There is a lot of talk these days about the need for higher education to dynamically connect students’ out-of-class and in-class experiences. Easier said than done. Arthur Chickering and John O'Connor's description of the birth of the University Learning Center at George Mason University offers nuts-and-bolts information on what needs to take place for such connections to happen.
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