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Book SynopsisCo-published with the Association for State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), which sponsored the project from which the book emerged.This book answers the question “What would your institution look like if students really mattered?” The authors argue that really putting student success at the center of attention will require a radical reimagining of higher education. Much of what is presented here is grounded in the findings of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ (AASCU’s) Re-Imagining the First Year (RFY) initiative, which brought together 44 member institutions over a three-year period to identify and test programs, strategies, and tools aimed at improving retention rates for first-year students. The book makes a provocative set of arguments about what is possible if campuses radically reimagine their culture, practices, structures, and rules with the primary purpose of helping students succeed in college and beyond.
Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Part 1: Reimagining Institutions 1. Reimagining Institutional Change: Toward an Aspirational Campus Culture 2. Reimagining University Policies: Becoming a Student-First Campus 3. Reimagining Data and Analytic Strategies: Decision-making to Drive Student and Institutional Success Part 2: Reimagining the Student Experience 4. Reimagining Student Learning: Transformative Pedagogies 5. Reimagining Student Support Structures: Identifying Your Problems and Building Teams to Solve Them 6. Reimagining Personnel Processes: Supporting Instructors Committed to Student Success Part 3: Reimagining Higher Education 7 What to Reimagine: the Future of Higher Education 8. How to Reimagine: Being Hard on Problems but Easy on People 9. Why We Must Reimagine: A Student’s Perspective Conclusion. Reimagining the Culture of Higher Education: Institutional Transformation for Radical Student Success Editors and Contributors Index
