Abstract:
More than any other group of
stakeholders, business leaders are
aware that this country's ability to
remain competitive in a global,
technology-based economy is ever
more closely tied to its ability to
produce more and better prepared
college graduates. Graduating more
students from various backgrounds who
are well prepared to meet the social,
civic and economic challenges of the
future is a national priority. Every college and university can improve its graduation rates and enhance the quality of its undergraduate programs by creating the conditions that matter to student success. Decades of research studies show that student engagement--the time and effort that students devote to their studies and related activities--is a key factor in student success. The
Documenting Effective Educational
Practice (DEEP) project gathered data
from 20 very different institutions of higher learning whose student scores on the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) were higher than what was predicted on the basis of their student and institutional profile, history, and other factors.
