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Making the Most of College : Students Speak Their Minds / Richard J. Light.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2001Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674417502
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378.1/98 21
LOC classification:
  • LD2160 .L54 2001
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- 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? Two Harvard University presidents invited Richard Light and his colleagues to explore these and other questions, resulting in ten years of interviews with 1,600 Harvard students. Filled with practical advice, Making the Most of College presents strategies for academic success.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674417502

Frontmatter -- 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

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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? Two Harvard University presidents invited Richard Light and his colleagues to explore these and other questions, resulting in ten years of interviews with 1,600 Harvard students. Filled with practical advice, Making the Most of College presents strategies for academic success.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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