Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Beatrice L. Bridglall currently teaches at Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey. Her research areas include higher, international and comparative education; student development, engagement and persistence in K-12 and higher education; school reform; and program research and evaluation. She has co-edited several books, including Supplementary Education: The Hidden Curriculum of High Academic Achievement (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005), and Affirmative Development: Cultivating Academic Ability (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008).

• Part I: Persistent Underperformance & UnderrepresentationChapter 1: Current Issues and Trends in Higher EducationChapter 2: Creating Effective Social and Intellectual Communities/Environments in Higher Education: A Theoretical PerspectivePart II: Contemporary exemplars of excellenceIntroducing Chapter 3: Student Underrepresentation in STEMChapter 3: Preparing Students for Research Careers: The Meyerhoff Scholars Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County Beatrice L. Bridglall, Freeman A. Hrabowski III, and Kenneth MatonIntroducing Chapter 4: The Benefits of High Attainment/Completion Rates in Context Chapter 4: Creating Opportunities to Learn: The Opportunity Programs at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NYSusan Layden, Beatrice L. Bridglall, and Sheldon SolomonIntroducing Chapter 5: A Brief Historical Overview of Medical EducationChapter 5: A Model for Increasing Access to Medical School: The Premedical Program at Xavier University in New OrleansPart III: Research and Policy ImplicationsChapter 6: Recommendations & Policy Implications Appendix A: Overview of the Study

Too many U.S. colleges blame their mediocre completion rates on the poor preparation of their students. This book chronicles how three campuses have ditched these excuses and created programs that meet the needs of traditionally under-served students.