Transforming Undergraduate Education

Edited by Donald W. Harward - Contributions by Jann H. Adams; Jerzy Axer; Kenneth R. Bain; Randall J. Bass; Thomas Bender; Dessa Bergen-Cico; Joyce A. Bylander; Kent John Chabotar; Barry N. Checkoway; Catherine A. Crosby-Currie; Richard A. Detweiler; Ashl

Donald Harward has assembled the deepest thinkers in higher education in one resource that combines theoretical considerations with analyses of fundamental issues related to learning and liberal education. This set of arguments, theories, and evidence are sufficient to encourage significant -- transformative -- changes in higher education. Contributors go on to offer examples of campus initiatives that document such changes, from directional nudges to major shifts of emphases and resources.

ForewordsJulie J. KiddSally Engelhard PingreeAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I. The Theoretical Arguments and ThemesDonald W. HarwardPart II. The Issues, Rationale, Constraints and PracticesChapter 1: A Copernican Moment: On the Revolutions in Higher EducationDavid M. ScobeyChapter 2: The Ideals of the Liberal Artisan: Notes towards an Evolving Group BiographyCatharine R. StimpsonChapter 3: The Theories, Contexts, and Multiple Pedagogies of Engaged Learning: What Succeeds and Why?Lynn E. SwanerChapter 4: Reuniting the ¿Often Neglected¿ Aims of Liberal Education: Student Well-Being and Psychosocial DevelopmentDessa Bergen-CicoChapter 5: Renewing the Civic Purpose of Liberal EducationBarry N. Checkoway, Richard Guarasci and Peter L. LevineChapter 6: Evoking Wholeness: To Renew the Ideal of the Educated PersonTheodore E. LongChapter 7: Knowledge and Judgment in Practice as the Twin Aims of LearningWilliam M. SullivanChapter 8: Assessment and Evaluative Studies as Change Agents in the AcademyAshley P. FinleyChapter 9: Fostering Faculty Leadership for Sustainable Change in the AcademyAdrianna J. Kezar and  Alice (Jill) N. ReichChapter 10: Threshold Concepts of Teaching and Learning that Transform Faculty Practice (and the Limits of Individual Change)Kenneth R. Bain and Randall J. BassChapter 11: Financing Change:  Priorities, Resources, and Community InvolvementKent John ChabotarPart III. Implications Likely to Follow from Sustained Transformative ChangesChapter 12: International Perspectives on Liberal Education: An Assessment in Two PartsA: International Insights on the Essence of the Liberal ArtsRichard A. DetweilerB: International Perspectives on Liberal Education: Polish Case ExampleJerzy AxerChapter 13: Implications of Transformative Change in Higher Education for Secondary Education: A DialogueDaniel Tad Roach and  Michael V. McGillChapter 14: Do Disciplines Change? Would Flipping the Curriculum Right-Side Up Lead to Change?Thomas BenderChapter 15: Liberal Education and the Policy LandscapeCarol Geary Schneider  and Debra HumphreysPart IV. Successful Models and PracticesChapter 16: Introduction to Case StudiesAshley P. FinleyCase Studies and Best PracticesChapter 17: Public Sphere Pedagogy: Connecting Student Work to Public Arenas¿California State University, Chico (California)Cynthia Wolf and William M. LokerChapter 18: Engaging Faculty in ¿Learning Communities¿: Lessons Learned¿Dickinson College (Pennsylvania)Shalom StaubChapter 19: Curriculum Infusion: Educating the Whole Student and Creating Campus Change¿ Georgetown University (Washington DC)Joan B. Riley and Mindy McWilliamsChapter 20: Attempting Organizational Transformational Learning from the Ground Up: Lessons Learned¿Montclair State University (New Jersey)Valerie I. SessaChapter 21: Implementation of Peer Led Team Learning, a Leadership Initiative and Establishment of a New Faculty Track as Examples of Institutional Change¿Morehouse College (Georgia)Jann H. Adams and John K. HaynesChapter 22: Listening to the Agents of Pedagogical Change¿St. Lawrence University (New York)Catherine A. Crosby-Currie & Christine ZimmermanChapter 23: An Enduring Experiment¿The Evergreen State College (Washington)Phyllis Lane and Elizabeth McHughChapter 24: Building the Capacity to Lead: Lessons Learned in the Evolution of the Leader Development System¿United States Military Academy at West Point (New York)Bruce KeithChapter 25: Building Institutional Capacity to Forge Civic Pathways¿University of Nebraska, Lincoln (Nebraska)Nancy D. Mitchell and Linda J. MajorChapter 26: Successful Models and Practices¿Wagner College (New York)Devorah A. Lieberman and Cassia FreedlandContributor BiographiesIndex