undergraduate
education: A chronicle. Events and facts selected for
relevance to the Greater Expectations initiative. Prepared
by Andrea Leskes, AAC&U.
Use
of part-time faculty in higher education: Numbers and impact.
Prepared by Ross Miller, AAC&U
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