Assessing Conditions to Enhance Educational Effectiveness: The Inventory for Student Engagement and SuccessISBN: 978-0-7879-8220-1
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112 pages
September 2005, Jossey-Bass
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS.
PART ONE: Student Success in College: Why It Matters and What Institutions Can Do About It.
CHAPTER 1: Why Focus on Student Success?
Student Engagement: A Key to Student Success.
Project DEEP: A Window into Effective Educational Practice.
Putting DEEP to Work.
Are You Ready for ISES?
CHAPTER 2: Guiding Principles for Using the Inventory for Student Engagement and Success.
Context Is Everything.
The Whole Is Greater than the Sum of the Parts.
Evidence Is Essential: The More, the Better.
Test Prevailing Assumptions.
Cast a Wide Net.
Use Outsiders to Ask Hard Questions.
Focus on What Matters to Student Success.
Stay the Course.
PART TWO: Inventory for Student Engagement and Success.
CHAPTER 3: Using ISES to Assess the Properties and Conditions Common to Educationally Effective Colleges.
A “Living” Mission and “Lived” Educational Philosophy.
Unshakeable Focus on Student Learning.
Environments Adapted for Educational Enrichment.
Clear Pathways to Student Success.
Improvement-Oriented Ethos.
Shared Responsibility for Educational Quality and Student Success.
“Ultimately, It’s About the Culture”.
CHAPTER 4: Using ISES to Assess Effective Educational Practices.
Academic Challenge.
Active and Collaborative Learning.
Student-Faculty Interaction.
Enriching Educational Experiences.
Supportive Campus Environment.
CHAPTER 5: Using ISES for Institutional Improvement.
Logistical Issues.
Applications of ISES.
A Last Word.
REFERENCES.
APPENDIX A: ISES: Suggested Interview Protocols.
APPENDIX B: DEEP Site Visit Report Timeline.
INDEX.