Putting Students First: How Colleges Develop Students Purposefully (JB - Anker) - Softcover

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LARRY A. BRASKAMP is professor emeritus of education at Loyola University Chicago, where he served as senior vice president for academic affairs.

LOIS CALIAN TRAUTVETTER is associate director of the Higher Education Administration and Policy Program and lecturer in the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University.

KELLY WARD is associate professor of educational leadership and counseling psychology at Washington State University.

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Putting Students First

Society is calling for higher education to take more responsibility for helping students find purpose and meaning in life. In this book, the authors argue that colleges should purposefully invest in students in ways that will foster their holistic development by recognizing and building on students' purpose in life, intellectually, spiritually, and morally. By using the "4C framework"--culture, curriculum, cocurriculum, and community--faculty, student affairs staff, and academic administrators will be able to discuss, plan, and create a college environment that effectively supports the learning and development of students. The book contains a set of themes and calls for consideration and action based on the findings of site visits at 10 colleges and a set of questions to help readers think about and plan how to develop students holistically on their own campuses.

Contents include:

• Putting Students First
• Conceptual Framework and Design of the Project
• Culture
• Curriculum
• Cocurriculum
• Community
• Creating Communities That Put Students First

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Putting Students First

Society is calling for higher education to take more responsibility for helping students find purpose and meaning in life. In this book, the authors argue that colleges should purposefully invest in students in ways that will foster their holistic development by recognizing and building on students' purpose in life, intellectually, spiritually, and morally. By using the 4C framework--culture, curriculum, cocurriculum, and community--faculty, student affairs staff, and academic administrators will be able to discuss, plan, and create a college environment that effectively supports the learning and development of students. The book contains a set of themes and calls for consideration and action based on the findings of site visits at 10 colleges and a set of questions to help readers think about and plan how to develop students holistically on their own campuses.

Contents include:

• Putting Students First
• Conceptual Framework and Design of the Project
• Culture
• Curriculum
• Cocurriculum
• Community
• Creating Communities That Put Students First