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Association of American Colleges and Universities.  The Academy in Transition: General Education in an Age of Student Mobility: An Invitation to Discuss Systemic Curricular Planning. Washington, D.C. AAC&U, 2001.


Association of American Colleges and Universities. “Beyond Computer Literacy,” Liberal Education, Vol. 90, No. 4 (Fall 2004).


Association of American Colleges and Universities. “Creating Shared Responsibility for General Education and Assessment,” Peer Review. Vol. 7, No. 1 (Fall 2004).


Association of American Colleges and Universities. "Quantitative Literacy," Peer Review.  Volume 7, No. W. Washington D. C.: AAC&U, 2004.


Association of American Colleges and Universities. “Science and Engaged Learning,” Peer Review. Volume 7, No. 2. Washington, DC: AAC&U, 2005.

Barzan, Jacques. Begin Here: The Forgotten Conditions of Teaching and Learning.  Chicago: University of Chicago, 1992.


Baxter Magolda, Marcia and King, Patricia.  Learning Partnerships: Theory and Models of Practice to Educate for Self-Authorship.  Sterling, VA, 2004


Bertrand, Yves. Contemporary Theories and Practice in Education. Madison, WI: Magna Publications Inc., 1995.


Bourne, Lyle et al. Cognitive Processes. 2nd edition.

Brookfield, Stephen D. Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher.


Budziszewski, J., What We Can't Not Know: A Guide. Dallas: Spence Publishing Company, 2003.


Cornesky, Robert. The Quality Professor: Implementing TQM in the Classroom. Personal Loan.


Cox, Milton D. and Laurie Richlin, Eds. Building Faculty Learning Communities. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, No. 97. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2004.


Cross, K. Patricia and Mimi Harris Steadman.  Classroom Research: Implementing the Scholarship of Teaching.  San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1996.


Finlayson, Andrew. Questions That Work: How to Ask Questions That Will Help You Succeed in Any Business Situation. New York: Amacom, 2001.


Fowler, James W. Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning. San Francisco: Harper Collins, 1976.

Honan, James P. and Cheryl Sternman Rule. Using Cases in Higher Education: A Guide for Faculty and Administration.


Jacoby, Barbara and Associates. Building Partnerships for Service-Learning.  San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2003.


Jacoby, Barbara and Associates. Service-Learning in Higher Education: Concepts and Practices.  San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1996.


Jensen, Eric. Teaching with the Brain in Mind. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1998.


Johnson, Brian T., & O' Grady, Carolyn R., Eds, The Spirit of Service, Anker Publishing Company, Bolton, MA, 2006.


Johnson, Elaine B. Contextual Teaching and Learning: What It Is and Why It's Here to Stay.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 2002.


Katz, Joseph and Mildred Henry, Turning Professors into Teachers: A New Approach to Faculty Development and Student Learning.  American Council on Education.  Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1993 (1988).


Knous, Barbara Lohse.  Problem-based Learning: A Reasonable Adventure.  Video Presentation.

MacKenzie, Gordon. Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool’s Guide to Surviving with Grace. New York: Viking, 1996.

McDonald, William and Associates. Creating Campus Community: In Search of Ernest Boyer’s Legacy.


Merriam, Sharan B. Qualitative Research and Case Study Applications in Education.  San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1998.


Miller, Allen H., Bradford, W.I., and Cox, Kevin. Student Assessment in Higher Education: A Handbook for Assessing Performance. London: Kogan Page, 1998.

National Research Council. Evaluating and Improving Undergraduate Teaching in Science.  Washington, D. C.: National Academy Press, 2003.

National Research Council. How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience and School.  Washington, D. C.: National Academy Press, 200 (2002).


National Research Council.  How People Learn:  Bridging Research and Practice.  Washington, D. C. National Academy Press, 1999 (2002).


Oates, Karen K. and Lynn H. Leavitt. Service-Learning and Learning Communities: Tools for Integration and Assessment. Washington: Association of American Colleges and Universities, 2003.

Oech, Roger von. A Whack on the Side of the Head: How You Can Be More Creative. Warner Books, 1998.

Payne, Ruby K. Understanding Learning: the How, the Why, the What. Highland, Texas: aha! Process, 2002.


Posner, George J. Field Experience: A Guide to Reflective Teaching. Fifth Edition. NY: Longman, 2000.


Sedlacek, William E.  Beyond the Big Test: Noncognitive Assessment in Higher Education.  San Fransisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2004.


Seymour, Anne and Nancy Hewitt. Talking About Leaving: Why Undergraduates Leave the Sciences.

Shapiro, Nancy S. and Jodi H. Levine. Creating Learning Communities: A Practical Guide to Winning Support, Organizing for Change, and Implementing Programs.


Smith, Barbara Leigh & McCann, Joh, Eds, Reinventing Ourselves:Interdisciplinary Education, Collaborative Learning, and Experimentation in Higher Education. Anker Publishing Company, Bolton, MA, 2001


Swing, Randy L., ed. (2001)  Proving and Improving: Strategies for Assessing the First College Year (Monograh 33).  Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina, National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition.

Swing, Randy L. ed. (2004)  Proving and Improving Volume II: Tools and Techniques for Assessing the First College Year (Monograph 37).  Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina, National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition.


Walvoord, Barbara E. Assessment Clear and Simple and Simple: A Practical Guide for Institutions, Departments, and General Education.  San Fransisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2004.


Walvoord, Barbara E. and Virginia Johnson Anderson. Effective Grading: A Tool For Learning and Assessment.  San Fransisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1998.


Wenger, Etienne. Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning and Identity.

Whitney, Dick and Melissa Giovagnoli. 75 Cage-Rattling Questions to Change the Way You Work: Shake-Em-Up Questions to Open Meetings, Ignite Discussion, and Spark Creativity. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997.

Wiggins, Grant P. Assessing Student Performance: Exploring the Purpose and Limits of Testing.  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993.


Wink, Joan Critical Pedagogy: Notes from the Real World. Pearson Education, Inc., 2005. Third Edition