"The authors present the results of a large-scale study of American colleges, and offer recommendations for rethinking and restructuring the delivery of liberal arts education"--
"The authors present the results of a large-scale study of American colleges, and offer recommendations for rethinking and restructuring the delivery of liberal arts education"--
Wendy Fischman is a Project Director at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and lead author of Making Good: How Young People Cope with Moral Dilemmas at Work. Howard Gardner is Hobbs Research Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the author of A Synthesizing Mind: A Memoir from the Creator of Multiple Intelligences Theory (MIT Press) and many other books.
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Introduction ix Part I What We Did, Why We Did It, and How We Did It 1 The "What" Question: A Campus Visit 3 2 The "Why" Question: Background and Context for Our Study 13 3 The "How" Question: Our Methods 39 Part II The Individual Learner 4 Higher Education Capital: What College Should Achieve 73 5 Mental Models of the College Experience: Learnings, Earnings, and Yearnings 119 Part III The Campus Culture 6 A Pervasive Finding: Mental Health Issues 171 7 On Belonging and Alienation 201 Part IV What's to Be Done 8 Stepping Back and Looking Ahead: From Is to Ought 237 9 Feedback to Colleges 251 10 Messages to Various Constituencies 285 Epilogue: The Authors Reflect 321 Acknowledgments 337 Appendix A: List of Schools and School Features 343 Appendix B: Sample Questionnaire 347 Appendix C: Aligned Programs for the 21st Century 355 Notes 361 Box Sources 373 Index 375
Introduction ix Part I What We Did, Why We Did It, and How We Did It 1 The "What" Question: A Campus Visit 3 2 The "Why" Question: Background and Context for Our Study 13 3 The "How" Question: Our Methods 39 Part II The Individual Learner 4 Higher Education Capital: What College Should Achieve 73 5 Mental Models of the College Experience: Learnings, Earnings, and Yearnings 119 Part III The Campus Culture 6 A Pervasive Finding: Mental Health Issues 171 7 On Belonging and Alienation 201 Part IV What's to Be Done 8 Stepping Back and Looking Ahead: From Is to Ought 237 9 Feedback to Colleges 251 10 Messages to Various Constituencies 285 Epilogue: The Authors Reflect 321 Acknowledgments 337 Appendix A: List of Schools and School Features 343 Appendix B: Sample Questionnaire 347 Appendix C: Aligned Programs for the 21st Century 355 Notes 361 Box Sources 373 Index 375
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