Leading the Learner-Centered Campus: An Administrator's Framework for Improving Student Learning Outcomes

by Michael Harris (Kettering University, Flint, MI); Roxanne Cullen (Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI); Foreword by: Maryellen Weimer (Howard, PA)

• ISBN13: 9780470625446
• ISBN10: 0470625449
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2010-04-01
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Praise for Leading the Learner-Centered Campus"This book moves far beyond previous thinking about change. Many in higher education want to create more learner-centered campuses but grapple with how to do it. Harris and Cullen show us how to lead the change to more learner-centered campuses-and offer very practical tools for getting there from here. Every campus that takes student learning seriously should be having the conversation that this book advances and supports." -John Tagg, author, The Learning Paradigm College"This is a dynamite text for all leaders in higher education who want to implement change. It starts with a deceptively simple idea-that change needs to be 'learner-centered,' not just in the classroom, but in every aspect of a campus. Achieving that end is far from simple, but the authors make clear that it's well within reach if readers pay close attention to the wisdom in this book." -Thomas Ehrlich, senior scholar, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and former president, Indiana University"At a time when most of higher education is seeking effective ways to maximize the value of student-centered learning, Harris and Cullen provide a comprehensive road map for completing the kind of paradigm shift that can accomplish just that . . . This book merits the attention of everyone with a stake in the future of higher education." -Anthony J. Diekema, former president, Calvin College"If higher education is going to provide what students will need in the twenty-first century, it'll have to complete the transition from teaching to learning that Barr and Tagg proposed back in 1995. Leading the Learner-Centered Campus is an indispensable resource for professors and administrators who are committed to the success of today's college students." -Jeffrey L. Buller, author, The Essential College Professor, The Essential Academic Dean, and The Essential Department Chair

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Learner-Centered Leadership

Rethinking Our Current Challenges: The Context for Change

The Instructional Paradigm: The Reason for Change

The Learner-Centered Paradigm: The Goal of Change

Leading the New Paradigm: The Method for Change

Advancing the Learner-Centered Agenda

Fostering Faculty Development

Orienting New Faculty

Assessing Teaching Quality

Supporting Learning through Renovation of Spaces

Closing Thoughts

References

Index

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