Academically adrift : limited learning on college campuses
Arum, Richard
Academically adrift : limited learning on college campuses by Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa - London : University of Chicago Press, ©2011 - xi, 259 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. College Cultures and Student Learning 2. Origins and Trajectories 3. Pathways through Colleges Adrift 4. Channeling Students’ Energies toward Learning 5. A Mandate for Reform
Are undergraduates really learning anything once they get to college? The answer is numbers As troubling as their findings are, the authors argue that for many faculty and administrators this conclusion will come as no surprise and is the expected result of a student body distracted by socializing or working and an institutional culture that puts undergraduate learning close to the bottom of the priority list.
9780226028569
Critical thinking -- Study and teaching
Reasoning -- Study and teaching
Education, Higher
378.198 / ARU-A
Academically adrift : limited learning on college campuses by Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa - London : University of Chicago Press, ©2011 - xi, 259 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. College Cultures and Student Learning 2. Origins and Trajectories 3. Pathways through Colleges Adrift 4. Channeling Students’ Energies toward Learning 5. A Mandate for Reform
Are undergraduates really learning anything once they get to college? The answer is numbers As troubling as their findings are, the authors argue that for many faculty and administrators this conclusion will come as no surprise and is the expected result of a student body distracted by socializing or working and an institutional culture that puts undergraduate learning close to the bottom of the priority list.
9780226028569
Critical thinking -- Study and teaching
Reasoning -- Study and teaching
Education, Higher
378.198 / ARU-A