Making the Most of College

Students Speak Their Minds

Richard J. Light

  • Winner of the Virginia and Warren Stone Prize, Awarded Annually by Harvard University Press for an Outstanding Book on Education and Society

1. Introduction

2. Powerful Connections

3. Suggestions from Students

4. The Most Effective Classes

5. Good Mentoring and Advising

6. Faculty Who Make a Difference

7. Diversity on Campus

8. Learning from Differences

9. What College Leaders Can Do

The Assessment Project

References

Acknowledgments

Index

  • Cover: Making the Most of College
  • A photo of the author

Richard J. Light is Professor in the Graduate School of Education and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.