Winter 2007, No. 9, Vol. 1

Student Preparation, Motivation, and Achievement

The issue presents data on college readiness, effective strategies for increasing student engagement and motivation to work hard and succeed, and new ways to measure student achievement of key learning outcomes.

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CONTENTS:

From the Editor

Analysis

What Student Engagement Data Tell Us about College Readiness
George D. Kuh

Accelerated Learning for What?
Terrel Rhodes

The Power of Course Design to Increase Student Engagement
and Learning
L. Dee Fink

Practice

Motivating Today’s College Students
Ian Crone and Kathy MacKay

Liberal Learning in the Age of Audiovisual Pollution
Ivelin Sardamov

Resources

AAC&U Calendar

AAC&U Work on Student Preparation, Motivation, and Achievement

Research

Data on Student Preparation, College Readiness, and
Achievement

The Impact of Secondary–Postsecondary Learning Options on College Preparation
Jennifer Brown Lerner and Betsy Brand

Reality Check

Twenty-First-Century Skills for Tomorrow’s Leaders
Juliana Texley

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