Volume IV: What works, what matters, what lasts

Act as though learning matters, because it does

August 25, 2005

The August 25, 2005 posting of Project Kaleidoscope Volume IV: What works, what matters, what lasts explores issues to be addressed as America's colleges and universities set "goals for student learning" as the driver for informing decisions about institutional policies and budgets, program and pedagogies, and faculty and facilities.
Goals of Student Learning- BHEF
This excerpt from A Nation of Learners, by the Business Higher Education Forum (BHEF), 2003, articulates visions toward which institutional leaders can work as they set goals, and design strategies and actions that result in transformation change.
Institutional Policies & Practices
This essay, submitted for the 2005 PKAL Roundtable on the Future, outlines critical questions to be raised as academic leaders move from the status quo to a transformed state, focusing on the quality of student learning in STEM.
Learning Science- PKAL
This excerpt from Project Kaleidoscope Volume I- What Works in Building Natural Science Communities, 1991, articulates visions toward which institutional leaders can work as they set goals, and design strategies and actions that result in transformation change.
Pathway for an Institution-wide Assessment Plan
The experience of James Madison University illustrates one institution-wide approach to ensuring strong learning of students in all fields.
Reflections on Lessons Learned: What Works
Jeanne Narum reflects on lessons learned over the past 15+ years of PKAL, including the importance of identifying the right questions and having the right people at the table in the process of planning.