Description
Book SynopsisAn in-depth look at Centers for Teaching and Learning and their profound impact on US higher education. Centers for Teaching and Learning (CTLs) are important change agents on campus with strategies that are unique and impactfulbut sometimes unarticulated or misaligned. In this wide-ranging book, Mary C. Wright maps the landscape of 1,200+ CTLs in the United States through a unique approach: by conducting complex web searches to identify and categorize CTLs, then examining the wealth of information that is available on these institutions' own websites. The data she uncovers reveal important insights into CTLs' strategies and operations and offer a fuller picture of the impact these centers are making on US higher education as a whole. Drawing from this web-based methodology, as well as interviews with CTL leaders and staff, Wright provides a broad picture of educational development in the United States and examines trends in what CTLs aim to accomplish, key strategies for reaching th
Trade ReviewCenters for Teaching and Learning will inspire anyone considering a nontraditional academic career. By reading this book, every professor motivated to improve their teaching will gain valuable knowledge of how to work with their campus CTL. Every president, provost or dean interested in developing and nurturing institutional structures that advance learning and bolster educators should place
Centers for Teaching and Learning at the top of their must-read list.
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Inside Higher EdCenters for Teaching and Learning does a remarkable service in compiling the data about the current state of pedagogy in American higher education and offers practical advice on how to create and operate these centers.
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University BookmanTable of ContentsIntroduction: How Many Centers for Teaching and Learning Are There?
1. What Are We Trying to Do? Key Center for Teaching and Learning Aims
2. How Do We Get There? Center for Teaching and Learning Theories of Change
3. What Tactics Do We Employ? Signature CTL Programs and Services
4. How Are We Organized? CTL Leadership, Governance, Staffing, and Structures
5. How Do We Make Visible Our Work? CTL Approaches to Evaluation in Annual Reports
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Methodology
Appendix 2: Retreat Models
Bibliography
Notes
Index
