A Decade of Changes in Undergraduate Education: A National Study of System "Transformation"

Evidence from two longitudinal student databases collected nearly a decade apart suggests that undergraduate education in the United States has been "transformed" in many ways that are consistent with national reform efforts that emerged during the 1980s. Institutions have strengthened their capacity to foster faculty-student interaction, student-student interaction, and student engagement in community service. Institutions show diminished capacity, however, to foster academic engagement and social activism among students.