Why Higher Education: Lessons Learned in a Learner‐Centered College. (March 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shugart, Sanford C.
• Editors: misangyi watts, margit
• Is Part Of: New directions for teaching and learning. Number 145(2016:Spring)
• Page Start: 85
• Page End: 91
• Publication Date: 2016-03
• Subjects: College teaching -- Periodicals; 378.1205
• DOI: 10.1002/tl.20178
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0271-0633

Abstract

Abstract : Based on a decade of consistently improving student outcomes at Valencia College, first winner of the Aspen Prize for Excellence in Community Colleges, five lessons for connecting student and institutional purpose are described. These include: a focus on what students really experience, understanding the college as a bridge and not a destination, building into the whole college six essential experiences every student requires to be successful beginning with a New Student Experience, and keeping the question of Who ahead of What in our designs for students seeking purpose.