In this concise, evidence-based guide for educational leaders, the authors argue that two-year colleges can increase their rates of student success by discarding the traditional "cafeteria-style" model of course offerings and instead provide students with a "guided pathways" model in which more educationally coherent programs simplify students' choices without limiting their options and enable students to advance to further education and the labor market more quickly and at less cost--From publisher description.
Record details
ISBN: 9780674368286
ISBN: 0674368282
Physical Description:print regular print xi, 286 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher:Cambridge, Massachusetts :Harvard University Press,2015.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-280) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Redesigning college programs -- Guiding students -- Rethinking student instruction -- Helping underprepared students -- Engaging faculty and staff -- The economics of college redesign.