College: The Undergraduate Experience in AmericaSponsored by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Boyer considers the undergraduate experience in American higher education, paying particular attention to the way institutional structures and procedures affect the lives of students. He not only identifies the strengths and problems, but also suggests ways in which colleges and universities might be improved and students better served. |
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The Undergraduate Experience in America Ernest L. Boyer. Part - timers present a fascinating pattern . Two thirds are ... time . Academically , part - time students have a lower high school grade - point average than the others , 1 but ...
The Undergraduate Experience in America Ernest L. Boyer. Part - timers present a fascinating pattern . Two thirds are ... time . Academically , part - time students have a lower high school grade - point average than the others , 1 but ...
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... five years . And almost half the faculty ( 47 percent ) feel that these people are taking jobs that otherwise would be filled by full - time teachers.1 19 Part - time faculty operate under unfavorable conditions : no 136 / A TIME TO LEARN.
... five years . And almost half the faculty ( 47 percent ) feel that these people are taking jobs that otherwise would be filled by full - time teachers.1 19 Part - time faculty operate under unfavorable conditions : no 136 / A TIME TO LEARN.
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... part - time faculty were praised ; but mostly we heard complaints : " These peo- ple are hard to find after class . " " They don't know how the college works . " One student said , " I have an uneasy feeling about some of these part - time ...
... part - time faculty were praised ; but mostly we heard complaints : " These peo- ple are hard to find after class . " " They don't know how the college works . " One student said , " I have an uneasy feeling about some of these part - time ...
Contents
FROM SCHOOL TO COLLEGE | 9 |
A CLEAR AND VITAL MISSION | 41 |
THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM | 71 |
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