How College Works
How College Works
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大学如何运作
DOI：
10.4159/harvard.9780674726093
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发表时间：
2014
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C. G. Takacs
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作者：
Daniel F. Chambliss;C. G. Takacs
受预算缩减的限制，大学能做更多的事情来提高教育质量吗？学生们能在不支付更高学费的情况下从大学里得到更多吗？丹尼尔·钱布利斯和克里斯托弗·塔卡奇得出结论，大学和学生的有限资源不一定会减少本科生的经历。《大学是如何运作的》揭示了人际关系在决定一个学生在大学的成功方面所起的惊人的决定性作用，并提出了一套小而廉价的干预措施，这些措施可以大大改善教育成果。在纽约的一所文科大学，作者对近100名学生进行了为期8年的跟踪调查。管理者所钟爱的课程和技术创新远不如学生们遇到的教授和同学重要，尤其是在早期。在学生本科生活的每一个转折点上，事实证明，关键是人，而不是项目。优秀的老师比研究的主题更重要，即使是少量的好朋友（两三个）也会在学术和社交方面产生显着的影响。对于大多数学生来说，当大学提供日常学习动力时，效果最好，而不仅仅是获取信息。改善高等教育意味着关注学生与导师和同学的关系质量，因为当学生形成正确的纽带时，他们就会充分利用他们的教育。
Constrained by shrinking budgets, can colleges do more to improve the quality of education? And can students get more out of college without paying higher tuition? Daniel Chambliss and Christopher Takacs conclude that the limited resources of colleges and students need not diminish the undergraduate experience. "How College Works" reveals the surprisingly decisive role that personal relationships play in determining a student's collegiate success, and puts forward a set of small, inexpensive interventions that yield substantial improvements in educational outcomes.At a liberal arts college in New York, the authors followed a cluster of nearly one hundred students over a span of eight years. The curricular and technological innovations beloved by administrators mattered much less than the professors and peers whom students met, especially early on. At every turning point in students' undergraduate lives, it was the people, not the programs, that proved critical. Great teachers were more important than the topics studied, and even a small number of good friendships--two or three--made a significant difference academically as well as socially.For most students, college works best when it provides the daily motivation to learn, not just access to information. Improving higher education means focusing on the quality of a student's relationships with mentors and classmates, for when students form the right bonds, they make the most of their education.