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Davis, Cinda-Sue G.; Finelli, Cynthia J. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2007
The authors describe three initiatives designed to increase the academic achievement and retention of historically underrepresented students (including females and underrepresented students of color) in engineering. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Engineering, School Holding Power, Minority Groups, Academic Achievement
Snavely, Loanne – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2008
Three interconnected aspects of higher education and information literacy are essential. The first is global educational goals and the place of information literacy within those goals. The second is new research on higher education effectiveness and the role of information literacy for successful learning. The third is the role technology plays in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Global Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Information Literacy

Howard, Jeffrey P. F. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1998
Explores academic service learning as an innovative pedagogical model capable of transforming traditional teaching and learning practices. Notes that faculty undertaking this challenge can expect initial resistance from students, periodic self-doubt about their teaching accomplishments, and colleagues' skepticism, but also renewed student…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Faculty, College Instruction, Curriculum Design