Making the Grade: Ensuring Student Success in College Subject of Faculty Research, Colloquium: [unit], Indiana University at Bloomington

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Last Updated: Thu, Feb 15, 2007

Making the Grade: Ensuring Student Success in College Subject of Faculty Research, Colloquium

Friday February 23, 3-4:00 p.m., Wright Building, Room 2140--“Student Success in College: Pipeline, Pathway or Puzzle?" By George D. Kuh, Chancellor’s Professor and Director of the Center for Postsecondary Research, Indiana University School of Education.

Kuh will discuss how universities can improve the odds that students will achieve their educational objectives in college. He’ll present key findings from several research projects from the Center for Postsecondary Research. Kuh will speak about findings from a literature review conducted for the U.S. Department of Education. He’ll also make observations based on data collected from the IU School of Education’s National Survey of Student Engagement and other surveys. His also present findings from a study of high-performing four-year colleges and universities on how they formed policy and practice to improve the undergraduate experience.

This is part of the Research Colloquium Series held each month during the fall and spring semesters. It’s hosted by the Center for Research and P-16 Collaboration, Lectures and Seminars Committee of the School of Education, and the Center for Research on Learning and Technology. The series showcases provocative research in the School of Education. It creates a place for faculty, staff, and students to learn about the research activities of the faculty and research centers and also socialize with others in the School of Education learning community.

The Research Colloquium will feature a different speaker or panel of speakers each month during the spring and fall semesters. In addition to discussing the content of their research, presenters will also speak about the challenges that they encountered while conceptualizing and implementing their research.