We’re Losing Our Minds [electronic resource] : Rethinking American Higher Education /
Keeling, R.author.
Hersh, R.author.
America is being held back by the quality and quantity of learning in college. Many graduates cannot think critically, write effectively, solve problems, understand complex issues, or meet employers' expectations. The only solution - making learning the highest priority in college - demands fundamental change throughout higher education.
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Cover; We're Losing Our Minds: Rethinking American Higher Education; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Higher Education without Higher Learning; We're Losing Our Minds; College for What?; Higher Learning; The Failure of Higher Education; What Happened to Higher Learning?; Degrees as Deliverables; Process or Outcome: Teaching or Learning?; Conclusion; Chapter 2: Judging College Quality; Claiming Quality in Undergraduate Education; Four Ways of Judging College Quality; A Crisis of Low Expectations; A Growing Consensus on Institutional Ineffectiveness; Conclusion
Chapter 3: The Developmental Basis of Higher LearningDevelopmental Learning; Nondevelopmental Learning; The Integration of Development and Learning in Higher Education; Student Engagement in Developmental Learning; The Challenge of Change: Transformative Learning; Implications for Higher Learning; Developmental Challenges Today; Barriers to Integrative, Developmental Learning; Conclusion; Chapter 4: The Neuroscience of Learning; Introduction; The Oneness of Mind and Brain; The Neurobiology of Learning and Development; Learning as Meaning Making; State of Mind-or State of Brain-and Learning
Neuroplasticity: The Key to LearningConclusion; Chapter 5: Assessment of Higher Learning; The "A" Words: Assessment and Accountability; Arguments against Assessment; Measuring What We Value; Developing a Culture of Assessment: A Model; Transparency: Opening Up the Black Box; Standards-Based Assessment; Cumulative and Collective Learning; Formative Assessment; Authentic Assessment; Benchmarking; Conclusion; Chapter 6: More Is Not Better, Better Is More: A Framework for Rethinking American Higher Education; Introduction; Educational Excellence: A Handcrafted Apprenticeship; Immersion
Change the Culture, Change the OutcomesFour Scenarios: Learning Cultures; Key Principles: A Culture of Higher Learning; Outline of a Distinguished Program of Liberal Education in a Culture of Higher Learning; Conclusion; Chapter 7: Talk of Change Is Not Change: Rethinking American Higher Education; A Call for Rethinking Higher Education; Higher Education Must Change; Systemic Cultural Change in Higher Education; Learning: The Essential Touchstone for Decision Making; Comprehensive Review of Undergraduate Higher Education; Reform and Renewal in Higher Education; Conclusion; Notes; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
America is being held back by the quality and quantity of learning in college. Many graduates cannot think critically, write effectively, solve problems, understand complex issues, or meet employers' expectations. The only solution - making learning the highest priority in college - demands fundamental change throughout higher education.
Higher education.
Educational policy.
Education and state.
Higher Education.
Educational Policy and Politics.