Applying the Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education

Demands from legislators and parents and repeated calls from within colleges and universities are pushing for significant improvements in undergraduate education. Research and rumblings during the 1960s and 1970s spilled out into a series of reform reports during the early 1980s. In addition, dramatic changes in social conditions and economic requirements make effective post-secondary education a critical requirement for effective citizenship, productive work, and global competitiveness. Experience to date suggests that the Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education, and the Faculty and Institutional Inventories, can help us respond to these social and economic imperatives for change and to the calls for improving undergraduate education. This volume of New Directions for Teaching and Learning aims to help those interested in improving undergraduate education use these resources effectively at their own institutions. This is the 47th issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Teaching and Learning. For more information on the series, please see the Journals and Periodicals page.